Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Servanthood: Judas Fails the Test of Leadership (Luke 22:1-23)

Extracted from The Maxwell Leadership Bible

While Judas had accompanied Jesus for three-and-a-half years, enjoying the mentoring of Christ, he never learned the fundamentals of leadership. Luke 22 records Judas's betrayal of Jesus on the night of the Passover feast. Even though Jesus had served Judas supper, and even washed his feet (John 13:1-7), Judas missed the lesson on servanthood. He joined the others in a discussion on who was the greatest (Luke 22:24), then left to betray Jesus, turning Him over to the Jewish authorities.

That night Judas led the entire team of disciples in failing the test of Jesus' style of leadership: servanthood.

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