The Biblical record of the events surrounding the death of Christ is something I find myself reading over and over.  It intrigues me.  It fascinates me, and it seems that I always discover something new as I study.  One cannot help but be touched as he reads about the events surrounding the death of our Lord.  The pain, anguish, heartache, suffering which our Lord endured as he faced the cross overwhelm me as I read and contemplate those events.  As I was reading not long ago, a statement I have read numerous times suddenly grabbed my attention.  As Jesus prayed in the garden, Judas was busy gathering the entourage which would arrest our Lord, lead him to the false trials, and eventually crucify him.  John records, “And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place:  for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples” (Jn.18:2).  Judas knew exactly where to find Jesus!
     This passage got me to thinking.  Suppose our government attempted to eliminate anything and anyone associated with the true religion of Christ.  Suppose also that on of your closest companions were called upon by the government to disclose your whereabouts on a Sunday morning (or Sunday evening, or Wednesday evening).  Would he/she know where to find you?  Would he know beyond a doubt that you were assembled with the saints to worship God?  Would he be unable to disclose where you were, knowing that you could be in any number of places?  May all of God’s children determine in their hearts to be faithful in attending the services of the church, so that all the Judases of the world would “know the place.”