The morning Manna will be provided at
6am. Thanks. Studying Managing for the Master till He comes in the SSnet.org series
Lesson 8, may the Holy Spirit be the speaker to your heart. The Topic today is: Judas and his
untaken-care-of defects of character for Morning Manna of the Sabbath School
Lesson Managing for the Master till He
comes. The Opening Hymn will be 229
"Spirit of the Living God". The Sabbath School Quarterly,
downloadable from SSnet.org in the Teacher's Edition is on page 114 and for the
teacher’s edition or Standard Edition, on page 75. The SSnet.org site allows anyone,
anywhere to read the lesson in their own language. Choose your own language to
see God speaking also to your heart. Why don’t you click on this link right
now: https://absg.adventist.org/pdf.php?file=2023:1Q:SE:PDFs:EAQ123_08.pdf ---“But Judas did not come to the point
of surrendering himself fully to Christ.”—The
Desire of Ages, p. 716. ---“In the end, we all have character
defects that, if surrendered, can be overcome through the power of God working
in us. But Judas did not fully surrender to Christ, and the sin of
covetousness, which he could have overcome in the power of Christ, overcame him
instead, with tragic results.” ---We all have character and personality
defects. ---Beautiful and handsome people with
internal defects. ---We dress-up. We meet our friends. We
smile all the way. We have a good time. But sometimes, if not taken care of,
lurking in us will be the defects. ---How do I know that I have the defects
in me? ---When others are hurt by us. That is
how we know there is a problem that needs rectification. ---Should I ignore it and just go on? ---No, You need to approach the problem
and confess your wrong before God and ask Him to forgive you like He forgave
all other people in the Gospels and in the Bible. ---Read the Bible to see how and what
you should do. ---Judas was a terrorist who belonged to
a civil rights underground movement. ---I was taught by Calvinist professors
that Iscariot means the carrier of a knife or dagger. ---He walked with Jesus to see if He is
the nationalistic Messiah that was promised to throw off the empire squatting
on their land and free them of Roman oppression. ---Liberation Theology at its best. That
is Judas Iscariot. ---He wanted to fight systemic wrongs in
society with activistic outcries and preparing for an overthrow of the Romans
behind the scenes. ---He needed money for that and pocketed
from the church, no from the disciples, sorry. ---Every time money was spent for their
needs he grumbled. Less money for his own cause. ---Mary putting ointment on Jesus’ feet?
Waste of money, he thought. ---But John knew that he stole sometimes
of their money. Jesus also knew it. ---Remarkable that Jesus kept giving
Judas a chance to change. ---Until the last moment, Jesus treated
him with dignity, and Agape appeal. ---Love with outstretched hands. But he
got to do what he got to do. Right? ---Do you have to do it too? ---If you do not work on the defects in
your life, you are Judas too. Oops. ---When should I change? ---Right now.