Frank Turek | – Why did Jesus say it would be better if Judas had not been born?
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Frank Turek | – Why did Jesus say it would be better if Judas had not been born?
On Jesus’ statement about Judas and God’s interest in the salvation of his creation.
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I think the question can easily get into the predestination discussion. Pharaohs hardened heart also came to mind as the student was speaking
If you go read Exodus chapter 20 verse 4 it actually says not to have pictures of anything in heaven that includes Jesus so the thumbnail is very deceiving
Who cares what this so called "DOCTOR" apologists minister says lol id prefer to listen to a priest or cardinal. They are more in tuned with God than this guy who thinks he knows everything.
If Judas weren't born Jesus wouldn't have died when he did. So it was best
When he comes back he will have to rule with a rod of iron even then
GOD gave you life … he gave you his son … to die for you … the only sin that is unforgivable is to turn your back on GOD… for your own pleasure or for personal gain … even Judas after he betrayed Jesus hung himself … and you will wish you were never born when you die and face GOD … having never loved him …
One God one universe, God created a perfect universe when Adam and Eve sinned it fractured the universe..like a slow leak in a tire as time moves forward it started to go down just like man….and when we are rapture the tire is running on the rim…
Dumbest question ever
How do you know Judas did go to hell?
I’ll just say this, God created a perfect world and then Satan put a hex on the world and here we are. The battle in the spirit world is coming over into our own plane. Be strong in the Lord
Very very good question but the answer seems a little haphazard.
Agreed with the professor!
What was Judas' sin?, he chose Law over Grace, he refused salvation, he didn't believe in Jesus, he fully believed that Jesus was just a man, even after living with Jesus, eating, sleeping, preaching and seeing all of His miracles, Judas did not believe that Jesus was the Messiah, although, being a Jew, he would get a second bite at the cherry on the last day when Jesus Himself will read the gospel to the Jews in front of the judgement seat.
The problem with freedom of choice, that some men were created spiritually stong and some were spiritually weak. If you belong to the weak ones, you are doomed.
You people still believe this religion trash? So crazy
Did this guy think he caught Jesus in somethin? Lol nice try
Don't forget the counsel of God! "Counsel" as used in the books of Luke and Acts.
1012 boulḗ – properly, a resolved plan, used particularly of the immutable aspect of God's plan – purposefully arranging all physical circumstances, which guarantees every scene of life works to His eternal purpose.
This level of God's plan (1012 /boulḗ) demonstrates He is the Lord of history, i.e. always in charge and is more than God's immutable plan of physical circumstances. It always also includes the Lord's purpose in them – and hence arranging all the physical scenes of history before creation!
Acts 13:36; especially of the purpose of God respecting the salvation of men through Christ: Luke 7:30; Acts 2:23; Acts 4:28; (Hebrews 6:17); πᾶσαν τήν βουλήν τοῦ Θεοῦ all the contents of the divine plan, Acts 20:27; ἡ βουλή τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ the counsel of his will, Ephesians 1:11.
Cas he destined himself to hell by openly betraying Jesus. Nuff sayd
If Judas ended up in hell then obviously it would have been better had he not been born. In fact, any of us who end up in hell it would be better that we were not born.
Considering that all non elect are bound for hell it would be better if anyone non elect were not to be Born
He was ready for that question!!
God created every person predestined to follow Him. God also gave us free will because He loves us. The fact is, most people choose to counter God's predestination that He gave to each of them to be with Him forever, and choose their own way instead, therefore they choose Hell instead of Heaven.
It's not hyperbole .." it would be better if you had not been born"if your gonna burn for eternity…Jesus Christ Frankie!!!!
Knowing that something's going to happen doesn't equate to causing it to happen.
So this preacher now saying what he thinks Jesus means how can he po say what j means or think.
It seems like so these students always try to ask him "gotcha" questions, instead of trying to truly understand.
…Excellant response to his question btw
Quit it
Does that mean that he made a mistake by creating Judas? I thought he was perfect.
Hey guy on stage…stop interjecting with mmhhmm mmmmhhmmmm …. Rude
The gospel by which we're saved. We're under Paul's ministry today. Therefore we're not under the law of the old testament. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 (KJV)1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.
And that takes us back to John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that WHOSOEVER believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Ephesians 2:8-9 (KJV) 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. So it's only by GRACE that we are saved not by works. Jesus did all the work and gave us GRACE (unmerited favor) as long as we have FAITH (believe) in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ for SALVATION (trust in his blood). That's the gospel. Jesus said, Ye must be born again to enter into the kingdom.(accept Jesus as your SAVIOR)
Judas Iscariot was chosen to betray Christ, so that the historical Jesus would go to the cross, die for the sins of the elected amongst humanity, and then rise again as the CHRIST who had conquered death so that believers in Him might have eternal life. Not all of humanity is chosen by God for salvation, some are, most not. its all in the scriptures, read it for yourself.
No, God could not create a world with possibility of salvation where we do not have a choice. The hole point of being here, without a memory of where we came from, IS to have choice. This is a test to see IF we will choose God, a test so to say. Its because we have choice that we even exist. A plan was set in motion before the foundation of the world for us to come, have a choice and a savior for us to redeem us, If we choose to follow Christ.
Because of His mercy He spared all even the evil one and his hoist for all to understand His mercy and perceive His glorious divinity. Judas the Master Christ showed him love and He intrusted him with high position amongst the apostle which Matthew was qualified for it but Judas instead the Lord honoured so that he can understand His gentle mercy, with affection and passion (brotherly kiss ) He greeted Judas so he can perceive His divinity so by this we can't blame our Maker but ourselves. Then all this conclude that we must love God with all of our… and love our neighbour as we … for all prophesy life in this two, may God lead us always to repentance until we're worthy to be where He is our Lord and Saviour amen.
If this is the best possible world, why did Jesus say that it was „better for him“ ? Doesn’t make any sense and it doesn’t seem reasonable to see this as a hyperbole either.
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And some people still think ''they should'nt be born''…
I pity them.
I hope God's Love can reach them.
Knowing a person is better of not having lived at all is a sign of benevolence. Some people are just headed towards destruction and continuously live in fear. This is not their fault, they just can't help themselves. God knows this and Jesus knows this. However, this did not apply to Judas. Judas did not betray Jezus, Jesus asked Judas to give Him up. In the apocalypse of Abraham, Abraham sees who Judas really is and it turns out he is Azazel, better known as Satan, the older brother of Jesus. The stories of Jesus and Azazel have a lot of similarites. Both suffer under the sins of others. Azazel takes the blame and remains in the darkness for the sins of others, where Jesus died for it. Like Jesus, Azazel will die for the sins of others too. But his is not punishment. It shows how self-sacrifice is an act of love and how it releases you from the hell others create. There is no hell where people to burn for all eternity, hell is the reality people create through the consequences of their own actions.
Your thumbnail scared me I won’t sleep tonight
The question was not posed correctly,
The real question should have been, "if Jesus was God then why did God not say, "it would have been better if I had not created that man"
The reason why Jesus did not say this was because Jesus is not God,
Jesus didn't say Judas wouldn't exist as much as having died as a child, dying before becoming a man of sin and before he betrayed Jesus, meaning his soul would still have existed as a servant of God. I think Jesus was emphasizing that Judas was a man who would have ruined his lot in life as long as he was tested.
That’s for you dude
Opinion: God created all people with 100% free will. He separated himself from their free will so people can choose to truly love him, or not. This is the only way for true love to exist, it cannot be forced. That being said, he also knows/knew all the choices that people make/made before they happened. Judas was free to choose and Jesus was saying that would be better to never exist than to persecute/deny God. Rough to think about, but it does give good perspective on how we should live our lives.
I am not sure if the thing about plucking out your eye or cutting off your hand is hyperbole. It WOULD actually be better to do either than to miss out on eternal life and be thrown into Hell.
Turek is embarrassing. It's as if everything that comes out of his mouth he makes up on the fly.
I love being created against my own will and being faced with ultimatoms
Let's pray for Judas soul .
Because time is cubic and everyone is you in a different cubic dimension of space time so judas also died on the cross..
God never had possibilities