Daily Devotion: Suicide

[D4L]

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“And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.” - Matthew 27:5

Defeat, depression, desolation all seem to be ingredients in those who take their own lives. So it was with Judas: defeated, depressed and desolate he took his own life. So it was with King Saul. Even Elijah asked God to…

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[brinny]

THe tragedy of Judas is not just that he committed suicide, but that he had lived with and knew WHO Jesus was, and STILL refused to go to Him for forgiveness. He would NOT bow down to Him. He would NOT humble himself before Him.

He preferred to die rather than seek forgiveness from the very One Who could surely forgive Him.

THAT is the tragedy with Judas.

Tragic.

Thank you for this thought-provoking and powerful meditation and study on this not-as-cold and sunny Friday morning in December.

God bless you.

 

[D4L]

THe tragedy of Judas is not just that he committed suicide, but that he had lived with and knew WHO Jesus was, and STILL refused to go to Him for forgiveness. He would NOT bow down to Him. He would NOT humble himself before Him.

He preferred to die rather than seek forgiveness from the very One Who could surely forgive Him.

THAT is the tragedy with Judas.

Tragic.

Thank you for this thought-provoking and powerful meditation and study on this not-as-cold and sunny Friday morning in December.

God bless you.

Good afternoon Brinny. It was tragic about Judas. I never understood how someone could spend so much time with Jesus and not "get" Jesus. He didn't understand that was... In Christ alone!

 

[brinny]

Amen. That's why Jesus called him what He did.

And yes, it is tragically foolish to reject Jesus as He did.