Pride
The Gospel of Judas is proof that man is capable of the seven forms of sin, specifically pride. The Gospel of Judas shows a series of converstations Jesus has with his disciples, and them being disobedient or even doubting Jesus as some points. For example, the disciples comitting the sin pride can be shown on page one when Jesus doubts their strength it states, “When the disciples heard this, thy started getting angry and infuriated and began blaspheming against them in their hearts.” Jesus then says “….Any one of you who is [strong enough] among human beings bring out the perfect human and stand before my face.” They keep telling Jesus that they are strong enough or perfect, which is only validating Jesus’ point further. Another example of pride can be seen on page two, the disciples ask for Jesus’ whereabouts and he explains he went to a holy generation. The disciples are immediately taken aback by this, “Lord, what is the great generation that is superior to us and holier than us, that is not now in these realms?” Jesus immediately comes back a them, calling them out on their arrogance and pride. Both of these examples prove that man, even the ones that are considered holy, are capable of commiting sin. Without sin, we are not human and since the time of Adam and Eve, original sin has been created.
The Meaning of Fruit
On page three when Jesus and Judas are conversing about what the future holds for Judas and the generations to follow. Judas uses the language specifically about fruit wondering, “What kind of fruit does this generation produce?” Jesus responds to Judas, “The souls of every human generation will die. When these people, however, have completed the time of the kingdom and the spirit leaves them, their bodies will die but their souls will be alive, and they will be taken up.” The languaged used during this conversation is extremely interesting. Jesus talking about fruit, sin, and death in one sentence makes me think this is referencing the story of Adam and Eve. As most Christians believe, when Eve disobeyed God and gave into temptation by eating from the fruit, she created original sin, because of this, Eve is the reason we as humans sin and make mistakes. Jesus’ death and resurrection is foreshadowed later in this conversation, and is significant to Christian faith because his death allowed us to redeem our sins. When Judas asks on page three, “What kind of fruit will this generation will produce?” this has a double meaning to when Satan offered the fruit to Eve, will this generation be good fruit or sinful fruit as the rest of the disciples prophecied? Jesus’ response to this question prooves that he knew of the events to come and why God put him on this earth. If the next generations are in fact sinful fruit, then they will have the oppertunity to redeem themselves after death.