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Are You Following Jesus or Judas?

Timothy Ateek

January 24, 2021

Judas saw firsthand the ministry and miracles of Jesus, yet he still betrayed him for thirty pieces of silver. What does Judas’ betrayal show us about what it truly means to know and follow Jesus?

This week, the Executive Director of Breakaway Ministries, Timothy Ateek, offers us three clarifying questions to ask about our relationship with Jesus. Do we only know about Jesus, or do we know Him?

Scripture References

14Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests

15and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?” So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver.

20When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the Twelve.

21And while they were eating, he said,

“Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.”

22They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other, “Surely you don’t mean me, Lord?”

23Jesus replied,

“The one who has 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.”

25Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely you don’t mean me, Rabbi?”

Jesus answered,

“You have said so.”

4But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected,

5“Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages.”

6He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it.

Timothy Ateek

Elder and teaching pastor at Watermark Community Church