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Originally Posted by John
I was planning to address all or most of Evangelical’s comments, but then my eyes fell on this by him, which warrants special attention:
Judas would be a tare sowed by Satan. Evangelical initially included Judas as a church leader. Now he has stated that Judas was sown by Satan into the group of twelve disciples (which he called the church). Here is what the Bible states:
Jesus answered them, "Did I Myself not choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is a devil?" (John 6:70, NASB) The Bible does not tell us that Jesus chose only eleven disciples and Satan picked the twelfth. It tells us that Jesus chose all twelve disciples—including Judas. His choosing was according to God’s plan. To state that Satan sowed Judas as a tare is to state a blatant falsehood. |
Jesus knew that Judas was a tare, and chose him knowing that Judas was betray him. The meaning of John 6:70 is that Jesus chose a devil as one of his disciples. He did not tell the others, however. He was like a tare growing among the wheat.
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Originally Posted by John
Actually, what Evangelical has written is libel against God—or what’s known as blasphemy. He is basically calling God a liar by stating that Satan, not God, put Judas into the group of twelve disciples. For his own sake before God, he should retract this statement and repent for making it.
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God allowed Satan to use Judas.