Matthew 27:1-10 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:… I. THE SINNER IN THE NEXT WORLD WILL KNOW THE CHARACTER OF SIN AS JUDAS KNEW IT. Now men do not judge of sin aright, their imagination is dazzled by its charms. As soon as the sin is committed its promise is found to be delusive. II. THIS WILL LEAD HIM TO HATE SIN AND EVERYTHING CONNECTED WITH IT. NOW he loves it. He will hate it because of its consequences. He will hate the gains and pleasures that once allured him. As Judas hated the priests, the sinner will hate his evil comrades. Judas disliked the thought of the happiness of his fellow disciples; the sinner will know that he might have had joy. With what feelings will he regard himself? (B. W. Noel, M. A.) I. THE CONDUCT AND CHARACTER OF JUDAS. His object not malice but avarice. II. THE CONDUCT OF THE HIGH PRIESTS ASH ELDERS. 1. Judas could not endure his own reflections. Compare the unfeeling spirit with which these men treat this conscience-stricken sinner with the love of the Saviour for the sinner. 2. The delusion which sometimes occupies the minds of the ungodly — "It is not lawful for us to put them into the treasury," etc. They who care not for innocent blood, who care not for the remorse of their victim, are very careful about God's treasury. Thus Satan deludes men. (1) See what is in man. (2) See what dreadful havoc one lust can make on a promising character. 3. How good a work to pluck men out of the hands of Satan. (G. J. Noel.) Parallel Verses KJV: When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: |
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