The Lost Gospel of Judas
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It seems that the "lost gospel of Judas" had been making a stir in the media
lately, along with a few other lost, hidden or new ideas. While we haven't read
this "gospel," we really don't feel a need to for several reasons:
1. The gospel of Judas claims that Judas and Jesus were best friends...which is
possible, but not likely since Jesus referred to Judas as "a devil". (John 6:70) Of
course, Jesus could have simply said that to throw the rest of us off so we
wouldn't know Judas was really "helping" Him.
That opens up its own can of worms though. If Jesus was just calling Judas a
devil to throw the rest of us off the trail, then Jesus lied. And if Jesus lied about
Judas, then Jesus most likely lied about a lot of other things too, which would
mean that we really can't believe anything that Jesus ever said.
2. John called Judas a thief (12:6). Of course, that could just be John's opinion,
but since "all Scripture is God-breathed" (2 Tim. 3:16), that would mean that not
only did Jesus lie in calling Judas a devil, but that God lied by inspiring John to
call Judas a thief!
There's that can of worms again. If God lied about Judas being a thief then we
really can't trust anything that's in the Bible.
3. John is referred to as the disciple that Jesus loved (John 13:23, 19:26, 20:20,
21:7). Again, all Scripture is God-breathed. There is no mention of Judas being
the disciple that Jesus loved. Of course, this could be due to the conspiracy that
the two bosom buddies concocted in order to bring about the crucifixion, but...I
dunno. It seems to stretch the imagination a bit that such a deep relationship
could have been kept hidden from everyone for so long, considering that Jesus
shared such close quarters with, not only Judas, but the other eleven disciples,
too. Seems that somewhere along the way, someone would have noticed they
had become best friends.
4. In fact, there is no mention of Judas Iscariot in the Bible at all, other than in
passages referring to the betrayal of Jesus. Once again, all Scripture is
God-breathed. Of course, maybe God didn't know of the plot that Judas and
Jesus had cooked up?
5. Never before has God or Jesus ever needed to ask someone to help them
fulfill prophecy! Never! And they never will.
"Son, let's go ask Bob to be the anti-christ so Scripture can be fulfilled. Beg, if
you need to!"
Somehow, it just doesn't seem very realistic.
Nope, we haven't read the lost gospel of Judas. And it's fairly safe to say we
won't. Is it a real document? Probably. But it wasn't written or inspired by God. At
least not the God we follow.
lately, along with a few other lost, hidden or new ideas. While we haven't read
this "gospel," we really don't feel a need to for several reasons:
1. The gospel of Judas claims that Judas and Jesus were best friends...which is
possible, but not likely since Jesus referred to Judas as "a devil". (John 6:70) Of
course, Jesus could have simply said that to throw the rest of us off so we
wouldn't know Judas was really "helping" Him.
That opens up its own can of worms though. If Jesus was just calling Judas a
devil to throw the rest of us off the trail, then Jesus lied. And if Jesus lied about
Judas, then Jesus most likely lied about a lot of other things too, which would
mean that we really can't believe anything that Jesus ever said.
2. John called Judas a thief (12:6). Of course, that could just be John's opinion,
but since "all Scripture is God-breathed" (2 Tim. 3:16), that would mean that not
only did Jesus lie in calling Judas a devil, but that God lied by inspiring John to
call Judas a thief!
There's that can of worms again. If God lied about Judas being a thief then we
really can't trust anything that's in the Bible.
3. John is referred to as the disciple that Jesus loved (John 13:23, 19:26, 20:20,
21:7). Again, all Scripture is God-breathed. There is no mention of Judas being
the disciple that Jesus loved. Of course, this could be due to the conspiracy that
the two bosom buddies concocted in order to bring about the crucifixion, but...I
dunno. It seems to stretch the imagination a bit that such a deep relationship
could have been kept hidden from everyone for so long, considering that Jesus
shared such close quarters with, not only Judas, but the other eleven disciples,
too. Seems that somewhere along the way, someone would have noticed they
had become best friends.
4. In fact, there is no mention of Judas Iscariot in the Bible at all, other than in
passages referring to the betrayal of Jesus. Once again, all Scripture is
God-breathed. Of course, maybe God didn't know of the plot that Judas and
Jesus had cooked up?
5. Never before has God or Jesus ever needed to ask someone to help them
fulfill prophecy! Never! And they never will.
"Son, let's go ask Bob to be the anti-christ so Scripture can be fulfilled. Beg, if
you need to!"
Somehow, it just doesn't seem very realistic.
Nope, we haven't read the lost gospel of Judas. And it's fairly safe to say we
won't. Is it a real document? Probably. But it wasn't written or inspired by God. At
least not the God we follow.
"Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from
God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world." (1 John 4:1)
God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world." (1 John 4:1)
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