Was Judas's greatest sin his betrayal of Christ or his despair of forgiveness?
Robert Sungenis answers that Judas's greatest sin was the betrayal of Christ rather than his remorse, because the New Testament stresses the betrayal repeatedly. He adds that we do not actually know Judas believed himself beyond forgiveness, and that he may simply not have wanted to be forgiven.
A viewer asks whether Judas's greatest sin was his betrayal of Christ or his despair of forgiveness.
Answer
His greatest sin, as the Bible keeps pointing out several times in the New Testament, was his betrayal of Christ, not his remorse. We do not even know that he thought he was beyond forgiveness; he may simply not have wanted to be forgiven, which is a possibility too. But the Bible keeps stressing that the betrayal was the great sin, so we do not need to compare anything else to it to know that is true.