Commentary on John 13 (3)
Now, this is the disposition against Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.
“I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.” (John 13:18)
At the moment the Lord speaks, Judas Iscariot's fate is already decided.
The devil put the idea of betraying Jesus into his heart (John 13:2), but the Lord pulled him out with tweezers, so Judas Iscariot's judgment was decided.
“Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, you may believe that I am he.” (John 13:19)
The fact that something is done before it comes to pass clearly means that there is a time when something happens.
In other words, there will be a time when things will come to pass, so that you may believe that I am he.
This is the One who has been speaking from the beginning, it's I.
This is so that you may believe.
Just as Christ, the Word, accepted his disciples, He also accepts us today as we received the word.
So, as in Exodus 3:14, Christ is the One who says, I AM THAT I AM and I AM.
There is no one else, it is I and I must receive you.
We must not touch too much on God's world.
My relationship with the Father can only be known in the spirit world.
In other words, try to know God only to the extent that you can know Him through Jesus Christ, and do not try to know any more.
We should not force ourselves to explain something that is not recorded in the Bible.
However, if the Lord says it is I, you just have to receive him; it is he who is the Word.
Who are you? What are you doing?
Don’t argue, but if he say, “I am the One who has been saying since the beginning, I am who I am,” you say, oh, is that right? And if you receive him as your Savior, that is salvation.
“Verily, Verily, I say unto you, He that receives whomsoever I send receives me; and he receives me receives him that sent me.” (John 13:20)
Verily, Verily, he repeats.
The original text is Amen Amen.
And “I tell the truth” means that I speak truly.
This means that the words are truly, truly fulfilling.
He who receives the one I send receives me. This saying continues until the end of time.
If he receives the Lord and those whom the Lord sends, it will gradually accumulate.
In the meantime, if you receive the Lord, and are received by others as a man that have the Lord's word, he is received by others, and they continue to be connected like a chain.
Therefore, we are now standing in front of an important perspective at a very important time.
Let me say John 13 once again: The Lord loves us to the end, not just for time, but unto him.
Because He is the beginning and the end.
It means alpha and omega.
The fact that He receives us means that He loves even omega.
That means he loves until he ends up as the Lord of Judgment.
That is the event that the Lord has received us, and it means that some day we will pass the White Throne Judgment and stand before the Lord.
This means that he will take responsibility for us until then.
Therefore, the words that the Lord loves us until the end means that he will drag us up to that place.
So, Revelation 3:21 says, “To him who overcomes will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.”
This is the meaning of the Lord washing the disciple's feet.
And it means receiving a portion with the Lord.
That is why he says, “He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?” (Romans 8:32)
So, if we hold on to the Son, we will be received by the Son, and if we receive the Son and keep his promises, we will receive what the Son receives.
However, Judas Iscariot sold Jesus Christ.
It was not Judas Iscariot who sold him out, but it was Satan within him who did it.
Even now, those who sell Jesus Christ do not do so willingly.
Saying, I shouldn't be like this, the material demon sells him.
We never sell him willingly.
That is why Judas Iscariot later commits suicide.
Why would he commit suicide if he had sold the Lord?
It will still be the same now.
If he was sincere, he would never commit suicide.
‘This isn't my mind, I'm completely crazy.’ he end up committing suicide.
Even that was caught by Satan.
However, we are not those who buy or sell the Lord.
We are the people who sold everything we had to buy the treasure buried in the field.
We are the ones who bought the pearl of great price.
If we keep that pearl patiently in our faith, we will one day receive the same inheritance and enjoy it forever, what inheritance he receives.
Written by Ptr. Yohan Kim.
Translated by Nancy Chung
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