Judas Iscariot
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In John 6:64, Jesus said - But there are some of you who do not believe. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. From the beginning of what? I would say from the very beginning, yet some people believe that Jesus was taken by surprise by the betrayal of Judas and did not know he would betray Him until the beginning of His betrayal. 
Jesus himself told the apostles what was to come and what had been written and what had been prophisied. In my view, Judas had no idea that sanhedrin was going to turn Jesus over to the Romans to be killed. I believe Judas thought that Jesus was going to make an account to the high priests which they would understand. Thus Jesus would prove once and for all that He was the Son of God. It was after the crucifixion that Judas saw how wrong he was and threw away the silver and hung himself. Judas' only sin would be that he didn't believe that Jesus would forgive him. In the end though, the death of Christ as a sacrifcial Lamb was written long before Jesus was even born. To say that the evil one entered Judas makes no sense.
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In John 6:64, Jesus said - But there are some of you who do not believe. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. From the beginning of what? I would say from the very beginning, yet some people believe that Jesus was taken by surprise by the betrayal of Judas and did not know he would betray Him until the beginning of His betrayal.
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John 12
Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who would betray Him, said, “Why was this fragrant oil not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it.
Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who would betray Him, said, “Why was this fragrant oil not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it.
Amen...and then from there after the cross and resurrection we go on to become children of our loving Father. In being children we participate in the "family business" of exhibiting the kingdom of God in His love and grace. We make ourselves "bond-slaves" to the family business.
Declaring ourselves to be these bond-slaves before knowing we are children of God first will hinder our faith and delay our being made a true bond-slave under the Lord's direction in the family business of manifesting the true kingdom of God to the world.
It is terrible that Judas didn't get to experience this becoming a true child of God through the Lord Jesus Christ even though Jesus called him - friend.
Declaring ourselves to be these bond-slaves before knowing we are children of God first will hinder our faith and delay our being made a true bond-slave under the Lord's direction in the family business of manifesting the true kingdom of God to the world.
It is terrible that Judas didn't get to experience this becoming a true child of God through the Lord Jesus Christ even though Jesus called him - friend.