Last Sunday, Pastor Arden Hodgins preached a sermon entitled “Why Judas?” in which he gave eleven reasons why Jesus chose Judas Iscariot as a disciple despite knowing Judas’ heart and destiny. It was one of the finer sermons I’ve heard Pastor Arden preach.
I especially appreciated his fourth reason (which was borrowed from J.C. Ryle who in turn borrowed it from Anselm): to further vindicate our Lord’s blamelessness. You’ll have to listen to it for the details though.
Likewise, I found his ninth and eleventh reasons particularly instructive.
(And I thought his pastoral prayer before the sermon was full of both humility and God-centered, awe-inspiring profundity. For better or for worse, however, it wasn’t recorded.)
