Emphasis Preaching Journal

Judas brings to mind one of the mysteries of life -- the capacity for good and evil within each of us.

Luther had a Latin tag for this: Simul justus et peccator. (We are at the same time justified and sinners.)

I often reflect how Judas' mother must have loved him still. Francis Quarles has a word for us:

"Before thou reprehend another,
take heed thou are not culpable
in what thou goest about to
reprehend. He that cleanses a
blot with blotted fingers makes
a greater blur."