{"id":4633,"date":"2021-03-31T14:59:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T19:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=4633"},"modified":"2021-03-31T14:59:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T19:59:02","slug":"dishonorable-vessel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/31\/dishonorable-vessel\/","title":{"rendered":"Dishonorable Vessel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Twelve men he chose to follow him; they followed without question or hesitation<\/h6>\n
He taught them in the desert and in towns with no set destination\u2026<\/h6>\n
Within the camp they became friends, brothers\u2026<\/h6>\n
Leaving home, and all others, to be taught and serve, wherever their teacher would lead them.<\/h6>\n
But one he chose, was a thief and a liar, a keeper of the books, but he was a crook\u2026<\/h6>\n
And with each scornful look, Judas complained\u2026<\/h6>\n
\u201cWhy waste that costly perfume to anoint your feet, when it could be sold and given to the poor?\u201d<\/h6>\n
His heart was wicked standing before the Lord.<\/h6>\n
Jesus said, \u201cThe poor you have with you always.\u201d<\/h6>\n
Knowing Judas\u2019s heart, he left him in his own deceit.<\/h6>\n
Drinking wine and eating bread, at the table Jesus said,<\/h6>\n
One of you will betray me\u2026all gasped and wondered, \u201cIs it me? I would never\u2026\u201d<\/h6>\n
\u201cThe one who dips his bread into the bowl this night, is he who will betray me.<\/h6>\n
Judas what you do, go and do quickly.\u201d<\/h6>\n
Thirty pieces of silver paid.<\/h6>\n
In the garden, Judas came to the Lord, kissed his face, and the contract was made, Satan entered Judas\u2019s heart. And on this dark, frightful night, where Jesus had prayed, soldiers came and took Him away.<\/h6>\n
Crucified, and in a tomb, they laid the blessed Savior.<\/h6>\n
Judas consumed with guilt and shame, threw the money at the self-righteous men; they were repulsed by the traitor, no longer known as Jesus\u2019s friend. He realized what he had done.<\/h6>\n
To late to change, too late for regret, Judas went to the place called \u201cthe Valley of Hinnom (the field of blood) overcome with torment and grief, he hung himself and died.<\/h6>\n
Without true repentance, confession and turning away from your sin, the soul is most tormented. It\u2019s not that Jesus would not forgive him; Judas could not forgive himself.<\/h6>\n
The heart is exceedingly wicked who can know it? Only the blood of Jesus can cleanse and set us free\u2026<\/h6>\n
If you are constantly complaining and critical\u2026<\/h6>\n
If you are greedy and self-seeking with your own agenda<\/h6>\n
A word of exhortation\u2026<\/h6>\n
Your heart is sick and needs healing, turn away from the accuser and give Jesus your heart completely\u2026<\/h6>\n
Do not betray the Lord as Judas did with a kiss.<\/h6>\n
Lay down your flesh and resist\u2026<\/h6>\n
The devil will not give you peace, no, he will sell your soul at the highest price, he\u2019ll take your soul and your life\u2026<\/h6>\n
Repent and cling to Jesus Christ. You have a choice. Instead of a dishonorable vessel be a vessel of honor!<\/h6>\n
~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill March 31, 2021<\/h6>\n
John 13:26-27 New International Version<\/strong> <\/em>26\u00a0<\/sup><\/em>Jesus answered, \u201cIt is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.\u201d Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.\u00a027\u00a0<\/sup>As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him.\u00a0<\/em>So, Jesus told him, \u201cWhat you are about to do, do quickly.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u00a0<\/em>Matthew 26:14-16 New International Version <\/em><\/strong>Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus 14\u00a0<\/sup>Then one of the Twelve\u2014the one called Judas Iscariot\u2014went to the chief priests\u00a015\u00a0<\/sup>and asked, \u201cWhat are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?\u201d So, they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver.\u00a016\u00a0<\/sup>From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand him over.<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u00a0<\/em>John 12:4-5 New International Version <\/em><\/strong>4\u00a0<\/sup><\/em>But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected,\u00a05\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cWhy wasn\u2019t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year\u2019s wages.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u00a0<\/em>Zechariah 11:12-14 New International Version <\/em><\/strong>12\u00a0<\/sup><\/em>I told them, \u201cIf you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.\u201d So, they paid me thirty pieces of silver. 13\u00a0<\/sup>And the Lord said to me, \u201cThrow it to the potter\u201d\u2014the handsome price at which they valued me! So, I took the thirty pieces of silver\u00a0and threw them to the potter at the house of the Lord. 14\u00a0<\/sup>Then I broke my second staff called Union, breaking the family bond between Judah and Israel.<\/em><\/h6>\n
\u00a0<\/em>Psalm 41:9 New International Version <\/em><\/strong>9\u00a0<\/sup><\/em>Even my close friend, someone I trusted, one who shared my bread, has turned against me.<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Twelve men he chose to follow him; they followed without question or hesitation He taught them in the desert and in towns with no set destination\u2026 Within the camp they became friends, brothers\u2026 Leaving home, and all others, to be taught and serve, wherever their teacher would lead them. But one he chose, was a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8aPxH-1cJ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4635,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4633\/revisions\/4635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}