PS
As an example of a wrong focus, please remember I got started on here because of the issue of Judas being a member of the twelve .
The Lord prayed this:
John 17:12
12 While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
Now in light of this will anyone say Judas was ever the same as the other eleven? Judas was part of the twelve for a big reason, I fear - but not to have authority, imho..
But perhaps one whose name will not be spoken for now - may be correct?
Maybe Judas was able to heal and cast out demons and preach?
I doubt he did any real work.
I doubt the others would've even noticed he didn't.
Why do I doubt he did those things??
Because it says
Matthew 7:15-20
15 “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
16 You will know them by their fruits.
Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?
17 So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
18 A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit.
19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20 So then, you will know them by their fruits."
So the question is, how much would The Lord have allowed Judas to do?
But if The Lord did - Judas would have been the first to fulfill:
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 22 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’
Oh - and - anyway! John 15:15 states plainly that those disciples whether given authority or not were merely His Disciples until He left them and even then they may still have been like His kids, imho.
John 15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.