You can think out loud if you would like.. I am not offended.
But I feel this casts Jesus in very bad light if Judas did not choice in the matter..... as I told you before, in this view you present, Jesus does not make a good faith offer to Judas ... and also Jesus would be quite deceptive.... by inviting Judas to be an apostle, giving him the same responsibilities, yet setting him up for failure?
Jesus invites Judas to join in good faith yet knowing that Judas will fail.
Ok, now I can jump back in, because we are talking about something other than election and predestination. This falls under the category of Sovereignty.
Judas chose exactly what his nature predisposed him to choose. God did not force him to choose, he chose voluntarily to betray Christ. Yet God knew that he would, and Judas was chosen for that purpose. He was chosen to fulfill the prophecy “ my friend that eats bread with me will lift up the heel against me.
Just like God raised up Pharoah to power in order to demonstrate His power on the gods of Egypt, just like He allowed, (not caused) Joseph’s brothers to act on their evil intentions to sell Joseph into slavery, in order to fulfill His OWN PURPOSE of preserving and saving Israel from famine, just as Assyria was a rod of judgement in God’s Hand, yet even though they were an instrument in God’s hand, they were punished for their evil intentions, and just like the Romans and the religious Jews committed a great evil in crucifying Christ, YET they did what God had before determined and decreed would take place
In ALL of these instances they acted VOLUNTARILY and FREELY, yet in all these instances, they were doing exactly what God intended them to do!! And in all these instances, even though they were instruments in God’s Hand, they were still punished for their evil intentions.
Oh the depths and heights of the wisdom and power of God...
Undeniable. All of it.