Today we're tackling the discussion of whether or not Judas Iscariot was truly evil in betraying Jesus or did he have a secret pact with Jesus to betray him because Jesus knew it's the only way to go? OOOOOOOOR Is it something else entirely! I'm going to talk through today why I don't think Judas BETRAYED Jesus. But more importantly than that, I want to discuss why I think that matters! At the end of the day, we'll never truly be certain of anyone's intentions 2000 years ago. But I would like to find the example and what we can learn from each story we find in the Bible so that we can get to know the Heart of God better and better!

We seems to be at an all time high for bickering among believers. We seem to not be able to get along. I've drawn harder lines. Built bigger walls. What are we going to do about this? Jesus tells us that the world will know that we are his disciples by our LOVE for one another. I believe we need to give each other a little more grace. We'll be diving into a couple of passages from the New Testament that points out how we are all the body. If we give each other the grace to operate in each the mission and calling each of us has been given. We need to trust each other to be following in the Spirit to see Jesus lifted up to draw everyone to him!

Today we're talking about 2 Chronicles 7:14 and how misinterpreted verse. Churches love quoting this but in most contexts people mean that if EVERYONE ELSE will follow the verse THEN God will heal our land. But we can't control what others do. We can only control ourselves. When we approach this verse, we need to make sure that we apply it to ourselves first!