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When [[Nathaniel]] met [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Iscariot Judas] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarichea Tarichea], he was seeking employment with a fish-drying [[enterprise]] at the lower end of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee Sea of Galilee]. He was thirty years of age and unmarried when he joined the [[apostles]]. He was probably the best-[[educated]] man among the twelve and the only [[Judean]] in [[the Master]]'s apostolic [[family]]. Judas had no outstanding trait of [[personal]] [[strength]], though he had many outwardly appearing traits of [[culture]] and [[habits]] of [[training]]. He was a good [[thinker]] but not always a truly [[honest]] thinker. Judas did not really [[understand]] himself; he was not really [[sincere]] in dealing with himself.

When [[Nathaniel]] met [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Iscariot Judas] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarichea Tarichea], he was seeking employment with a fish-drying [[enterprise]] at the lower end of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee Sea of Galilee]. He was thirty years of age and unmarried when he joined the [[apostles]]. He was probably the best-[[educated]] man among the twelve and the only [[Judean]] in [[the Master]]'s apostolic [[family]]. Judas had no outstanding trait of [[personal]] [[strength]], though he had many outwardly appearing traits of [[culture]] and [[habits]] of [[training]]. He was a good [[thinker]] but not always a truly [[honest]] thinker. Judas did not really [[understand]] himself; he was not really [[sincere]] in dealing with himself.

[[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] appointed Judas treasurer of the twelve, a position which he was eminently fitted to hold, and up to the time of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_183 betrayal of his Master] he discharged the [[responsibilities]] of his office [[honestly]], [[faithfully]], and most [[efficiently]].

[[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] appointed Judas treasurer of the twelve, a position which he was eminently fitted to hold, and up to the time of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_183 betrayal of his Master] he discharged the [[responsibilities]] of his office [[honestly]], [[faithfully]], and most [[efficiently]].

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Judas''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Judas '''''this link'''''].</center>

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There was no special trait about [[Jesus]] which [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Iscariot Judas] admired above the generally [[attractive]] and exquisitely [[charming]] [[personality]] of [[the Master]]. Judas was never able to rise above his [[Judean]] [[prejudices]] against his [[Galilean]] associates; he would even [[criticize]] in his [[mind]] many things about [[Jesus]]. Him whom eleven of the [[apostles]] looked upon as the perfect man, as the " one altogether lovely and the chiefest among ten thousand, "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Song_of_Solomon#Canticle_5] this [[self]]-[[satisfied]] [[Judean]] often [[dared]] to [[criticize]] in his own [[heart]]. He really entertained the notion that [[Jesus]] was timid and somewhat afraid to assert his own [[power]] and [[authority]].

There was no special trait about [[Jesus]] which [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Iscariot Judas] admired above the generally [[attractive]] and exquisitely [[charming]] [[personality]] of [[the Master]]. Judas was never able to rise above his [[Judean]] [[prejudices]] against his [[Galilean]] associates; he would even [[criticize]] in his [[mind]] many things about [[Jesus]]. Him whom eleven of the [[apostles]] looked upon as the perfect man, as the " one altogether lovely and the chiefest among ten thousand, "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Song_of_Solomon#Canticle_5] this [[self]]-[[satisfied]] [[Judean]] often [[dared]] to [[criticize]] in his own [[heart]]. He really entertained the notion that [[Jesus]] was timid and somewhat afraid to assert his own [[power]] and [[authority]].

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Iscariot Judas] was a good [[business]] man. It required [[tact]], [[ability]], and [[patience]], as well as painstaking [[devotion]], to manage the [[financial]] affairs of such an [[idealist]] as [[Jesus]], to say nothing of wrestling with the helter-skelter business [[methods]] of some of his [[apostles]]. Judas really was a great [[executive]], a farseeing and able financier. And he was a stickler for [[organization]]. None of the twelve ever [[criticized]] Judas. As far as they could see, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Iscariot Judas Iscariot] was a matchless treasurer, a [[learned]] man, a [[loyal]] (though sometimes [[critical]]) [[apostle]], and in every sense of the [[word]] a great success. The [[apostles]] [[loved]] Judas; he was really one of them. He must have believed in [[Jesus]], but we [[doubt]] whether he really [[loved]] [[the Master]] with a whole [[heart]]. The case of Judas [[illustrates]] the truthfulness of that saying: " There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof is death. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.14] It is altogether possible to fall [[victim]] to the peaceful [[deception]] of pleasant [[adjustment]] to the paths of [[sin]] and [[death]]. Be [[assured]] that Judas was always [[financially]] [[loyal]] to his Master and his fellow [[apostles]]. [[Money]] could never have been the [[motive]] for his [[betrayal]] of [[the Master]].

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Iscariot Judas] was a good [[business]] man. It required [[tact]], [[ability]], and [[patience]], as well as painstaking [[devotion]], to manage the [[financial]] affairs of such an [[idealist]] as [[Jesus]], to say nothing of wrestling with the helter-skelter business [[methods]] of some of his [[apostles]]. Judas really was a great [[executive]], a farseeing and able financier. And he was a stickler for [[organization]]. None of the twelve ever [[criticized]] Judas. As far as they could see, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Iscariot Judas Iscariot] was a matchless treasurer, a [[learned]] man, a [[loyal]] (though sometimes [[critical]]) [[apostle]], and in every sense of the [[word]] a great success. The [[apostles]] [[loved]] Judas; he was really one of them. He must have believed in [[Jesus]], but we [[doubt]] whether he really [[loved]] [[the Master]] with a whole [[heart]]. The case of Judas [[illustrates]] the truthfulness of that saying: " There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof is death. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.14] It is altogether possible to fall [[victim]] to the peaceful [[deception]] of pleasant [[adjustment]] to the paths of [[sin]] and [[death]]. Be [[assured]] that Judas was always [[financially]] [[loyal]] to his Master and his fellow [[apostles]]. [[Money]] could never have been the [[motive]] for his [[betrayal]] of [[the Master]].

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Iscariot Judas] was an only son of unwise [[parents]]. When very young, he was pampered and petted; he was a spoiled child. As he grew up, he had exaggerated [[ideas]] about his [[self]]-importance. He was a poor loser. He had loose and distorted [[ideas]] about [[fairness]]; he was given to the indulgence of [[hate]] and [[suspicion]]. He was an expert at misinterpretation of the [[words]] and [[acts]] of his [[friends]]. All through his life [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Iscariot Judas] had cultivated the [[habit]] of getting even with those whom he fancied had mistreated him. His sense of [[values]] and [[loyalties]] was defective.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Iscariot Judas] was an only son of unwise [[parents]]. When very young, he was pampered and petted; he was a spoiled child. As he grew up, he had exaggerated [[ideas]] about his [[self]]-importance. He was a poor loser. He had loose and distorted [[ideas]] about [[fairness]]; he was given to the indulgence of [[hate]] and [[suspicion]]. He was an expert at misinterpretation of the [[words]] and [[acts]] of his [[friends]]. All through his life [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Iscariot Judas] had cultivated the [[habit]] of getting even with those whom he fancied had mistreated him. His sense of [[values]] and [[loyalties]] was defective.

To [[Jesus]], Judas was a [[faith]] [[adventure]]. From the beginning [[the Master]] fully [[understood]] the weakness of this [[apostle]] and well knew the [[dangers]] of admitting him to fellowship. But it is the [[nature]] of the [[Sons of God]] to give every created being a full and [[equal]] [[chance]] for [[salvation]] and [[survival]]. [[Jesus]] wanted not only the [[mortals]] of this world but the onlookers of [[Paper 49 - The Inhabited Worlds|innumerable other worlds]] to know that, when [[doubts]] exist as to the [[sincerity]] and wholeheartedness of a [[creature]]'s [[devotion]] to [[the kingdom]], it is the invariable [[practice]] of the Judges of men fully to [[receive]] the doubtful [[candidate]]. The door of [[eternal]] life is wide open to all; " whosoever will may come "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark#Chapter_3]; there are no restrictions or qualifications save the [[faith]] of the one who comes.

To [[Jesus]], Judas was a [[faith]] [[adventure]]. From the beginning [[the Master]] fully [[understood]] the weakness of this [[apostle]] and well knew the [[dangers]] of admitting him to fellowship. But it is the [[nature]] of the [[Sons of God]] to give every created being a full and [[equal]] [[chance]] for [[salvation]] and [[survival]]. [[Jesus]] wanted not only the [[mortals]] of this world but the onlookers of [[Paper 49 - The Inhabited Worlds|innumerable other worlds]] to know that, when [[doubts]] exist as to the [[sincerity]] and wholeheartedness of a [[creature]]'s [[devotion]] to [[the kingdom]], it is the invariable [[practice]] of the Judges of men fully to [[receive]] the doubtful [[candidate]]. The door of [[eternal]] life is wide open to all; " whosoever will may come "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Mark#Chapter_3]; there are no restrictions or qualifications save the [[faith]] of the one who comes.

This is just the [[reason]] why [[Jesus]] permitted [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Iscariot Judas] to go on to the very end, always doing everything possible to [[transform]] and save this weak and [[confused]] [[apostle]]. But when [[light]] is not [[honestly]] [[received]] and lived up to, it tends to become [[darkness]] within the [[soul]]. Judas grew [[intellectually]] regarding Jesus' teachings about [[the kingdom]], but he did not make [[progress]] in the acquirement of [[spiritual]] [[character]] as did the other [[apostles]]. He failed to make [[satisfactory]] [[personal]] [[progress]] in [[spiritual]] [[experience]].

This is just the [[reason]] why [[Jesus]] permitted [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Iscariot Judas] to go on to the very end, always doing everything possible to [[transform]] and save this weak and [[confused]] [[apostle]]. But when [[light]] is not [[honestly]] [[received]] and lived up to, it tends to become [[darkness]] within the [[soul]]. Judas grew [[intellectually]] regarding Jesus' teachings about [[the kingdom]], but he did not make [[progress]] in the acquirement of [[spiritual]] [[character]] as did the other [[apostles]]. He failed to make [[satisfactory]] [[personal]] [[progress]] in [[spiritual]] [[experience]].