Heralds Digest

  “ And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept .” Mark 14 : 72 KJV Just as the scriptures proffer that safety is probable in the multitude of counsels, confusion and contamination also attend to multitudes of words. As we compare the divergent destinies of Peter and Judas, who were two disciples of Jesus and privileged to be exposed to the same qualities and quantities of words, it is important for today’s pilgrims to be wary of the necessity of life’s response to weighty words.  Both men had their turn of reflecting and responding to weighty words; and while Peter opted for weeping on the weighty word “ Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice ”, Judas decided to waste his life to cover up the shame. No matter their influences and affluence, mindless words of human beings are light-weighted and they cease to matter with...

  “ Now His betrayer had given them a signal, saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the One; seize Him and lead Him away safely. ”” Mark 14 : 44 NKJV Has anyone ever cared to uncover the concept of Judas Iscariot’s recommendation of safe treatment of Jesus Christ? Apparently, only the scribes and Pharisees can frankly answer to his disappointment for their non-compliance. Judas still looks forward to another parable of the sowers in an upcoming homecoming sermon on the mount, after the scribes and Pharisees’ expectation of compliance to the recommendation. Likewise, the world and its system are filled with safe statutes on economics, social ethics, political strategy, and business deals that compromise the counsel of God on holiness and righteousness. These worldly statutes are only capable of offering temporal satisfaction and the feeling of great achievement; they cannot sustain their offers on the day of reckoning with the Lord. For example, by the time Judas Iscariot discovered thi...