Judas is in hell for certain?
I guess you could say that I have an odd feeling towards Judas. Maybe it's because I see so much of myself in him (I suffer with passive s----- ideation). I am glad that most churches have come to accept mental health issues lately and no longer say that suicides go to hell. I meet with a lcms pastor weekly, and unfortunately he believes that they do.
Anyways, I have a hard time accepting that Judas went to hell. Remorse vs. Repentance. Repentance is supposed to lead to change. But if a person does something, feels remorse and claims they repent, then a few days later they give in to the same sin again, doesn't that mean that they never truly repented, and that it was just "judas type remorse"? So if that person had died, they'd go to hell because they didn't truly repent, that all it was was just remorse?
And with the Bible, just because it doesn't mention something doesn't mean that it didn’t happen. Maybe Judas tried to get to Jesus, but he couldn't get through the crowds before Jesus died. Maybe Judas was too ashamed to face Jesus. Sometimes we feel that way after sinning, no?
Maybe Judas felt so horrible that he caused Jesus to die that he felt he deserved the same thing, so that's why he hanged himself. I could absolutely see myself doing the same thing if I had been in his shoes.
I know the verse Matthew 26:24 talks about Judas, but Google says their are different interpretations of that verse.
Posted Apr 8, 2026, 2:49 AM UTC