Determinedly avoid the undoing of the son of perdition.

Determinedly avoid the undoing of the son of perdition.

John  17:10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.  17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.  17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

Beloved, glory to God you are still in the faith.  Endeavor to continue to the end till Christ comes and avoid the undoing of the son of perdition.

Colossians  1:23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

Cleave to Christ with purpose of heart.

Acts  11:23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.

Nothing must be potent enough to separate you from the love of Christ.

Romans  8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?  8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.  8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.  8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,  8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Judas Iscariot,  Nicholas, Demas and many others in Bible days and even, now , began very well with Christ.

However,  they cast away that which is good. The truth, the doctrines of the Bible and they were lost, becoming so of perdition.

Hosea  8:3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

They loved idols,like Ephraim, they choose the world and transient things, traded their eternal wellbeing.

Hosea  4:17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

James  4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

1 John  2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.  2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.  2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Hebrews  12:15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;  12:16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.  12:17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

Judas started very very well with Jesus at the outset.

But allowed satan to overcome him.

John  13:2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;

John  6:70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?  6:71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.

John  13:18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.

This happened to Judas Iscariot, because he was compromising and committing sin secretly.

John  12:3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.  12:4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him,  12:5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?  12:6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

He associated with the enemies of Christ because of unlawful gain.

Matthew  26:14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,  26:15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.  26:16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

He was unfaithful.

Matthew  26:47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.  26:48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.  26:49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.

He was deceptive.

Matthew  26:20 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.  26:21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.  26:22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?  26:23 And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.  26:24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.  26:25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.

John  13:21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.  13:22 Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake.  13:23 Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.  13:24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.  13:25 He then lying on Jesus’ breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?  13:26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.  13:27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.  13:30 He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.

He refused to repent like Peter, but committed suicide and was damned.

Matthew  27:3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,  27:4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.  27:5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

Beloved sincerely examine yourself, do you have any tendency of the undoing of Judas?

Are you compromising and committing secret sins?

Are you unequally yoked with unbelievers and the ungodly?

Are you unfaithful to Christ, to your spouse,  your employer, your assembly?

Are you deceptive and lack integrity?

Do you abhor the word of repentance and restitutions?

Do you love the world and could gain transient things at the expense of your precious undying soul?

Please sincerely examine yourself.

2 Corinthians  13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

Your response should be no. But if you discover any of these vices. Please repent immediately. 

This is because, any of them would deny anyone from eternity with God or partaking in the imminent rapture.

The good Lord will help you in Jesus name.

Let us pray.