Call Him

Now, if you find yourself wondering about your nature, there is good news.  Jesus hung around people who had compromised natures and all of them ended up being powerhouses for Him.  If God changes you, he will deliver you from yourself and help you walk that road of regrets.  It is not pretty, but you won't have to go at it alone.  If Judas had just turned and said he needed help, Jesus would have helped him.  History would have been changed.  He may have made heaven where the precious metals are used for street pavement and the only homes mentioned are mansions.  If you are reading this and you aren't in a good place with God. 

Call him.......

Call Me
http://youtu.be/1sVfYvwv4To

Regrets

So after the deed was done, Judas was sorry.  I hate the word "sorry".  It means that I have done something that I can't repair and it is the only thing left I can say.  "Sorry" did not change history in the case of Judas.  The enemy sits back and watches us make a complete fool of ourselves.  He lets us loose everything understanding the tearful road we will have to take to repair the damage.  I hope the damage can be repaired.  Once Jesus is in the hands of the authorities and  death is certain, Judas comes to give the money back and recant.  It does not work and he hangs himself.  No one told me at the beginning of salvation that repentance does not cancel the law of reaping and sowing.  You can end up saved as blazes and broke from addictions, homeless from evictions and "certifiably crazy" from the stuff you smoked.  The road back to right is a long road.  It is made even longer by regret.

Cry me a river
http://youtu.be/N6y5pJv91xo

Since we know you are a whore, we will haggle over the price

The biggest flaw in Judas was that he could be bought.  For a small fee, Judas would sell you down the river.  How do you put a price tag on the Son Of God.  Jesus was worth thirty pieces of silver.  I wonder if I have sold him for less than that.  We trade God in for the silliest of things.  Things like, relationships, houses, cars, jobs, and sex.  Some despots will denounce Christ for a cold meat sandwich on a hungry day.  Are we better than Judas or are we just better at hiding it.  God knows that you have Him on the auction block.  Well, God can't be bought or sold as Judas found out.  In the end, he took the money and tried to give it back, seeing it really wasn't what he thought it would be.  But that was too late.....

Money
http://youtu.be/CiSdGIcPhZ0

Constrain yourself

Judas was a man unbridled passion.  Seems like he entertained stuff he should have been fighting off.  What happened to the days when even your evil days had boundaries.  I really began to see his nature when a woman comes to Christ to offer a precious ointment.  Judas complains that the oil should have been sold and the money given to the poor.  He had some nerve to question a gift that was not even his all because he was a thief.  Jesus called him a thief.  Where was Judas' constraint.  Someone should have told him to get some business and get some sense.  We need to get a hold of ourselves sometimes and stop this "buck wild" christian living that leaves you "saying" you are saved yet "looking" like a your not.  Instead of appearing and acting saved, we look like pimps and hoochies with sagging pants and tramp stamps.

Stuff like that
http://youtu.be/NCHRGSx4apg

Change

One day, I preached a sermon on Judas.  Judas was one of the most intriguing figures in the Bible simply because he was more than just a traitor.  He was a thief, a liar, he was greedy, he was a traitor and he was over entitled.  Yet, as all of these things were him, he was called, he was loved by God, he was trusted to carry the money and he saw Jesus Christ in action everyday with an unchanged nature.  Do you think that is far from us?  I think not.  As a matter of fact, we sit in churches all the time with unrepentant hearts and lifestyles that reflect our own passions.  This week I want to take a strong look at Judas and hopefully, by the end of the week.  I will be a better person.  If Judas can miss the mark with Jesus sleeping in the same tent, we must change and I mean change.  It is too late in the day for playing "chicken" with God.  It's been a long time coming, but I know that a change will, must, has to come.

  Sam Cooke was not a perfect man.  He wrote this song after feeling the sting of racism and losing his son.  He still had hope that change would save him.

A Change is gonna come
http://youtu.be/gbO2_077ixs

People who amuse themselves with you

He places you on the edge of a cliff he never intended to jump.

He waits at home for you as you I.V., and stomach pump

Nothing wrong with a little fun

As long as you’re the one

And now your staring out the window in a funk

He needs to be amused so he gets you drunk

You come to your senses to loot and plunder

And finds he has left for someone younger

You count your mistakes one by one

An inheritless, broken, prodigal son

You are not a toy so don't be played with.

Crutches

She fakes as if her life is diabolic

And hates to see you smile, and romp and frolic

She grabs you from behind by sleight of hand

She is only satisfied when supply meets demand

And you aid and you pray and you pay exchanged

To wake in the morning prearranged

To start back off at where you thought to end

She drives you crazy, your helpless fair timed friend

You try to run but she has you in clutches

You have become her slave, her muse

Her crutches.

The greatest freedom people can achieve, is to be free from the burden of people, so you can achieve.