Hello, my friends. Welcome to another Follow Him favorite swear. John, by the way, and I,

Hingsmith, take a look at this week's lesson and a single question from this come follow

me. John, this question comes up time and time again for me, and I'm sure it has for

you. Did Jesus need Judas to do what he did? Right? So was he foredaired to do something

evil? How do you answer that question? Hmm. I think the Lord knew it would happen. But did

he foredaired him to do it? I think we have to think there was agency involved in that

he chose to do what he did. We know that later on he seems to have regretted it, tried

to give the money back and everything. So I think that Lord and his wisdom knew what would

happen. But I wouldn't want to say he forced him or foredaired him to do it. How do you answer

that, Hank? I think so too, John. I think you're right on agency is an eternal principle.

Principle. Hilar. President Nelson saying that agency is a gift almost just as precious as

life itself. So I would say no, that he doesn't have to do what he does. Jesus could easily just

turn himself in, right? He could go from the Garden of Guest Emony, lock into Jerusalem, go to

the house of Caiaphas and just say, are you looking for me? And it would continue. The story

would continue exactly the way it played out. I think you're also right that God's omniscience

is there. He knows he's going to do it. I think Judas, like all of us, has a personal plan,

a personal relationship with God that he's got to work out. If we're comfortable with the

idea of prophecy, we have to be comfortable with the idea that God knows what's going to

happen. Where we get messed up is we're trying so hard to think, well, if he knows what's

going to happen, is he forcing it to happen? And that's where we get kind of a headache.

But no, his knowledge of what is going to happen does not force us to do things. Absolutely.

Some day maybe we'll understand how he can be omniscient that way. But we still have

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