Suffer and Glorify
When someone murders, steals, meddles in others business or generally does evil and gets caught it can be very shameful. No one feels good after getting caught in doing something wrong. They suffer from the shame. But, if someone is to suffer as 1 Peter 4:16 points out for being a Christian, then do not be ashamed. Why would you be ashamed for being a Christian/Christ follower? instead of being ashamed, glorify God's name as the rest of 1 Peter 4:16 says. That is our focus in our life. Yes we slip, stumble and fall, but overall, where are we centered and where and to what are we grounded? Let the Lord be glorified.
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Apart from the Holy Spirit
We know that Judas was very much self serving. His following of Christ seems to be completely selfish and focused on what he could gain. Mary used oil to anoited Jesus before his death and Judas was focused on the oil being sold for money and then giving that miney to the poor. The truth is that Judas was in charge of the money and whatever was sold, he was now in charge of that money and would "dip his hand in the cookie jar" and steal what did not belong to him.
The chief priests were also self serving. They liked their power and their control over people's ways by judging and condemning them for little things. They lorded over people rather than exposing people to the Lord. After Jesus had raised Lazarus from the dead and the people came to see them both, the chief priests wanted to kill Lazarus. If they did this than that literally kills a huge miracle and evidence of Jesus being God in the flesh. This was waaaaaay before Twitter and Facebook so the only evidence was word of mouth. No photos. No videos. Just person to person proof. They wanted to do this because with Lazarus dead the people would stop leaving the chief priest's leadership and going to Jesus (John 12:9-11). They would stay doing what they were doing which was being mislead by underhanded people who were religious leaders.
When we seek Jesus and find him and let him in the old way is gone and the can be in us. It's like if your car is on its last legs and you get a new engine and transmission, those old problems are gone. Or if a tornado hits your house and your roof is torn apart. Once you get a new roof that problem is gone. This is what Jesus does, but he does it for our lives. He comes in (if we seek him and let him) and he gives us a new life. We must have faith in him and in that we will have a new life in eternity and not just life on earth (John 12:25). Heaven isn't for "good people," it is for people who believe Jesus is God in the flesh and have accepted him. It's more than just knowing.
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