Apparently, Pa found this article on Judas by Bob Jones helpful in sermon #105, "Lord, Is It I?".
I am not a fan. Obviously.
I don't appreciate Judas being referred to as the "picture of human depravity," nor the suggestion that those who fall under the vague label of "modernistic preachers and educators" should hang themselves. I much prefer Clarence Jordan's (a Southern Baptist!) description of Judas:
"[The Book of Acts] says Judas fell and busted open and his guts spilled out. Here I think we have a clue as to why Judas really betrayed his Lord. He's a man who has been subjected to great tension—the pull of Jesus Christ (the prophetic message of the Gospel) and the pull of Caiaphas the High Priest. The pull of this professional religious establishment and the pull of this prophetic Gospel pulled the man in two and broke him. His body symbolized what had already happened to his spirit. Judas was what we might call a busted gut Christian. And let me tell you his number is legion."—Clarence Jordan, "The Sons of God"
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