Is it you?
‘Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely not
I, Rabbi?”’
In a sermon about commitment to Christ, the great preacher
Charles Spurgeon said: ‘I’ve known some who preached the gospel with power, but
lived to depart from it altogether.
I’ve known others who discharged the duties
of deaconship and eldership with considerable diligence, who have afterwards
given way to their evil passions. I’ve thought some of them to be the holiest
of men.
While they’ve been praying I’ve been lifted up to the very gates of
heaven; if anyone had said these would one day fall into gross sin, I wouldn’t
have believed it. I’d sooner have believed it of myself. Those who seemed
stronger than we have fallen, so why not we?
Our Lord’s disciples who sat at
the table with Him, when they were told that one of them would betray their
master, each enquired: “Lord, is it I?” That was a very proper question. There
wasn’t one who asked, “Lord, is it Judas?” Probably not one of them suspected
him. And it may be that the worst hypocrite in this assembly is the one upon
whom there doesn’t rest at this moment a single shade of suspicion.
He has
learned to play his part so well that his true character hasn’t yet been
discovered.’ If those words hit too close for comfort, don’t walk - run to the
foot of the cross today!
Run to the One who, with full knowledge of your
struggles and temptations, loves you unconditionally; the One whose blood
cleanses you from sin, whose grace can lift and sustain you, and whose power
can help you live an overcoming life.
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