Sold

This post is about only one book; a certain book, known commonly as The Bible.  More importantly, it's about you and this book.
In Luke 22:3-6 you read about Judas deciding to betray Jesus.  (I suggest you read it now.)  He took the ever-infamous thirty coins in payment for it.  I have heard a lot of discussion on that, and I believe a few things that may or may not be.  I believe that Judas wanted Jesus to rise up against the Romans, and their attacking Him would be a good way to get Him to do that.  I believe that Judas thought that, just as Jesus walked away from the crowd unscathed when they wanted to throw Him off the cliff, He would also not be hurt by this.  But whether this is true or not, Judas was apparently repentant: Matthew 27:3-5.  However, it was too late: Luke 22:22.
Now we go to Matthew 28:11-15, in which we find that soldiers were bribed to tell a lie.  That they would say that the disciples took the body.  How could they do that?  How could they take money after they had seen an angel of the Lord whose countenance was like lightning and whose clothing was white as snow?  How could they be bribed after they had just seen a man rise from the dead?  I don't know.  But so it happened.  They took the desires of this world rather than the truth of heaven.  They sold Jesus.  They sold their salvation.
Judas sold Jesus and his salvation too.  All of these men were living in this world in their hearts and minds.  The soldiers wanted pleasure and Judas wanted a free country.  Jesus wanted free people.  So let me ask you: are you selling Jesus.  Now maybe you're a christian, and you go to church and pray and such, but are you selling a deep relationship with Him for friends, money, books, movies, clothes, food, sports, or something else?  Is something more important to you than Him?  God wants to give you the desires of your heart, but He wants you to be fulfilled and satisfied with Him first.
So ask yourself: Am I sold for Christ, or am I selling Him?