Tag: perdition

the son of perdition vs. The Son of Man
“While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
John 17:12 NASB – High Priestly Prayer of Christ Jesus

Judas vs. Jesus

We have entered Gethsemane with Jesus and eleven of the Apostles.
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Jesus – The Last Prayers of Gethsemane
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As Jesus prayed to our Father God they fell asleep.

Just hours before in Jerusalem the Lord had prayed for all of them except Judas.
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Protect them from the evil one
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Jesus had acknowledged in His High Priestly Prayer that Judas, who had left the upper room quickly, was not included in His protection.

John 18: Judas betrays Jesus

2 Now Judas also, who was betraying Him, knew the place, for Jesus had often met there with His disciples.

Judas then, having received the Roman cohort and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns and torches and weapons.

4 So Jesus, knowing all the things that were coming upon Him, went forth and said to them,

“Whom do you seek?”

They answered Him, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

He said to them,

“I am He.”

And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.

6 So when He said to them, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground. Therefore He again asked them,

“Whom do you seek?”

And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

8 Jesus answered, “I told you that I am He; so if you seek Me, let these go their way,” to fulfill the word which He spoke, “Of those whom You have given Me I lost not one.”

Observation by an awakened Apostle John, witness to this sad scene and seeing Jesus’ betrayer leading the lantern-lit faces into Gethsemane:

And Judas also, who was betraying Him, was standing with them.

The Beginning of the End

Now we turn the page to focus on Judas, the son of perdition (a description long forgotten) and how evil enters into those professing Jesus as their Master and Teacher and Lord.

John adds additional detail to the beginning of the dark night, while Matthew and others witness Jesus’ betrayal from their perspectives.
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September 11, 2020
Because the days are evil – 5 – a Perilous Dark Path to Perdition
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
1 Timothy 6:9 KJV

Destruction and Perdition

Perdition. Now there’s a word rarely heard in these last days. Do you know what it is?

Of course we can imagine several paths to destruction and doubtless destruction of the body is inevitable. Yet what of perdition?

ἀπώλεια – apōleia

Destroy, Destroyer, Destruction, Destructive:

… indicating “loss of well-being, not of being,” is used
(a) of things, signifying their waste, or ruin; of ointment, Mat 26:8; Mar 14:4; of money, Act 8:20 (“perish”);

(b) of persons, signifying their spiritual and eternal perdition, Mat 7:13; John 17:12; 2Th 2:3, where “son of perdition” signifies the proper destiny of the person mentioned; metaphorically of men persistent in evil, Rom 9:22, where “fitted” is in the Middle Voice, indicating that the vessels of wrath fitted themselves for “destruction;” of the adversaries of the Lord’s people, Phl 1:28 (“perdition”); of professing Christians, really enemies of the Cross of Christ, Phl 3:19 (RV, “perdition”); of those who are subjects of foolish and hurtful lusts, 1Ti 6:9 (for the preceding word “destruction” see No. 3, below); of professing Hebrew adherents who shrink back into unbelief, Hbr 10:39; of false teachers, 2Pe 2:1, 3; of ungodly men, 2Pe 3:7; of those who wrest the Scriptures, 2Pe 3:16; of the Beast, the final head of the revived Roman Empire, Rev 17:8, 11;

(c) of impersonal subjects, as heresies, 2Pe 2:1, where “destructive heresies” (RV; AV, “damnable“) is, lit., “heresies of destruction” (marg., “sects of perdition”); in ver. 2 the most authentic mss. have aselgeiais, “lascivious,” instead of apoleiais.
See PERDITION, PERNICIOUS, WASTE.

I include source detail due to our unfamiliarity.

1 Noun Strong’s Number: g684 Greek: apoleia
Waste (Noun and Verb):

“destruction,” is translated “waste” in Mat 26:8; Mar 14:4.
See DESTRUCTION, B, II, No. 1.

You never gave this sin a thought, not even for a moment.

It was harmless. And you just did it (this one time).

But then your path of doing right becomes shrouded in darkness.

Once again, and then twice (and more) your path toward the deeper darkness quickens your heart.

I hear the cries of perdition in the near distance! But from which cluttered maze of sin have they come?

Works of the Flesh

Now the works of the flesh are obvious:

sexual immorality, moral impurity, promiscuity, idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and anything similar.

I am warning you about these things—as I warned you before—that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. –

Galatians 5:19-21

Paul brings light to these dark sins with great clarity. Need I say more?

Where do you stand during these last days which are evil?

With those revelers standing in the shadows of darkness? Trying to hide your sins luring you into the mire of a slippery path near the entrance of destruction?

Lord, help you.

Call upon the only One who can save your soul from perdition and destruction, the One who loved the world so much that He suffered for you one the Cross — died — rose from the grave…

Christ Jesus will judge the living and the dead.

Which are you?
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Because the Days are Evil,
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October 19, 2019