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John
12:1-8 - The Story of the alabaster box and Judas the thief … the oil was worth
about $40 – (costly @ $40 per pound)
Matthew
26:10 (The Story Continues) – Judas was not a little upset!
Matthew 26
15 and said, "What are
you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?" And they counted out to
him thirty pieces of silver.
16 So from that time he
sought opportunity to betray Him.
Matthew 27
1 ¶ When morning came, all
the chief priests and elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to
death.
2 And when they had bound
Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
3 Then Judas, His betrayer,
seeing that He had been condemned, was remorseful and brought back the thirty
pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
4 saying, "I have sinned
by betraying innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to
us? You see to it!"
5 Then he threw down the
pieces of silver in the temple and departed, and went and hanged himself.
6 But the chief priests took
the silver pieces and said, "It is not lawful to put them into the
treasury, because they are the price of blood."
7 And they consulted together
and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.
Zechariah 11
12 Then I said to them,
"If it is agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not,
refrain." So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
13 And the LORD said to me,
"Throw it to the potter" — that princely price they set on
me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house
of the LORD for the potter.
Exodus 21: 32 "If the ox gores a
male or female servant, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver,
and the ox shall be stoned.
$15
… that’s what the 30 shekels of silver would be worth today … just the price of
a slave – a servant … that’s the value this world set on our Savior – What is
He worth to you? I guess Judas was pretty angry about the $40
You
might say, “Preacher, are you telling me that Judas sold Jesus for $15?” … NOPE!!! You see - - -
Jesus was not the
one for sale that night in the Garden … Oh no!!!
Jesus was
not selling … Jesus was buying
Jesus,
the Lamb of God, was not the one for sale, Judas sold himself, and for what?
Thirty shekels of silver … only $15 – and even then he casted that away which
only goes to teach us that in the end:
We are worth nothing without Jesus – but – We are worth everything
to Him
And,
BTW … Jesus is not for sale today either!
·
We
cannot buy Him …
·
We
cannot bargain with Him …
·
And
we cannot live without Him …
Jesus
is not for sale … you are!
Don’t
sale yourself cheap …
·
Not
for Gold, Glory, Power, or Position
·
Why
not sale yourself to the highest bidder
·
Jesus,
King of Kings and Lord of Lords
·
He
gave everything, even His own life for you!
You
are worth far too much to let yourself go so cheap … eternity awaits those who
know their value and redeem their lives in Christ
