There is no name more synonymous with “traitor” than Judas Iscariot. Learn about his spectacular sin and how Christ is the one who keeps us from the same fate of Judas. // 1. Have you ever known anyone who has walked away from their faith? Someone who once claimed to be a Christian, but now no longer claims to be so. How did you find out they’re no longer a Christian? What caused them to turn away? // 2. Who was Judas? Where was he from? What were his responsibilities among the disciples? What was his secret sin that motivated him to betray Jesus? When First Timothy 6:10 says, “the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil,” did that come true with Judas? // 3. Read Matthew 27:3-5. What was Judas’ response to his betrayal of Jesus? What is the difference between “remorse” and “repentance”? List out a few differences. What’s the difference between feeling bad about sin and making it right? If Judas actually repented of his sin, how might that have looked? // 4. Read John 10:26-28 and 1 John 2:18-19. Compare and contrast “the sheep” of Jesus vs. “the antichrists” who have abandoned the faith. Will a true sheep ever be lost from God? If someone leaves Christianity, were they ever truly one of Jesus’ sheep in the first place?
