God’s love is perfect. God initiates our love relationship with Him. His love, like Mother’s but higher, is unconditional, sacrificial, and permanent.
Admittedly, the Scriptures do not have a great deal to say about Judas. What we do find is not flattering. His dastardly deed is predicted by the minor prophet Zechariah (ref. 11:12-13), then the four Gospel writers bring him into low light.
It is a tradition at Advent to offer a sermon on the greatest of all the herald angels who harkened the arrival of Jesus Christ.
On this first Sunday of Advent, we begin to see a picture of Christmas. The world around us is painting it with Santa Clauses, elves, reindeer, and a plethora of red and green. But, we know there is a bigger picture in view.
