One Of You Is A Devil!

Speaking of Judas Iscariot, Jesus said:

'Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!'

(John 6:20)

I have been intrigued by the frankness of Jesus speech here.

He calls Judas a devil. A devil!

A devil would not be “the” devil, Satan,

But it could be one of his fellow, fallen angels.

In other words a demon.

The clear implication is that a person can be as wicked as a demon.

He was speaking of a man who had been with Him

For three and one-half years.

Who has shared in the full extent of the ministry of Christ Jesus.

Who has gone out with the Twelve and the Seventy

To heal the sick and raise the dead.

Who had seen the many miracles that Jesus had performed;

Had seen the water made to wine;

Seen Him walk on the water and calm the storm by His word;

Had seen virtually every kind of disease healed instantly;

Had seen the dead raise to life again.

Who held the money bag for Jesus and the Twelve.

Who broke bread with Jesus and the Twelve every day;

Shared in their troubles and triumphs.

Judas Iscariot knew that John the Baptist

Had identified Jesus as the Messiah.

Only the Messiah could do the things that Jesus did.

The whole hope of Israel hinged on this Man, the Christ of God.

Nevertheless, Judas was willing to sell out his entire relationship

With the Christ of God, and all Eternity for thirty pieces of silver:

Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot--

Went to the chief priests and asked,

'What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?'

So they counted out for him thirty silver coins.

From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand Him over.

(Matthew 26:14-16)

On the night of the Last Supper, Jesus said:

'I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me.'

They [the Twelve] were very sad

And began to say to Him one after the other, 'Surely not I, Lord?'

Jesus replied,

'The one who had dipped his hand into the bowl with Me will betray Me.

The Son of man will go just as it is written about Him.

But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man!

It would be better for him if he had not been born.'

Then Judas, the one who would betray Him, said, 'Surely not I, Rabbi?'

Jesus answered, 'Yes, it is you.' (Matthew 26:21-25)

'It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread

When I have dipped it in the dish.'

Then, dipping the piece of bread,

He gave it to Judas Iscariot, son of Simon.

As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him.

(John 13:26-27)

Later, Judas betrays Christ Jesus with a kiss. (Matthew 26:49)

Judas had given himself over to dark thoughts, the demonic realm,

And finally Satan entered into him, sealing his doom.

But apparently no one else, except Christ Jesus, knew.

It is interesting to me that the other Eleven disciples had no clue

That Judas was thinking of such an action.

The last thing in their minds would be the betrayal of their Lord

By any one of them; That was unthinkable, and yet it happened.

Judas never let his heart be changed by Christ Jesus and all he witnessed.

Who knows why he responded to the call of Jesus initially.

The other Eleven responded

Because in their hearts they felt God calling them.

The same reason that you and I responded to the call of God on our lives.

The moral of the story is that not everyone who says, 'Lord, Lord,'

Belongs to Christ Jesus.

Judas was deceived and he deceived.

He masqueraded as an angel of light, but was a devil.

Hitler and Mussolini masqueraded as an angels of light but were devils.

There were Christian ministers in Germany

Who supported Hitler who were devils,

Masquerading as followers of Christ Jesus.

Today, there will be many devils masquerading as angels of light.

So potent will be their deception,

That they will be able to deceive even the Elect, if that were possible.

Satan will enter into his Antichrist

And perpetrate his evil intentions through this man, a man like Judas.

As God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!