Judas Iscariot was an immensely blessed man. He became an early disciple of Jesus and was specifically chosen to be one of the Twelve, an immense blessing. More than this, we know Jesus appointed him as treasurer of their little group, a sign of special favour.
Yet tragically it was from this exalted position of privilege and blessing that he fell. And he fell to such depths, didn’t he? He became a cold, calculating, ruthless traitor, who could sit at table with Jesus and pretend to be a disciple even while he plotted his betrayal; he stooped to depths of infamy in handing over Jesus to be killed.
But was he to blame? Was it not really Satan’s fault? Is Judas not the prime example of a man who is not guilty because ‘the Devil made him do it’? Judas was not responsible for his sin because we find that the Scriptures support such a position, don’t we? After all, in Luke 22:3 we read, ‘Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve.’
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