04-11-2006, 12:47 AM
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The Gospel of Judas!
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Hello Brethren,
First, thank you for all your prayers and
compassion concerning my Dad's 'passing'!
The so called 'Gospel of Judas', another one of
Satan's ploys to difuse the Divinity and Credibility
of Our Lord Jesus Christ and God's Word. Rides hot
on the 'heels' of the total debauchery of the 'Davinci
Code'!
With these planned demonic attacks on the validity
of 'our' Christian faith, it would seem that he knows
that his 'time' is indeed short'!!  Rev.12:12b.
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"What is the gospel of Judas?"
Sometime in the 1970’s, in a cave in Egypt, a copy
of the “gospel of Judas” was discovered.
The circumstances of the discovery have been
described as shady, with those who possessed the
copy asking for exorbitant amounts of money for the
codex.
For decades, no institution was willing to pay for the
purchase due to its dubious origins. Eventually the
codex of the gospel of Judas was purchased by a
foundation in Switzerland.
The existence of the gospel of Judas codex was made
public in 2004, but the actual release of the content of
the codex has been repeatedly delayed, with the now
expected release date of April, 2006. The dating of the
gospel of Judas codex is likely the 5th century A.D. Up
to one-third of the codex is missing or illegible.
Prior to this discovery, the only reference to the gospel
of Judas was in the writings of a 2nd century Christian
named Irenaeus.
Irenaeus essentially wrote that the gospel of Judas was
the “invented history” of a long line of heretics and rebels
against God.
The essential message of the gospel of Judas is that Jesus
wanted Judas to betray Him because it was necessary to fulfill
Jesus’ plan.
If it was Jesus' plan for Judas to betray Him, why would Jesus
label Judas the "son of perdition" (John 17:12), and state that
it would have been better if Judas had never been born
(Matthew 26:24).
If Judas was simply following Jesus' instructions, why would he
commit suicide once he saw that Jesus was condemned?
(Matthew 27:5)
The gospel of Judas is a Gnostic gospel, espousing a Gnostic
viewpoint of Christianity. The gospel of Judas is simply a
heretical forgery, much the same as the gospel of Thomas,
the gospel of Mary, and the gospel of Philip.
Just as Judas Iscariot rejected Jesus and betrayed Him with
a kiss, the gospel of Judas rejects the true Gospel and truth
of God with a fraudulent appearance of validity.
God Bless!
Your brother in Christ,
Joe
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