“How you feel about Christ, how you view Him will determine your heaven
or your hell. Peter was a betrayer. And we could see how it happened. He
boasted too much. He prayed too little. He acted too fast–drew out a
sword and wanted to make a war. He followed too far; he stayed off in
the shadows. So you can say, ‘Yeah, there were some factors in
overconfidence and lack of prayer and impulsiveness and cowardice. But
Peter was no final disaster.’ He was no final disaster. Grace was
operating in Peter’s life. Grace was not operating in Judas’ life. Grace
was operating in Peter’s life because Peter loved Jesus Christ. And
John tells us in 1 John 4, ‘We love Him because He first loved us.’
Jesus had set His love on Peter and Peter loved Him in return. They had a
relationship of love. That is the deep and compelling attitude of the
true believer. It comes down to this: the true believer’s love for
Christ is the evidence of salvation. In fact, in 1 Corinthians 16:22
Paul says, ‘If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be
damned.’ It comes to that. Continue at Eric T. Young
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