Matthew Stuckey here from Verity Baptist Church Manila providing you a video on
the topic of this repentance of sins heresy moments and I want to talk to you
about Judas Iscariot. The Bible reads in Matthew 27 verse 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 and so in
Matthew 27 verse 3 we see that Judas after he betrays Jesus before he kills
himself he repents himself you know he's sorry about what he did he tries to
return the money he tries to undo what he already did hey he's sorry he's sad
he regrets it he wished he never did it but you know we know that Judas Iscariot
went to his own place we know that he was the son of perdition we know that he
ended up in hell but you say wait a minute it says he repented himself now
here's the reason why this is important because what a lot of people try to do
that take an in-between position on repentance of sins so you got one side
that says repentance of sins is you know required for salvation you must turn or
burn it's all about repenting of your sins you got another side that says it's
all about believing on Jesus Christ then you got the side in the middle that tries
to mix these and say well these are both you got to both repent and both believe
it's a combination and they'll often say that you know you cannot believe on
Jesus Christ without repenting of your sins and you cannot repent of your sins
unless you were to believe on Jesus Christ that these two things are
completely linked together you can't have one without another well if that's
the case my question is where did Judas Iscariot go when he died because it says
he repented himself he tries to return the money it clearly says he repents
himself he's clearly sorry for what he did he regrets what he did he wishes he
hadn't done what he already did but you know the bottom line was Judas Iscariot
died and he went to hell why well cuz he never believed on Jesus Christ what must
I do to be saved and they said believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and so if you
want to look at one example of the Bible someone who really does repent of their
sins and repent themselves and just it's really sorry for what they did here's
your example Judas Iscariot and not only does it show us that it's not required
for salvation we actually see that hey it's possible to repent yourself and
still end up in hell why because salvation is this he that believeth on
the Sun hath everlasting life and he that believeth not the Sun shall not see
life but the wrath of God abideth on thank you and God bless