Is there a Judas inside our heart
And we’re probably unaware,
As we play the game and play the part
Fooling everyone everywhere?
Is there a seed of deception
Awaiting its time to bloom;
A well-hidden and clever masterplan
To encourage disaster and doom?
Unless that seed of bitterness
Is cut off at the root;
It will entertain all other hosts
Producing much rotten fruit.
Judas was a deceiver
But he played the role so well;
He was one of the chosen twelve disciples
But chose the path of hell.
The symbolism was distinct
As with a kiss he revealed the Lord;
A wicked deception in all of history
Betraying the man he ‘adored.’
But Jesus was ever so gracious
And didn’t point the finger at he,
Instead “He who dipped his hand with Me
In the dish will betray Me.”
The love of money was the root
Betraying for pieces of silver.
But there was later no room for repentance
And Judas was unable to be delivered.
Are we willing to betray the one
Who is able to save our soul,
By conforming with society
It’s culture and political goals?
The heart is deceitful
And desperately wicked indeed;
We are to examine ourselves if we’re in the faith
To repent and to take heed.
(C) P.B. 2019
“What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you? And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver. So from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him.” Matthew 26:15-16
‘He answered and said, “He who dipped his hand with Me in the dish will betray Me.” Matthew 26:23
‘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
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.” Jeremiah 17:9