How Were Judas and Peter Different

My point to you is this:

The ONLY difference between you (if you belong to Christ) and all the poor wretched souls who are and will spend an eternity in hell - that outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth - is that you have God Himself on your side, and they do not. You have a Mediator between yourself and the Father, the Lord Jesus Christ. They do not. You have been given to the Son by the Father. They have not. You have been born from above by the Holy Spirit. They have not. You have been spared the cross. They have not. You have received mercy. They have received justice.

I hope and pray that you will realize that your salvation has nothing to do with what you have done, or what you have decided, or what you have prayed, or what aisle you have walked. You have not been reconciled to God because of your repentance. You have been reconciled to God because the Father chose certain people, and He gave those people to the Son, and the Son lived perfectly and died vicariously and rose victoriously for them, and the Spirit regenerates them in God’s perfect timing.

The difference between you and all the damned in hell has nothing to do with you, and everything to do with God. Praise Him for His wonderful grace! (Voice of the Sheep)