Please
take note that my intention is not to cause any religion hubbub but just to
point out some fact about something I think might sound interesting to you so
please read this with an open mind.
I
was providential to be the co-mc at a Christian gathering that was organised
for kids and teenagers in Lagos and to be honest the program was great and
inspiring and the kids were just lovely. Excluding the fact that I was able to
show my skills as an MC I was able to also learn a lot things from the program
and I must say I was really delighted to have attended the program but let
leave that aside am not here to talk about myself .
One
of the speakers at the event spoke about the crucifixion of Jesus and there was
something she said that caught my attention which got me thinking. She spoke
about how Judas betrayed Jesus and how Peter denied Jesus but what really
caught my concentration was how she spoke and described Judas. We know the
story of how Judas betrayed Jesus so when the speaker was painting Judas as a
bad person to the kids I understood where she was coming from. We all know how
bad it is to betray someone especially someone that has so much love for you,
it is a very bad thing to do which made Judas betraying Jesus a very bad act
which immediately made Judas a bad person not just among the apostles but also
among the followers of Jesus across the globe.
The
difficulty I had after the event was that I couldn’t stop thinking about what
Judas did to Jesus and it was then it hit me and I began to ask myself some
questions. It is a general believe among Christians that Jesus came to the
world to die for sins of mankind and if we should interpret this it means that
Jesus life plan or life mission was to come and purify the sins of mankind by
dying which he eventually did. Now my first question goes does what if Judas
did not betray Jesus would he still have died for the sins of mankind? Am sure
we would say yes because we believe that his mission was to come and cleanse
the world from the sins of mankind but what if Judas had not betrayed him can
any of you illuminate me on what would have happened? It was said that Jesus
knew that Judas was going to betray him and if that is true that means God must
have told Jesus that it would be Judas that would lead him to his death. Now if
we believe that Jesus knew Judas was going to betray him and it was that act that
would lead him to the cross where he would be crucified then I guess it is safe
to say that Judas only played the part he had to play in the quest of Jesus in
dying for the sin of mankind. Let look at the present day scenario, there is this
believe that God will not come down to help you achieve your mission in life instead
he would use someone to be the architect of whatever you have set out to be. If
that is the case, don’t you think it is only logical for us to see Judas as the
architecture of Jesus life mission which was to die for the sins of mankind?
I
think it is unfair when we go around insulting Judas and calling him all sort
of names simply because he betrayed Jesus forgetting the fact that if Judas had
not betrayed Jesus, Jesus won’t be crucified and the cross won’t have become a
very spiritual symbol, we should also consider the fact that without Judas betrayer
there won’t be any cross of cavalry. I think Judas should be seen as the person
that helped Jesus to achieve his life mission which was to die on the cross of
cavalry so that mankind sins could be cleansed. I think Judas should also be respected
for having the courage to be the architecture of Jesus life mission something
other disciples couldn’t do.
Like
I said in the beginning my intention is not to cause any religion uproar so you
can easily disregard what I just said if you don’t believe that Jesus life
mission was to come and die for the sins of mankind but if you do believe that
that was his mission then put aside your religion feelings and think about what
I just said in a logical way and see if you would come to the same conclusion
with me.
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