John 13:18

John 13:18 says, I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the Scripture might be fulfilled, he that eateth bread with me will lift up his heel against Me.  Jesus had just been speaking of a servant and his master, and Jesus knew that one of His disciples did not consider Jesus to be his master.  He said He would be betrayed to fulfill the Scripture, but this does not mean that all the events of His betrayal were orchestrated.  Jesus did know the Scriptures referring to His death, and He knew His time had come, so He knew one of His closest disciples was going to betray Him.  Just because they had all followed Him physically didn't mean they followed Him spiritually. There are people today who go through the motions physically of following God, such as church attendance or baptism, but they have no intention of following Him spiritually.  We will see that Jesus did not run Judas off, and we are not to decide that someone today should be run off from the church, unless they are actively acting to disrupt the church.  God knows peoples' hearts, and they will never fool Him.  Verse nineteen adds, Now I tell you before it come, that when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am He. Jesus told them before it occurred so that looking back, they would believe in Him.  We sometimes may not understand everything that is going on in our lives from a spiritual point of view, but if we are faithful to Him, we will understand as we look back on our life.  We are simply to continue to follow Him as His servants.  We at times seem to think that in heaven we are going to be something more than we are here on earth, but we will still be His servants.  If we are unwilling to serve here, why do we think we would serve there?  If we are full of hate here, why do we think we will be full of love there?  If we feel superior to people here, why do we think we will feel equal there?  We begin to live for Him the moment we accept salvation through Him, and we should daily grow more like Him.