UPPER ROOM 70 – WHEN YOU ARE KISSED BY JUDAS

1 LESSONS FROM THE UPPER ROOM 0070 " when YOU ARE KISSED BY JUDAS (20130613) PAGE 1 UPPER ROOM 70 when YOU ARE KISSED BY JUDAS Luke 6 10 13 26 26:47-56 (Psalm 41:9).. Matthew 10:34-36 Satan will always and without fail seek for someone in your midst whom he can influence to be a JUDAS in your life. If he can find more than one, to him, it is all the better. Just like JUDAS betrayed Jesus at a time of adversity, each JUDAS in your life will do the same. Just as JUDAS was a person My Son trusted, your JUDAS will be someone you trust. Do not be surprised when you are attacked with unexpected anger from people who outwardly appear to be generally very passive; when a person's pride is bruised, there is a tendency to lash out at the one who has brought to light the weak area of their life. Jesus should have been able to trust the religious leaders of the Jews; but because He spoke truth that exposed their inner shortcomings, they turned on Him.

2 All too often, the Judases in your life will feel totally justified in releasing their anger against you. They will believe they are judging you correctly. They will exalt their perception of a sermon, a conversation or an action over the reality of what has taken place. A JUDAS will never truly pray before acting or speaking. The master's servant was to wash the feet of visitors for the master so the visitors would be welcome in the house. The feet were considered to be the filthiest part of the person. Jesus said, no one cometh unto the Father but by Me; He washes the filthiest part of a person - the sin-natured spirit - and makes you new so you will be welcome in the house of the Father. Just like Jesus washed the feet of His JUDAS , you must do the same to yours. I do not say that you are required to physically wash their feet; I am saying that you must wash away the filth of their betrayal through praying for them and walking in My love, grace and mercy toward them.

3 Remember, when Jesus washed the feet of JUDAS , He looked directly into JUDAS ' eyes with pure love. when JUDAS arrived with the soldiers sent to arrest Jesus, those soldiers symbolize the devils operating with great deception in the life of your JUDAS . Matthew 26:47-50 A kiss was a sign of affection, a sign of friendship, a sign of fellowship. It was not to be a sign of betrayal. You must prepare yourself; for if you have not been KISSED by a JUDAS , that day is coming. You will interact with your JUDAS in a way that will seem to imply deep confidence, friendship and trust. But the day will come that your JUDAS will kiss you. Notice that even at the moment of supreme betrayal, Jesus still referred to JUDAS as "friend." The moment you call your JUDAS an enemy, you have just rendered yourself ineffective as an agent of restoration in the life of that person.

4 Your Father desires your JUDAS to be restored into full fellowship with Him. Remember, your JUDAS did not betray you until he had first in his own heart betrayed the Father. LESSONS FROM THE UPPER ROOM 0070 " when YOU ARE KISSED BY JUDAS (20130613) PAGE 2 Do not forget that Jesus went to the cross for His JUDAS . You must go to the cross and crucify your own feelings of betrayal and hurt over what your JUDAS has done to you. Just as Jesus did on the cross, you must pray for each JUDAS who despitefully betrays you. The cry of your heart must be the same as Jesus': Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. But know this: you will never be able to keep a JUDAS from betraying you. In spite of all JUDAS saw My Son do - in spite of all the healings and miracles; in spite of the fact the he was one of the Apostles sent forth two-by-two and used of Me for healings and miracles - he still betrayed My Son.

5 The greatest challenge for a JUDAS is to admit to his betrayal and then to humble him, or herself, in repentance before Me. Just as JUDAS hung himself, thus ending his potential to be used by Me after the resurrection of My Son, each JUDAS in your life will, unless he repents and purges himself of those faults in his character, figuratively hang himself, rendering himself more and more unusable in My Kingdom. The only reason a person becomes a JUDAS to you is because that quality had already been alive in them, just lying dormant. The JUDAS kiss is a form of the spiritual warfare you will face in life as you serve Me. The deeper you go into Me and the more you conform to the image of My Son, the more potential Judases you will have in life. This is a main reason why it is so critical for you to press deeper and deeper into Me to be perfected in My love.

6 You are walk by faith, but you are to live by love, My love.