The Passover feast continues from sunset until almost midnight.

The Passover meal…
It lasted from sunset until almost midnight.

Judas attended only the first part and then left.
In this way, Judas was shut out of fellowship by Jesus. 😓
…After that, Jesus showed his love to his followers even more deeply and completely,
but before that, He had to drive out Judas, who was not His.

Judas was a man who did not reveal his true feelings…to the other disciples…or to Jesus. 😰

While the other disciples showed their failures,
Judas was different.
He never learned to open his heart to the Lord and trust in him, in order to maintain appearances.

That proved fatal 😱
His heart turned away from Jesus,
and it escalated to an act of betrayal. 😰

This is a warning to us. ⚠️
When we fellowship with Jesus…and with one another, we need to open our hearts.

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Even among Christians… there are those who stubbornly close their hearts 😨
…Such people… cannot be trusted.
…Judas's great mistake 😓
was to mock God… and to lie about his faith.
…There have always been, and still are, Christians like Judas.
…Judas was removed from the supper.
It was night 🌃.
…Satan…works actively in the darkness of the heart.
Let us aim to be Christians who open their hearts to God and are trusted by the Lord❗️

Shalom 😃

This page archives a Morning Word message shared by Pastor Peter Sunagawa on LINE. The English prose is a translation of the Japanese source message. For Scripture wording, use the BSB link above.