Scripture to Read: John 13:27–30
Jesus displayed His love for Judas by washing his feet and treating him as an honored guest, but Judas’ heart was unrepentant. We read in John 13:27, After the morsel, Satan then entered into him. Therefore Jesus *said to him, “What you do, do quickly.” Jesus had given Judas a final chance to turn away from his sin, but he chose not to do so. Judas decided to follow his fleshly desires and it opened the door for Satan to enter him and use him to betray Jesus. Satan had already planted the seed in Judas’ heart to betray Jesus, for we read in John 13:2, During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him. But Judas was the one who refused the love of Jesus, therefore sealing his fate. God tells us what lost people are like in Ephesians 4:17–19, walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; 19 and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. Note that lost people “give themselves over” to their fleshly desires and are unrepentant. We read in John 13:28–30 that the disciple still didn’t know Judas was the betrayer, but Jesus knew, and though He grieved for him, Judas had sealed his fate. We must love the lost like Jesus, never giving up on them.
Challenge & Application
• What did Jesus show to Judas and why did He never give up on Him?
• How must we treat the lost people in our lives and how do we show them the love of Christ?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!