The Truth About The Gospel Of Judas

1. The Gospel of Judas is not a lost gospel as National Geographic claims it to be.
The church has known about this Gospel of Judas since around 180A.D.

2. The Gospel of Judas is not from the time of Christ but actually teaches concepts that were not from the first century.
Example: Passage from the Gospel of Judas "You will exeed all of them. For you will sacrifice the man that clothes me"

2. a. This meant Judas was a supporter of Jesus who would free Jesus from his human shell.
This is a Gnostic concept that wasn't taught until two hundred years after Jesus died and resurrected.
Gnostics believed the body and spirit were seperate. The body could sin without affecting the spirit, a false concept according to the Bible.

2. b. The Bible does not teach that Judas was helping Jesus and worthy of praise for betraying Him.
In fact it calls him ,a man of sin, a betrayer, the one headed for destruction.

3. The Gospel of Judas does not meet the criteria to qualify as divinely inspired cannon.
a. Author is not recognized as a prophet of God or an apostle
b. It does not correspond with other known revelation such as the Old Testament
c. It has not been received by the people of God
d. Does not have acts of God or Spirit anointing validating the author's credibility