DAILY BREAD OF LIFE

ST. LUKE 22:3-6

(3)  Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
(4)  And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.
(5)  And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.
(6)  And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.


BEWARE OF THE ADVERSARY!

(3)  Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.  Brethren,  as believers of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior;  we are to be spirit filled at all times, that we do not fall preys, as victims to the enemy; he is busy around the clock, looking for human instruments to warfare others with; at times, he will infiltrate our minds, to use our own handy works to destroy ourselves, to put our souls in torments and disarrays and when his plans are successful; he points out our own faults, which he initially instigated on our minds, and use them to condemn our souls by infiltrating thought process with thoughts of failures;  in this context,  it was the feast of unleavened bread, known as the Passover; the chief priests and scribes sought how to kill Jesus; then Satan entered into Judas Iscariot, the number twelve disciple of Jesus Christ to betray him; (i) Judas being the number twelve on the list of disciples, maybe insecure among his piers; therefore, it was easy for Satan to go after him to do his evil works against Jesus Christ;  (ii)  his heart was not pure before our Father; though he was a disciple of Jesus Christ;  (iii)  maybe he had issues with his own piers; such as lack of respect for him, lack of self esteem and was unhappy among them; (iv) maybe he thought, other disciples were not aware of his problems;  therefore, he thought evil that night on what to do to become famous among them;  (iiv)  Jesus knew what his thoughts were towards him; so he helped him to speed it up by bringing his thoughts out to the open at the feast of Passover.  therefore, he gave him bread dipped in the pot of soup;  brethren, let us pray the blood of Jesus to take authority over our mindsets everyday; for the enemy is looking for ways to infiltrate our minds to do his evil works against humanity.

(4)  And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.  Brethren, when the enemy succeeds by taking over mindsets, he does not stop there until  his plans to destroy lives are completely successful;  in the above context; Satan entered in Judas Iscariot; he quickly went away to communicate with the chief priests and captains to give information on how, where to arrest Jesus Christ: (i)  when the enemy find a soul to use to do his evil works;  (ii)  he will empower his evil vessels with fake great powers, push them around like zombies until they accomplish the tasks;  (iii)  he will even negotiate offers with his evil vessels, rewards for riches, fame and fake blessings;  (iv)  his schemes are so real that if care is not taken, his vessels may think they are actually doing wills of our Father,  (iiv)  let us think on this issue this way;  anything of evil natures are not of our Father; but of the enemy, the prince of darkness of this world; let us beware of things from darkness, our Father is light, there is no darkness in him at all; (iv)  he is full of lies, he can turn the truth of what we were told by our Father into lies, and offer a better deal, switch things around to make them look like they are our Father's newer instructions to make us believe his lies and fall victims to his evil works;  (vi)  Satan is real!  he is very busy at all times running around looking for victims. (1 Peter 5:8);  therefore, let us be aware of his devises; not be afraid of him; but resist his voice, plea blood of Jesus Christ over our mindsets everyday and he will flee away, he does not like to hear the name of Jesus!

(5)  And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.  Brethren, (i)  Judas Iscariot, under the spell of Satan, taught he could get rich and be famous overnight by taking bribe from the chief priests to betray Jesus Christ; it is written,  "And said unto them,  What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you?  And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver." (Matthew 26:15); (ii) I believe that Judas thought that Jesus could get away safely from the soldiers or vanished among the crowd when they arrested him;  for he had observed Jesus performed miracles several times. (iii)  he also thought Jesus Christ will argue with the elders when they interrogated him, so he could point out their faults to them and maybe became the King of the world; though he told his disciples over and over again that his kingdom was not of this world; however, when the enemy is in control of a mindset there no telling what he will use his evil vessels to manifest on earth;  (iv)  I feel sorry for Judas; for he was used mightily to fulfilled the great mission of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, but he allowed the enemy to destroy his life, after the task was accomplished;  if he would have had remorse for doing evil works for Satan, he would have been forgiven by the shed blood of Jesus on the cross of Calvary;  (v)  he would have made it to heaven with rest of his piers, but the enemy destroyed his life by hanging himself on a tree; after he gave back the thirty pieces of silver to the , chief priests, his reward for doing evil against Jesus Christ;  therefore, let us show remorse for our wrong doings, for the blood of Jesus Christ paid for all our sins, past, present and future;  however,  it is written, "..........Go and sin no more." (John 8:11);

(6)  And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.  Brethren,  it is written, ...."For the love of money is the root of all evil; which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. (1 Timothy 6:10);  as soon as money was promised, Judas Iscariot, devised a way to double cross Jesus his master, ways and means to hand him over the the authorities without creating havoc but things always does not turn out positively when the enemy is involved;  his ways are destructive disarray, disastrous and condemnations;  brethren, this is a bittersweet narrative;  why? the bitter parts are;  (i)  Judas betrayed his own master Jesus Christ, with a kiss for thirty pieces of silver,  (ii) Jesus did nothing wrong but suffered, died on the cross of Calvary for sins he did not committed; the sweeter parts are;  (i)  Jesus's death on cross paid for all our iniquities, (ii)  he rose again from the death on the third day;  ( iii) and he went to hell to set captives free from bondage of Satan.  (iv) he is sited at the right hand of our Father, as an advocate to humanity; that all those who believes in him.should not perish but have everlasting life.


CONCLUSION:

Dearly beloved, in this lesson we learned how the enemy can enter into minds to possess souls as evil vessels, and how he can empower his vessels, lure them with lust of the flesh;  the enemy is in business of luring as many souls as possible into hell's condemnation;  therefore, let us be ware of his corny and craftiness, to make us use our own robes to tie ourselves; then he finds ways to hang us on the tree;  however, Jesus had made things easier for humanity;  all we have to do today, is to come unto him with our troubles and receive rest, protection from the enemy by his blood; there is grace freely, salvation and life everlasting.  Come to Jesus Christ today!  Amen and amen!


QUOTE OF THE DAY:

(KJV.)  St. Luke 22:48  But Jesus said unto him,  Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man, with a kiss?