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Betrayal Can Come From Someone Close to You - JUDAS. · If Bibles Could Talk

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  Speaker 1: Um, imagine sharing your food, your money, and well, just
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  Speaker 1: your daily life with someone for years.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Only to find out they've been stealing from you
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  Speaker 2: the whole time.
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  Speaker 1: Right. And that they're quietly finalizing a cash price to
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  Speaker 1: sell your life. So welcome to this deep dive. Today,
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  Speaker 1: we are exploring the anatomy of betrayal using the historical
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  Speaker 1: account of Judas Iscariot as our core source material.
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  Speaker 2: It really is a fascinating psychological blueprint for how intimate
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  Speaker 2: betrayal happens.
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  Speaker 1: It is. And our mission today is to uncover how
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  Speaker 1: that happens and, you know, how you actually survive it
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  Speaker 1: without becoming bitter. Because I like to think of it, well,
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  Speaker 1: like a Trojan horse.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, that's a good analogy.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, because the most devastating attacks, they don't come from
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  Speaker 1: enemies outside the gates. They come from trusted friends who
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  Speaker 1: are already inside.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly.
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  Speaker 1: So how do you process a wound that comes from
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  Speaker 1: someone sharing your table? Let's move from that initial shock
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  Speaker 1: of the Trojan horse to how Betrayal actually develops behind
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  Speaker 1: the scenes because it is really quiet.
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  Speaker 2: It's very slow. I mean, look at the account in John.
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  Speaker 2: Judas publicly complains that this incredibly expensive perfume used on
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  Speaker 2: Jesus should have been sold for the poor.
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  Speaker 1: Which, you know, sounds super noble on the surface.
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  Speaker 2: Right, it does. But the text reveals he was actually
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  Speaker 2: the group's treasurer, and he was just skimming from the
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  Speaker 2: money bag. He didn't genuinely care about the poor at all. Oh, wow.
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  Speaker 1: So he was stealing the whole time. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And the text also says, Jesus knew Judas was going
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  Speaker 2: to betray him. Yet Judas remained in that inner circle,
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  Speaker 2: eventually selling him out for 30 pieces of silver in
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  Speaker 2: the Matthew account.
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  Speaker 1: Which is just wild to wrap your head around.
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  Speaker 2: It is. But it shows us that betrayal is rarely
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  Speaker 2: this one spontaneous dramatic moment. Sources like James and Luke
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  Speaker 2: explain that it starts really small.
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  Speaker 1: Like with small compromises.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly. It builds through greed, dishonesty, and hidden attitudes that
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  Speaker 2: are just repeatedly entertained over time.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I have to push back a little here because
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  Speaker 1: it's so much easier to just spot an obvious villain.
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  Speaker 1: But this is more like, I don't know, like a
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  Speaker 1: slow leak in attire rather than a sudden blowout.
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  Speaker 2: That is the perfect way to describe it.
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  Speaker 1: Right. So before we just judge Judas, texts like Hebrews
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  Speaker 1: warn us to guard our own hearts from hardening. Like
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  Speaker 1: we have to look at ourselves first. But then, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we get to that devastating public climax of the betrayal.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, the betrayal in Matthew is literally signaled by a kiss.
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  Speaker 1: Which is just brutal. I mean, weaponizing a gesture of
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  Speaker 1: affection like that.
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  Speaker 2: It really is. And the Psalms, specifically Psalm 41 and 55,
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  Speaker 2: talk about this exact unique agony. The pain of being
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  Speaker 2: wounded by a close companion who shared your bread, not
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  Speaker 2: just some obvious enemy.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, the deepest wound isn't just what happened, but who
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  Speaker 1: did it. But here is my question. If someone used
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  Speaker 1: a kiss to ruin me, I mean, my natural human
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  Speaker 1: desire is that I'd want immediate revenge.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: So how on earth does Jesus just call him friend
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  Speaker 1: right after that?
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  Speaker 2: Well, he doesn't pretend it's harmless. I mean, in Luke,
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  Speaker 2: Jesus asked Judas directly if he would betray the son
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  Speaker 2: of man with a kiss. So he calls out the violation.
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  Speaker 1: Right. He does confront him.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly. But he absolutely refuses uncontrolled revenge. He refuses to
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  Speaker 2: let Judas's toxic actions dictate his own character.
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  Speaker 1: That is such a crucial takeaway for anyone listening who
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  Speaker 1: is surviving broken trust right now.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, the texts in Romans and Ephesians are very clear
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  Speaker 2: about practicing forgiveness and avoiding revenge. But it is balanced
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  Speaker 2: with Proverbs and Matthew, which tell believers to combine innocence
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  Speaker 2: with wisdom.
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  Speaker 1: So meaning forgiveness does not require pretending the trust hasn't
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  Speaker 1: been broken.
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  Speaker 2: Right. You establish wise boundaries. You recognize the danger.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you stop the contagion. You don't let their actions
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  Speaker 1: turn you into a bitter person. Which brings us to
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  Speaker 1: a final thought for you to mull over today from
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  Speaker 1: our sources. After someone you deeply trusted betrays you, How
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  Speaker 1: do you protect your heart without allowing that experience to
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  Speaker 1: destroy your ability to trust anyone ever again?