But this is where I make the comment earlier that we want to make sure we don't say something

like Judas is necessarily paradigmatic that is to say when you take the supper or you

come to supper, Jesus is not saying to you, maybe, or this is for all of you, and then

turning to some of the people at the table and saying, but some of you are going to betray

me. Like that word is directed at Judas. It is not Christ's word to you coming to the

altar this Sunday. Great point. And it's also not y'all come, you know.

Sure, certainly not. There is a fencing of the table. As you're talking about the institution

of the supper in Matthew and Judas is present there. It's heartbreaking for me to think

about people who have had such proximity to the things of God, especially as we're talking

about, the institution of the supper, which is such a means of grace for us ongoing. I

cannot not think about my own children as a pastor's kid, having proximity to the priest

toward, having proximity to the elements being passed out and received in the Lord's

up, having proximity to the proclamation of the gospel just because we're around those

things. And this is not me passing judgment on Judas or just trying to determine if he's

in heaven or not, but that we actually receive those things. Certainly, there's a reason

why people talk about pastors, kids or missionary kids. Francis DeSale said, there's nothing

more dangerous than the regular handling of holy things, applying the riches of the

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Judas Iscariot was one of the original 12 disciples of Jesus, and he's always mentioned

last in the list of the disciples. He was a follower of Jesus and a preacher of the gospel,

but in the end, he seemed to abandon the faith he once professed. He accompanied Jesus

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