(Matthew 26: 47-56)


Garuda Judah selling Jesus and his disciples who fled
 

And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.  Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.  And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.  And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.  And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote off his ear.  Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.  Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?  But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?  In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.  But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled. (Matthew 26: 47-56)

Peter knew that God revealed that Jesus was the Son of God. Still, the soul from the body does not change. Many people in the Church, like Peter, may believe and follow in the same way that they cut ears with a sword. The Bible describes this as "the flesh." If you live in the flesh, the spirit must die. Even if many people learn and see the Lord's miracles, they have no faith to follow the death of the cross. This is in Galatians 3:23『But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.』

The state before faith came is such that "Peter sees the miracle of Jesus, experiences the miracle of walking on the windswept, witnesses the amazing view of the Mount of Change, listens to the Word of God, and believes in Jesus." "Before faith comes" means a state in which internal change has not occurred. So, Jesus said, "You can't follow me."

Jesus said to Peter, "After that, you can follow me." After that is "After the inner change." It means that those who have undergone internal change can follow the death of the cross. Before the inner change, we want to avoid the death of the cross. Everyone is run away from the cross. The Bible says this life is "the flesh." The soul that comes from the flesh cannot be saved. Only spirit is saved. In John 6:63『It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. 』

The flesh must be removed. This is repentance. What is not repentant is not sanctification, but salvation has not begun. Those who killed Jesus were those who waited for the Messiah and kept the law. "Before faith came, everything was bound under the law." Those who realize this are those who repent. In many churches today, when people pray and receive the Holy Spirit, if they are full of fleshly thoughts, they cannot be considered repentant. There are two types of people of faith. Those who forsake Jesus on the cross and die with Jesus. Those who do not repent are forsaking Jesus.
In Galatians 3:24『Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 』 Those who follow the law cannot be united with Jesus. Those who forsake Jesus. By the way, if you realize through this law, "I am the one who left Jesus," you can also realize, "I am the one under the law." It means that the law becomes an elementary teacher. So you can repent and escape the law and become united with Jesus.

Before faith comes, those who are under the law are living the religious life they want. We must realize that if we are not united with the cross of Jesus, we can be abandoners of Jesus. So, those who forsake Jesus are under the law. The only way to unite with Jesus on the cross is through repentance to deny himself. Peter, who denied Jesus, was also imprisoned under the law (law of wrath). So, he had no choice but to abandon Jesus.

In Galatians 3:25『But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. 』 "After the Faith Comes" means "the one who repented and was united on the cross with Jesus," and they are free from the law. Many people think they are saved because they believe in Jesus. That faith is the faith that the law leads to Jesus on the cross. So, those who are under the law have never been associated with Jesus on the cross. They listen to Jesus and follow Jesus, but they worry about salvation. If we do not repent and are not united with the cross of Jesus, we have never been saved. The way to unite with Jesus' cross is to not love the world. .

 

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