02/04/2026
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Devotion of the Day: “𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙮 𝙈𝙚”
“Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.” - John 13:21
Sa eksenang ito ng Last Supper, napaka-intimate ng moment. Kasama ni Jesus ang Kanyang mga disciples, mga taong kasama Niya sa ministry, kumain, tumawa, at nakakita ng Kanyang mga himala. Then suddenly, sinabi Niya:
“One of you will betray me.”
Hindi kaaway.
Hindi outsider.
Kundi isa sa kanila.
𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙮 𝙗𝙖 𝙤 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚?
𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙣𝙜:
“Kung nakasulat na sa prophecy, kasalanan ba talaga ni Judas? Or part lang siya ng plan?”
Totoo, fulfilled ang prophecy sa ginawa ni Judas:
👉“Even my close friend, someone I trusted… has turned against me.” - Psalm 41:9
👉“The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him.” - Matthew 26:24
𝘼𝙡𝙖𝙢 𝙣𝙜 𝘿𝙞𝙮𝙤𝙨. 𝙉𝙖𝙠𝙖𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙤. 𝙉𝙖𝙠𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩.
Pero malinaw din ang Bible: may accountability si Judas.
“…But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man!” - Matthew 26:24
Ibig sabihin:
👉 Hindi siya robot.
👉 Hindi siya pinilit.
👉 Pinili niya.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩
Si Judas ay hindi naman outsider. He was part of the twelve. Malapit siya kay Jesus.
Pero unti-unti, may nangyari sa puso niya:
He entertained greed - John 12:6
He opened his heart to darkness - Luke 22:3
He acted on it - Matthew 26:14-16
𝙇𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣:
𝙋𝙬𝙚𝙙𝙚 𝙠𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙖𝙨𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝… 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙.
𝙋𝙬𝙚𝙙𝙚 𝙠𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚… 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙪𝙨𝙤.
𝙍𝙚𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙤𝙤?
Hindi lang si Judas ang dapat nating tignan, kundi ang sarili natin.
Betrayal today can look like:
👉Choosing sin over obedience
👉Staying silent when God calls you to speak
👉Living double life, faith outside, compromise inside
Minsan hindi halata.
Pero sa puso, may distance na kay God.
𝙅𝙪𝙙𝙖𝙨 𝙫𝙨 𝙋𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧: 𝙎𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙪𝙧𝙚, 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜
Pareho silang nag-fail kay Jesus:
Judas betrayed Him - Matthew 26:47-50
Peter denied Him - Luke 22:61-62
Pero magkaiba ang response:
👉 Judas = regret without return (Matthew 27:3-5)
👉 Peter = repentance with restoration (John 21:15-17)
Hindi failure ang magdedetermine ng ending mo kundi response mo kay Jesus.
𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣: 𝘼 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘼𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩
At the heart of this story is trust.
👉 Jesus trusted His disciples even knowing one would betray Him.
👉 Judas broke that trust.
👉 Yet Jesus still fulfilled His mission.
Now the question is:
Ikaw, saan ka sa story?
Ikaw ba yung nagtitiwala kay God kahit hindi mo naiintindihan ang plan Niya?
Or ikaw ba yung unti-unting nawawala ang trust at napapalitan ng sariling desires?
Trust is a daily decision.
Trust God even when it’s hard
Trust His timing even when it’s unclear
Stay faithful even when tempted
Kasi kahit may prophecy, kahit may plan ang Diyos,
ang puso mo, choice mo pa rin.
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