UNGODLY SORROW
Memorise: And he cast down the pieces of silver in the
temple, and departed, and
went and hanged himself. Luke 27:5
Read: Matthew 27:3-8, 3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him,
when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the
thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent
blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and
departed, and went and hanged himself.
6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It
is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of
blood.
7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's
field, to bury strangers in.
8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto
this day.
Bible in one year: 2nd Samuel 23-24, Proverbs 14:18-31
MESSAGE
The type of sorrow that Judas Iscariot experienced is
undesirable. I pray that you will not experience such a sorrow in your life in
Jesus’ name. We need to know why the sorrow that Peter experienced is seen as
godly and why that of Judas Iscariot perceived as ungodly.
When a man thinks he can outsmart his creator, the results
is usually ghastly, and it is only when that person has godly sorrow for his
acts that he can be saved.
Greed and
materialistic tendencies can make a man think he can outsmart God. It is
unfortunate that some so-called Christians are not spared for his monster
called greed (or the love of material things.) The Bible says:
“But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we
brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
And having food and raiment, let us be therewith content.
1stTimothy 6:6-8
Judas Iscariot thought he could swindle the Jewish leaders
by betraying Jesus, he thought Jesus could not be arrested because he had,
before then, witnessed Him escaping from the hands of the Jews. However, he
didn’t know that Christ escaped then because His time was not yet up.
“And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things,
were filled with wrath, And these things, were filled with wrath, And rose up,
and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon
their city as built, that they might cast him down headlong. But he passing
through the midst of them went his way.”
Luke 4:28-30
With the background knowledge of what Christ could do, he
felt that once he had collected the money and showed them who He is, Christ
would disappear and life would continue as usual. To his surprise, Christ
surrendered Himself. The type of sorrow he had does not lead to repentance;
rather, it leads to despair, frustration, and eventually suicide as seen in
today’s memory verse.
Beloved, let us fear the Lord and abstain from all forms of
greed and the love of money. These things drown men in destruction and
perdition.
Prayer Point
Father, please don’t let the love of money drown me in Jesus
name.
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