Comments on: March 24, 2010 http://newlife-glastonbury.org/bibleplan/2010/03/24/march-24-2008/ Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:15:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: rob http://newlife-glastonbury.org/bibleplan/2010/03/24/march-24-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-333 rob Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:11:29 +0000 http://newlife-glastonbury.org/bibleplan/2008/03/24/march-24-2008/#comment-333 It is amazing that the very men who wanted to stop the spread of Jesus' message and prove that he was not the messiah were fulfilling one of the prophecies about him. vs 9 and 10 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty silver coins, the price set on him by the people of Israel, 10 and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.” See Zach 11:10-14 It is amazing that the very men who wanted to stop the spread of Jesus’ message and prove that he was not the messiah were fulfilling one of the prophecies about him. vs 9 and 10 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty silver coins, the price set on him by the people of Israel, 10 and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.”

See Zach 11:10-14

]]> By: Eric Stillman http://newlife-glastonbury.org/bibleplan/2010/03/24/march-24-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Eric Stillman Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:35:56 +0000 http://newlife-glastonbury.org/bibleplan/2008/03/24/march-24-2008/#comment-332 Both Peter and Judas had reason for despair following the handing over of Jesus. Peter denied Jesus three times and let him go to his death alone. Judas betrayed Jesus and handed him over. Both felt remorse for what they had done. For Peter, that remorse caused him to stay around the other disciples, and eventually to confess his love for Jesus after Jesus appeared to him and to receive Jesus' forgiveness. For Judas, his remorse led him to kill himself. That was Satan's final victory over Judas. Certainly one of the greatest things about God is His mercy and desire to forgive. We can't forget that Satan will always want to convince us that there is no hope for forgiveness in sin. Satan is right when he tells us we deserve to die for how we have betrayed God, but the gospel teaches us that there is One who already took that death on Himself so that we might be forgiven - Jesus Christ. Let us be like Peter, coming in our remorse to Jesus, instead of Judas, letting our remorse lead us into the arms of Satan. Both Peter and Judas had reason for despair following the handing over of Jesus. Peter denied Jesus three times and let him go to his death alone. Judas betrayed Jesus and handed him over. Both felt remorse for what they had done. For Peter, that remorse caused him to stay around the other disciples, and eventually to confess his love for Jesus after Jesus appeared to him and to receive Jesus’ forgiveness. For Judas, his remorse led him to kill himself. That was Satan’s final victory over Judas. Certainly one of the greatest things about God is His mercy and desire to forgive. We can’t forget that Satan will always want to convince us that there is no hope for forgiveness in sin. Satan is right when he tells us we deserve to die for how we have betrayed God, but the gospel teaches us that there is One who already took that death on Himself so that we might be forgiven – Jesus Christ. Let us be like Peter, coming in our remorse to Jesus, instead of Judas, letting our remorse lead us into the arms of Satan.

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