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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
Whether Satan "enters" Judas as a Spirit, or whether the Spirit of disobedience was "operating within" Judas, what is the difference? I don't really know if that distinction is defined in the Bible.
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LSMers constantly attempt to take every discussion down some rabbit hole just to prove they know something more than we do. Meanwhile they miss the chief point of the story -- Judas, a close friend of Jesus, betrayed Him, sending Him to the death of the cross. For this to occur, yes, Satan was used to enter into Judas.
Here is the Father's exceedingly painful arrangement for His Son with Judas, fulfilling a prophetic experience of King David:
For it was not an enemy who insulted me, Then I could have borne it:
Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him.
But it was you, a man whom I treated as my equal— my personal confidant, my close friend!
With whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship in the house of God, as we walked about among the worshipers. -- Psalm 55.12-14
As for my best friend, the one in whom I trusted, the one who ate my bread, has turned against me. -- Psalm 41.9
The Apostle Paul got the point though. He was not sidetracked by petty discussions. Rather he pointed us to the result -- the New Covenant.
For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” -- I C. 11.23