Judas

Judas heard the message that man must not steal, kill, lie, covet, etc, but he never saw himself as one that should repent from such acts. He was chosen, he was following the Lord everywhere He went, he was hearing the pure word directly from the master Himself, he was given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God (Mark4:10-11), yet he was not getting transformed.

He was among the 70 people that were given the power to go and preach the message of the kingdom and cast out demons. He preached, healed the sick, cast out demons and came back with good report, and was glad. Jesus told them they should rather rejoice because their names are written in heaven. Judas inclusive. Luke10:1-20. But Judas was never among the people that were baptized of the Holy Spirit to witness to Christ. Acts1:8.

To witness to Christ, there must be personal evidence of who Christ is to you. There must be the testimony of your salvation and your personal life transformation by the word. Rom12:1-2. No one is born a saint.

Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. NKJV

Judas didn't have such testimony of life transformation yet doing well as just a follower of Christ.

The problem that Judas had was not that he was not chosen, or that he was not hearing God's message, or that power was not given to him, but he had another master - money. Jn12:6. Matt26:15. Lk16:13. Money does not transform anyone rather it is the root of all evil for those who desire (covet) it and love it. It closes the person's mind from the message of righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. It wrecks the person's faith and the end is destruction and perdition. 1Tim6:9-11.

What happened to Judas is an example for the chosen people of God to learn from. We still have 'believers' like Judas today. A follower of Jesus who goes after money is a son of perdition (not the son of God). The person has chosen another master and the end of the person is definite. Repentance is not possible if he doesn't change his desire and the love for money. And regret (sorrow of the world) is not repentance (godly sorrow). Matt27:3, 2Cor7:9-11.

Jesus called Judas the devil. Jn6:70. Believer plus the love of money is equal to the devil or the worship of the devil. Jesus also faced this temptation when Satan asked Him to fall down and worship him for Him to receive the kingdoms of this world and their glory.

The response of Jesus to Satan was firm and definite.

Matthew 4:8-10 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ” NKJV

We don't worship God for the purpose of getting things. We worship God for who He is, and serve Him with what He has given us, and He adds what we NEED to us. Matt6:32-33, 1Tim6:3-8.