Judas

“Then Judas, the one who would betray Him, said, ‘Surely not I, Rabbi?’ Jesus answered, ‘Yes, it is you.’” Matthew 26:25
Sometimes we can wonder what happened, spiritually, to Judas. Was he saved, or not? Did he betray Jesus because he was trying to force His hand in establishing His kingdom, and it backfired? Should we feel sorry for him?
Certainly none of the other disciples suspected Judas as being the one who would betray Jesus. They all doubted themselves. They didn’t even know until much later, that Judas used to help himself to money from the bag they all shared (John 12:4-6).
But it’s interesting to note that throughout the gospels, Judas never once called Jesus ‘Lord’. He only called Him ‘Rabbi’. In our vernacular, we could say that he was religious, but he was not saved. The word ‘rabbi’, of course, means ‘teacher’. Yes, Jesus was a teacher, but confessing Him as ‘teacher’ doesn’t save you – you must confess Him as ‘Lord’.
Think how tragic this was – for a man to spend nearly four years, day and night, with Jesus, and still not be saved. We probably all know people like this – they’ve spent their whole lives going to church every Sunday, but they don’t have a living relationship with Jesus Christ. We need to pray for people like this, that they would truly come to know Him.