Why Did Jesus Choose Judas? Hearing God's Voice in Luke 6:12-19 | Daily Devotional and Bible Study

Why Did Jesus Choose Judas? Hearing God's Voice in Luke 6:12-19 | Daily Devotional and Bible Study

Why did Jesus choose Judas when He knew what Judas would do? Luke 6:12-19 says He chose all twelve after a night of prayer.

Today in our daily Bible study we're in Luke 6, where Jesus prays all night before He names the twelve. That night of prayer changes how we read the whole list, including the name at the end. We'll look at why twelve, what apostle actually means, how a tax collector and a zealot ended up on the same team, and what it means that Judas could stand close enough to handle Jesus' money and still not be changed.

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Questions we answer today

Why did Jesus pray all night before choosing the twelve? Why twelve, and what does it have to do with the tribes of Israel? What does the word apostle actually mean, and how is it different from a disciple? Why would Jesus put a tax collector and a zealot on the same team? Was Judas a mistake? Can you be close to Jesus and still not be changed?

Timestamps

00:00 Back in Luke 6 and the room full of opposites

04:11 Reading Luke 6:12-19

05:22 Prayer

07:22 Judas was not a mistake

07:49 A whole night in prayer before the choice

09:23 A much bigger group of followers

11:26 Why twelve

14:03 Why Judas was replaced and James was not

14:53 No priest, no scribe, no wealthy patron

17:45 What apostle actually means

19:47 The difference between a disciple and an apostle

20:14 Paul was never one of the twelve

22:35 What is repeatable and what isn't

24:05 The twelve, name by name

24:35 Andrew always brings someone to Jesus

28:58 Opposite ends of the spectrum, same team

29:55 Two men named Judas

32:01 Iscariot, and who Judas was

32:31 Luke says he became a traitor

33:31 Jesus knew, and the choices were still Judas's

34:35 Close enough to steal from Jesus

36:05 Prayer

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