Oct 25
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- At first, the sins of Judas and Peter look similar. Both men turned their backs on Jesus. Compare and contrast Judas’s betrayal and Peter’s denial of Jesus. How are they similar? How do they differ?
- Are all sins equally heinous in God’s sight? What made Judas’s sin more heinous than Peter’s?
- If it was not unbelief and a lack of love for Christ that led Peter to sin, what was it? Where did he begin to go astray? What was the progression?
- The difference between Peter and Judas is seen most clearly in the moment when Jesus fixed his gaze on them. What did Judas do when Jesus looked at him in the garden? What did Peter do when Jesus looked at him in the courtyard? What do their reactions reveal?
- What does the eternal decree of God (election and reprobation) have to do with all of this? Does the doctrine of election/predestination contradict the doctrine of free will (properly understood, see Second London Confession, 9) and obliterate human responsibility (see Second London Confession, 32)?
- What was the end of the story for Judas? What was the end of the story for Peter?
- How do you plan to apply this text to your own thoughts, words, and deeds?
