U-turn (Day 12) Old Testament prophecy of Jesus’ betrayal for 30 shekels of silver | Pr John Lim

Good morning listeners. To day is day twelve of U turn, and to

day our topic of devotion is the Old Testament prophecy of Jesus's betrayal for thirty

shekels of silver. I'm John from ex Singapore, and to day we will

be reading from Zacharai eleven twelve to thirteen and met you twenty six fourteen to

fifteen. Zachariah eleven twelve to thirteen says, then I said to them,

if it is agreeable to you, give me my wages, and if not,

refrain. So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.

And the Lord said to me, throw it to the potter that princely prize

they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw

them into the house of the Lord for the potter. I will encourage you

to read the whole of chapter eleven, because that will give us the context

of what we're reading to day. You'll find that Zachariah was prophesying against Israel.

God was calling out the evil ways shepherds were were only interested in riches,

not doing what they were supposed to do, not caring for the oppressed.

The poor, and those in me as such. God was saying that

he bring about a consequence upon them. And then we reach verse twelve,

which says, throw it to the potter that princely prize they said on me.

God was saying, there would come a day when men will value God's

worth no more than thirty pieces of silver. Back in those days, thirty

pieces of silver is no more than the wage of a servant. That was

how little men will value God. And indeed came to pass because in Matthew

twenty six fourteen, verse fifteen, we read then one of the twelve,

called Judas is carret went to the chief priests and said, what are you

willing to give me if I deliver him to you? And they countered out

to him thirty pieces of silver. My brothers and sisters, today what we

read is one of the pieces of evidence that Jesus is the Messiah. Jesus

was betrayed for no more than thirty pieces of silver, and dead fulfilled the

Old Testament prophecy that God gave I will be given, I will be value

thirty pieces of silver. And there we had Jesus when Judas is carried,

when the chief priests they said he's worth your betrayal of Jesus is worth thirty

pieces of silver. But before we close today's devotion, I think this passage

also speaks to us personally, not just as evidence of who God is giving

him credibility as the Messiah. But I believe this passage speaks to us in

a manner that says all of us will have a Judas is carried moment.

The word of God says that our flesh is at enmity with God. Our

flesh will always be against God. And there will come a time where each

and every one of us will be in a situation that Judas found himself in.

We will have to make a choice. Do we choose thirty of silver

or do we choose Jesus. Remember, Judas went to the priest saying,

what will you give me? He had not decided to betray Jesus, but

upon hearing what they had to offer, he finally made his choice. What

is your thirty pieces of silver? I want you to read that verse again,

and now put your name instead of Judas there, and instead of the

chief priest, put the world. He will read something like this. John

goes to the world and asks, what are you willing to give me.

If I give up Jesus for you, I will tell you mine. In

my life, there has been many thirty pieces of silver. At one point

of time it was video games. I know, video games. It really

pales in comparison to what the Bible says. God will give the life,

the abandons, the promises that He has for us. By one point of

time, I was choosing video games. It consumed all my time. There

was nothing left over for the law. And if I think, if I

continue down from that path, I will not be here to day where I

am. But sometimes you know, this is how blind we can be when

in front of us all we can see is the thirty pieces of silver,

and we think that is worth more than the blood of Christ. I pray,

my friends, that if to day the Holy Spirit is prompting you,

that you will say this prayer with me. Because God loves each and every

one of us so much. We are his sons and we are his daughters.

Remember what God gave for you, his one and only son. Will

you give him your whole heart instead of choosing that thirty pieces of silver.

If the Holy Spirit is speaking to you, pray this prayer with me.

Lord, in my hands are thirty pieces of silver. That is how much

I am willing to treat the world for you. I repent o, Lord,

for I did not know who who was before me. You are more

precious than anything I have I can have in the world. You are like

that pearl that is worth giving up everything for to find it, to seek

it. And so Lord, I lay down these thirty pieces of silver,

and I give you my heart. Come into my life, Lord, fill

me with your love, and reveal to me who you are. My brothers

and sisters. I want to pray for you that if you said that prayer,

the Lord will indeed reveal himself to you, just like how he revealed

himself to me. There is so much more than what the world can offer

that Jesus can give to you. All it takes is just coming before him

to find a relationship with him. So I pray that you will know him

in a greater manner than before. That he will break your heart for what

breaks his, that you will hate the things that he will hate. And

before we go, I want to remember ex Melbourne as well. Rather,

we pray that you will grow the church, that they will grow deeper in

love with you, that they as they set themselves apart for you, you

will show them great and mighty things. We pray for signs and wonders to

follow the word that goes forth in your church, that people will be set

free, people will be healed, and people will be delivered. We thank

you Lord. We pray more and more souls will come into the church in

Melbourne, that they will know You as their Lord and Savior. In Jesus

name, we pray Amen.