The Gospel Of Judas

The news media is all aglow with reports of the newly discovered Gospel of Judas. Good Morning America’s report used words like, "compelling", "remarkable". Could it be that Judas was really working with Jesus to bring about his death? Could it be that Judas was really not a bad guy after all? Well that seems to be the message of the gospel Of Judas. Does it seem a bit bias to you how Biblical critics take a negative disbelieving approach to the New Testament, while at the same time jump up and down in glee over findings that seem to discredit it. (I guess that is why they are called critics) The discovery is of ONE fragmented copy of the gospel of Judas. There are over 4000 manuscripts and 13,000 fragments of portions of The New Testament. Noted Biblical scholar F.F. Bruce said, "The evidence for our New Testament writings is ever so much greater than the evidence for many writings of classical authors, the authenticity of which no one dreams of questioning. And if The New Testament were a collection of secular writings, their authenticity would generally be as beyond all doubt." Josh McDowell, was not a believer when he began to look at the scripture. "After trying to shatter the historicity and validity of the Scripture, I came to the conclusion that they are historically trustworthy. If one discards the Bible as being unreliable, then he must discard almost all literature of antiquity. One problem I constantly face is the desire on the part of many to apply one standard or test to secular literature and other to the Bible. One needs to apply the same test, whether the literature under investigation is secular or religious. Having done this, I believe one can hold the Scriptures in his hand and say, 'The Bible is trustworthy, and historically reliable.’ " Like the Gnostic gospels, the gospel of Judas is just another fictional writing from the same time period.

The Bible’s critics would love nothing more than to water down the message of scripture until it becomes nothing more than an "I am OK - Your OK" bed time story book. Today's critics are not the first and they won’t be the last. I don’t remember when I first heard the following poem, but it is as true today and then. Last eve I paused before a blacksmith’s door and heard the anvil ring the vespers chime.

And looking in, I saw old hammers on the floor, Worn by the beating years of time.

"How many anvils have you had," said I,"To wear and batter all these hammers so?"

"Just one," said he, then with a twinkle in his eyes, "The anvil wears the hammers out you know."

And so I thought, the anvil of God’s word, For ages skeptic blows have beat upon.

Yet though the noise of falling blows was heard The anvil is unharmed—the hammers gone!

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