Devoured by Silver

Devoured By Silver

By Frank Williams

November 9, 2026

Matthew 26:15 …And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

Silver. That’s what Judas Iscariot settled for to betray the Lord Jesus, a high and treasonous sin. The love of money is truly the root of all evil and causes the most grievous actions and behaviors imaginable. Someone suggested that though Judas betrayed the Lord for 30 pieces of silver, many betray Him for nothing.

It is interesting that Judas never got to spend or enjoy even one piece of that silver. In his deceptive heart, he made the best deal he could. Cut your losses and go on. But it didn’t last long, for soon he was admitting that he had betrayed innocent blood and tried to return the money. Guilt eventually led him to hang himself.

Sin doesn’t let you enjoy it for long because its pleasures are just “for a season” (Hebrews 11:25). Sin is never as fulfilling as it promises to be. When it comes to a life of sin, there simply is no rest to the one engaged in it. Isaiah 57:20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

There is good news. Jesus has dethroned sin, so that it is not as powerful as it seems to the believer. It may flex its muscles at the believer and seem as though it cannot be overcome; but it can be. 1 Corinthians 15:56-57 – The sting of death is sin… 57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

For Judas, what started in Gethsemane as a kiss ended in a rope. Beware that what you kiss today doesn’t kill you tomorrow. Remember that Jesus’ atonement assures you freedom, so that you may serve the Lord in righteousness. Romans 6:18 – Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

Reflection—Don’t hang yourself for what Jesus hung on the cross for.