Because the Scripture says that He is.
Mark 14:19-21
19 And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?
20 And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish.
21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good
were it for that man if he had never been born.
Many Christians take the word "woe" as though it is some kind of word for eternal condemnation, but it doesn't mean
that. It is simply a word that means "grief." It is a word used in exclamation, such as "alas," and its cognates.
woe: [Strong's #3759] "ouai" a primary exclamation of grief.
This Greek word is found translated as "woe" 41 times in the New Testament, and 6 times as "alas."
Jesus says: "The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but GRIEF to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed!"
And grief is what Judas' choices broughts him when he began to see the fruit of his actions. Sure, the Son of man goeth,
as it was written of Him: but didn't also Judas Iscariot goeth as it was written of him, too?
And what about the following statement Jesus made?
Jesus: "good were it for that man if he had never been born."
That is a very interesting statement by Jesus being that God was the one that ordained every moment of Judas' life from the moment of his birth to the day of his death, even to the act of betrayal he committed against His Lord. Is Jesus challenging His Father's wisdom for Judas? Does Jesus have a secondary option for Judas apart from His Father's will for Judas that is being unfolded here? There is prophecy in the Old Testament about someone that God calls friend that "lifts up his heel against Him."
I don't disagree that Judas betrayed Jesus. He did. He betrayed Jesus by telling the religious leaders where they could find Him.
It was a secret place known only to the twelve apostles who, until Judas broke that confidence, had kept the secret secure among them.
But would it have been good if Judas had not been born?
If Judas had not been born there would have been no betrayal. Jesus would not have been arrested, there would have been no midnight trial, no condemnation, no crucifixion, no death, no atonement and everyone would still be lost in sin without a substitutionary sacrifice in the Person of the only begotten Son of God. We would ALL still be lost in sin. That's what would have happen if Jesus truly meant that it would have been good if Judas Iscariot had not been born.
Tell me, would it have been good?
No, it would not.
Mark 14:19-21
19 And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?
20 And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish.
21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good
were it for that man if he had never been born.
Many Christians take the word "woe" as though it is some kind of word for eternal condemnation, but it doesn't mean
that. It is simply a word that means "grief." It is a word used in exclamation, such as "alas," and its cognates.
woe: [Strong's #3759] "ouai" a primary exclamation of grief.
This Greek word is found translated as "woe" 41 times in the New Testament, and 6 times as "alas."
Jesus says: "The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but GRIEF to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed!"
And grief is what Judas' choices broughts him when he began to see the fruit of his actions. Sure, the Son of man goeth,
as it was written of Him: but didn't also Judas Iscariot goeth as it was written of him, too?
And what about the following statement Jesus made?
Jesus: "good were it for that man if he had never been born."
That is a very interesting statement by Jesus being that God was the one that ordained every moment of Judas' life from the moment of his birth to the day of his death, even to the act of betrayal he committed against His Lord. Is Jesus challenging His Father's wisdom for Judas? Does Jesus have a secondary option for Judas apart from His Father's will for Judas that is being unfolded here? There is prophecy in the Old Testament about someone that God calls friend that "lifts up his heel against Him."
I don't disagree that Judas betrayed Jesus. He did. He betrayed Jesus by telling the religious leaders where they could find Him.
It was a secret place known only to the twelve apostles who, until Judas broke that confidence, had kept the secret secure among them.
But would it have been good if Judas had not been born?
If Judas had not been born there would have been no betrayal. Jesus would not have been arrested, there would have been no midnight trial, no condemnation, no crucifixion, no death, no atonement and everyone would still be lost in sin without a substitutionary sacrifice in the Person of the only begotten Son of God. We would ALL still be lost in sin. That's what would have happen if Jesus truly meant that it would have been good if Judas Iscariot had not been born.
Tell me, would it have been good?
No, it would not.
