Judas the Betrayer: Surviving the Aftermath of the Bloodbath - Study of Friendship, Faithfulness, Failure and Following

by Dr. Steven A. Wylie

Overview

ChurchBuster Spirits

 Spirit of Betrayal
 Spirit of Larceny
 Spirit of Greed
 Spirit of Manipulation

Preface

Sun Tzu in the Art of War wrote one of the most widely used but unaccredited lines of relationships – Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

This is a cute proverb, and although it is not necessarily a Biblical proverb, it presents a good principle we should all endorse.

Jesus kept his friends close and his enemies closer. Jesus knew the heart of men and women. Jesus knew the truth about people. He knew all about Judas. He knew what Judas was going to do, but still He kept him very close to His side.

When dealing with the Spirit of Judas inside of the church there is a distinct before Judas timeline and an after Judas timeline. The spirit of Judas chisels at the strength of relationships inside of a church. Before the ultimate betrayal, the spirit of Judas sabotages and operates through manipulation trying to gain desired place, power and possession. This spirit blurs the lines between God's purpose within a church and a manmade purpose.

In the aftermath of Judas, those remaining must deal with trust issues, being vulnerable and remaining faithful to the work within the Kingdom of God in spite of their hurt and betrayal.

Who was this spirit's namesake? How did a man whose name paralleled the meaning of the name Judah, the name of one of the 12 sons of Abraham and another name for the God's chosen people get selected by God to be part of His ministry?

It was through the linage of Judah that Jesus was born. Why did God use Judas, whose name, like Judah, also meant "praise and thanks" to be the one we now know as a traitor or betrayer?

This is Judas' ChurchBuster episode.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940160958378
Publisher:	Surrendered Heart Music
Publication date:	09/11/2019
Series:	ChurchBusters - The Men Who Will Destroy Your Ministry and The Men Who Will Destroy The Men , #12
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

About the Author

I was born into a family lineage that included many generations of occult practitioners and evil-doers, and was the first person in my family to receive Jesus Christ. As a young child, I experienced the touch and calling of the Lord, but fell away in anger and hurt as the witchcraft and generational evils tried to destroy my life and family.

As a young boy I started playing musical instruments and writing songs, but it was not until Jesus took hold of my life (as a young adult in 1973) that it all started to flow as true music. Back then, the contemporary Christian music industry was still in its infancy and the style of worship that many Churches enjoy today was only beginning to develop but I began to express myself through the songs that I would craft and later go on to record and publish.

In high school I had two teachers that left lasting impressions on me. One was a pastor’s wife who encouraged me in creative writing and expression and the other was an English teacher that I really did not like because she was hard on all of us, but especially on me (deservedly so).

She was very disciplined and strict, but I learned how to write properly and somehow, in spite of my rebellion and resistance, she instilled a love for language and communicative writing in me.

Over the years, every living member of my family has received Jesus as their Lord and Savior and is sold out to Him. Most are serving in either a pastoral position or similar ministerial capacity. Most are active in praise and worship in their own churches as well as in evangelistic outreaches.

“ChurchBusters: The Men Who Will Destroy Your Ministry and the Spirits that will Destroy the Men” was first written in 1996 but through circumstances placed on the shelf until 2013 at which time it was dusted off and editing and revisions began. Those revisions were stopped before completion that year and ChurchBusters was once again shelved.

Those revisions were completed in 2019. Each of the 13 episodes is a stand-alone study and collectively comprises the entire Season One works known as “ChurchBusters: The Men Who Will Destroy Your Ministry and the Spirits that will Destroy the Men”.

Another season is in the process of being written and will be released as the Lord’s timing allows.