Judas Iscariot walked with Jesus for three years, heard his teaching,
saw his miracles, yet despite this came to NOT BELIEVE that Jesus was
the mighty messiah that would free the Jews from the tyranny of the Romans.
Based on what he believed, he changed
his values to not only betray the Jesus that he once followed —
and also took money to do so.
At times, we all practice a little bit of 'Judas-think'
because we compromise our values in certain situations based
on what we (choose to) believe or think.
For example, today having sex along with using strong language
by many 'born-again' Christians is not uncommon,
yet in both these and other situations when values are NOT based on
the foundation of God’s Word but personal beliefs, then thinking
and values will always be affected.
2 Corinthians 13:5 puts it this way:
“Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves.
Can’t you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you actually
fail the test? And I hope you will realize that we have not failed the test.”
Let’s all carefully EXAMINE OURSELVES that our VALUES are truly based on
BELIEF based on the Bible, and not on ourselves.
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