Emphasis Preaching Journal

The story of Jesus is truly a sad story. It is the story of a promise made and then unkept. It is the story of a willing spirit and a weak flesh. It is reminiscent of the guilt of every boy and girl who promised never to take a cookie from the cookie jar only to have chocolate chips on his face. Judas does not have chocolate chips on his face and his sin is quite different from that of the child in the cookie jar, but in the few words that Jesus speaks, "the one who dips his bread with me ...", we see the concern of every child that has ever been caught with his hand in the cookie jar.