There is no Scripture that says Judas cast out any demons or that he healed the sick. The twelve as a group did. The disciples as they went out two by two did.
Stranger
Disagree somewhat.
Mark 6: 1-6
Jesus had just gone to his own county, where some were astonished at His preaching, and some offended. And He healed a "few", called "not a mighty work".
And Jesus marveled at their disbelief.
Mark 6:7
Jesus calls His own 12 disciples, and sends them forth, two by two.
Jesus gave them Power, to; ?
Cast out unclean spirits.
This is the same Jesus was doing in Mark 1-6, for a few that became "healed" in the flesh ailments.
Mark 16:16
He that believe the "AND" is baptized shall be "SAVED":
But he that believeth NOT, shall be damned.
The 12 sent out were ALL Believing, BUT NOT YET SAVED.
They were ALL acting to cast out "unclean" spirits (physical aliments), BY the POWER of Jesus' NAME, to effect the "casting out".
The Lord can give POWER to whom, he desires.
There is always an interim, concerning BELIEF; meaning People begin BELIEVING, while they are Learning About the Lord.
They are Being "enlightened", by the Power of the Lord...yet NOT SAVED. That "enlightenment", is accompanied with gifts of Faith, and Power from the Lord (ie enLIGHTenment), His Light, His Power, because of a man GAINING Knowledge of ...
HIS WORD, which is always a good thing, when it is given and received of a man.
Still it is NOT SAVING. It is a beginning, that can LEAD to SAVING, a preparation of sorts, necessary, BECAUSE a man must make "his own" VOW to God, to Become SAVED, thus must first learn and know, WHAT entails making a VOW TO GOD, in accepting the gift of Salvation.
It is in this INTERIM period, that a man wonders, challenges, believes, doubts, denies, believes; IOW, the man himself,
Has this opportunity, to stick with following, or walk away.
Walk away...stay away...Faith, from God falls away. Enlightenment, (power "FROM" God), falls away. This "UNSAVED" man has fallen from Faith.
Stick with following....stay following...Faith grows, Enlightenment grows, the Decision of the man to make a VOW TO GOD, increases, and the day arrives, the Man MAKES His VOW to God; EVERYTHING for "that" man instantly changes. He becomes Forgiven, Saved, Born Again...etc. and all that goes along..with that QUICK ONE TIME event; THAT IS Forever Lasting.
Jesus is the Son of man, the Word of God, in the flesh.
Christ is the Power of God.
Mankind was introduced to Jesus, in the likeness as a man, (without His "reputation") Philippians 2
And "some" men learned, as His Power (reputation), began being revealed, that He was the Christ, the Power of God.
Many say as they have read "Jesus Christ", but I doubt few understand; How or Who or Why Jesus was the Son of man; and the revelation that Jesus IS the Christ, being a revelation given men of God, (not via written words in a book, (as if that is Jesus' last name).
Anyway, back to the Point.
Judas was believing, and given Power from Jesus, to cast out unclean spirits...
The same as the other 11 believing disciples.
All were in the INTERIM...following, learning, being enLIGHTened, receiving Faith, believing.....
Yet NONE had committed a VOW of Belief.
Judas, QUIT, believing, QUIT following, QUIT trusting. He fell away from receiving Enlightenment, receiving faith.
He separated himself from Jesus and the other 11 disciples. He recognized his own falling, and shame, and took it upon himself to decide what to do about it...and hung himself.
Point being, TRUE, he did not Become Saved.
And a lesson; He chose his own Permanent Solution (suicide) to a Temporary problem, (fallen away.)
As long as a man is still living, NOTHING is so great a problem, that the Lord WILL NOT accept a mans VOW unto Him, and Give forgiveness and the gift of Salvation.
Judas, should have learned that, but decided instead his thoughts and ideas and belief, trumped the Truth of Jesus, and;
Mark 16:16
...but he that believeth NOT, shall be damned.
God Bless,
Taken
