Counterfeit (46 of 75)
Series: The Gospel of John
Mike Stone
John 13:18-30
The word ''betrayal'' seems to be one of the ugliest words in the English language. Properly used, that title is reserved for the lowest of the low...those who betray their country, their trust, their family or their friends.
The word was used this week by law enforcement officials in upstate Illinois. According to the Chicago Tribune, a highly respected officer with the Fox Lake police department was deemed to have staged his own murder on September 1. The officer is now believed to have taken his own life, but only after he faked a crime scene to make his suicide appear to be a murder.
Charles Gleniwitz (Gliniewicz) ran a youth program through the police department and is believed to have been embezzling 10s of thousands of dollars. As auditors were closing in on his activities, Gleniwitz staged a crime scene that initially led police on a massive manhunt.
Early on the morning of September 1, he radioed that he was in pursuit of three criminals and needed backup. After officers found his body in the woods they shut down roads, locked down schools, and the small town of 10,000 residents was in chaos.
Investigators are now convinced it was ALL A BIG FAKE.
The lead investigator spoke to the press this week and said, ''Gliniewicz committed the ultimate betrayal to the citizens he served and the entire law enforcement community. The facts of his actions proved he behaved for years in a manner completely contrary to the image he portrayed.''
With all due respect to the investigators, the ''ultimate betrayal'' was not committed 2 months ago in upstate Illinois but nearly 2,000 years ago in the Upper Room and in Gethsemane.
We study that ''ultimate betrayal'' today as well as the lessons we can learn from the betrayer, the betrayal, and the betrayed. The life story of Judas is a sad tale of a man who had everybody fooled...everybody thought he was the real deal... eve ...
Series: The Gospel of John
Mike Stone
John 13:18-30
The word ''betrayal'' seems to be one of the ugliest words in the English language. Properly used, that title is reserved for the lowest of the low...those who betray their country, their trust, their family or their friends.
The word was used this week by law enforcement officials in upstate Illinois. According to the Chicago Tribune, a highly respected officer with the Fox Lake police department was deemed to have staged his own murder on September 1. The officer is now believed to have taken his own life, but only after he faked a crime scene to make his suicide appear to be a murder.
Charles Gleniwitz (Gliniewicz) ran a youth program through the police department and is believed to have been embezzling 10s of thousands of dollars. As auditors were closing in on his activities, Gleniwitz staged a crime scene that initially led police on a massive manhunt.
Early on the morning of September 1, he radioed that he was in pursuit of three criminals and needed backup. After officers found his body in the woods they shut down roads, locked down schools, and the small town of 10,000 residents was in chaos.
Investigators are now convinced it was ALL A BIG FAKE.
The lead investigator spoke to the press this week and said, ''Gliniewicz committed the ultimate betrayal to the citizens he served and the entire law enforcement community. The facts of his actions proved he behaved for years in a manner completely contrary to the image he portrayed.''
With all due respect to the investigators, the ''ultimate betrayal'' was not committed 2 months ago in upstate Illinois but nearly 2,000 years ago in the Upper Room and in Gethsemane.
We study that ''ultimate betrayal'' today as well as the lessons we can learn from the betrayer, the betrayal, and the betrayed. The life story of Judas is a sad tale of a man who had everybody fooled...everybody thought he was the real deal... eve ...
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