GRACE FOR THE MOMENT | FINDING GOOD IN THE BAD

1. Grace for the Moment

a) "Grace for the Moment" is a collection of thoughts that are inspirational. They are intended to encourage, to give hope, and to inspire the viewers.

b) Reading a thought can change the way you think about something.

2. Scripture Verse

i) Romans 12:14 New International Version (NIV)

¹⁴ Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.

3. Thoughts

a) It would be hard to find someone worse than Judas. Some say he was a good man with a backfired strategy. We don't buy that. The Bible says, "Judas... was a thief" (John 12:6). The man was a crook. Somehow he was able to live in the presence of God and experience the miracles of Christ and remain unchanged. In the end he decided he'd rather have money than a friend, so he sold Jesus for thirty pieces of silver... Judas was a scoundrel, a cheat, and a bum. How could anyone see him any other way?

b) We don't know, but Jesus did. Only inches from the face of His betrayer, Jesus looked at him and said, "Friend, do what you came to do" (Matthew 26:50). What Jesus saw in Judas as worthy of being called a friend, we can't imagine. But we do know that Jesus doesn't lie, and in that moment He saw something good in a very bad man...

c) He can help us do the same with those who hurt us.