Hey everyone this is my first time posting here so i apologize if im not formatting this correctly but i have a question for some Christians. Why is it that Judas Iscariot isn’t a saint? Now hear me out i get that he betrayed Jesus but he was still a loyal apostle no? And even after he betrayed Jesus he repents, granted he repents by taking his own life but he still understood his sin and he gave himself to Jesus. Is that not deserving of forgiveness. Jesus himself was not angry with Judas was he. Without Judas Jesus would not have been able save us from sin. Is his not a worthy sacrifice? Yes he gives up the son of God but he repents and him Giving up the son of God lead to the salvation of humanity. I guess it leads to the question of what is goodness without evil. But anyway why can we not appreciate or at least understand the fall and repentance of Judas?
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"We are simultaneously sinner and saint, 100 percent of both, all the time."
-- Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix.
Rev. Bolz-Weber is describing here an insight that runs throughout Lutheran theology, but she has a pithy way of putting things. Judas, like you, like me, was sinner and saint both. He did a terrible thing. And he was a disciple of Jesus. Both of those things. As Christians, we believe that Jesus' death covers all our sins, even the, well, sinful ones, like betrayal.
In my church's tradition, putting someone in the official calendar of saints means that they lived a life that exemplifies the teachings of Jesus in an extraordinary way. Judas is most known for betraying Jesus, so he's not going to make it into the calendar of people whose lives we should strive to imitate. Let's not imitate betrayal. But was he forgiven and loved by Jesus? I have every reason to think so. We see Peter (who did his own version of betrayal) being restored to a loving relationship with Jesus after the resurrection. Had Judas not ended his life, I expect we would have seen a similar story of Judas' restoration. Judas did not get to experience that in his earthly life, but he certainly showed remorse, and Jesus died for all of us, including Judas, "while we were yet sinners".
-- Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix.
Rev. Bolz-Weber is describing here an insight that runs throughout Lutheran theology, but she has a pithy way of putting things. Judas, like you, like me, was sinner and saint both. He did a terrible thing. And he was a disciple of Jesus. Both of those things. As Christians, we believe that Jesus' death covers all our sins, even the, well, sinful ones, like betrayal.
In my church's tradition, putting someone in the official calendar of saints means that they lived a life that exemplifies the teachings of Jesus in an extraordinary way. Judas is most known for betraying Jesus, so he's not going to make it into the calendar of people whose lives we should strive to imitate. Let's not imitate betrayal. But was he forgiven and loved by Jesus? I have every reason to think so. We see Peter (who did his own version of betrayal) being restored to a loving relationship with Jesus after the resurrection. Had Judas not ended his life, I expect we would have seen a similar story of Judas' restoration. Judas did not get to experience that in his earthly life, but he certainly showed remorse, and Jesus died for all of us, including Judas, "while we were yet sinners".
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