John 13:20

John 13:20 says, Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that recevieth whomever I send recieveth me; and he that receiveth me recieveth him that sent me.  Jesus said anyone who received one that He sent received Him.  God is still sending people into the world today, and we as His followers should welcome them as we would welcome Jesus.  Verse twenty-one adds, When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in the spirit, and testified and said, Verily, verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.  We are told that after Jesus said this, He was troubled in the Spirit.  The Holy Spirit today will let us know when there is trouble in a situation, but we must be closely relying on Him to know it.  Then in the same verse, Jesus let them know why He was troubled.  These were His closest disciples, but one was to betray Him.  How often today do we, as His followers, His closest disciples, betray Him with our actions, our words, our more especially our thoughts?  Just as Jesus knew the real nature of the disciples, He knows ours today. When our attitude is wrong, we can be certain we trouble the Holy Spirit.  Verse twenty-two continues, The disciples looked at one another, doubting of whom Jesus spake.  Even they, as close as they were, did not understand the true character of Judas.  When there is trouble in the church today, we may doubt the cause.  Judas was very effective in going through the motions of following Christ, but he didn't truly believe. Being a follower of Christ is not about rules and rituals but about a real relationship. To their credit, the disciples did not immediately start pointing fingers at one another.  We need to be slow to judge others and quick to examine our own relationship for signs of disobedience.  I will state once again it is my belief that Jesus did not know this because Judas was preordained to betray Jesus.  If that were the case, he could not be held accountable.  If we have no choice about following or not following Christ, then God is not an impartial God. Judas was responsible for his actions, and so are we.