But the Son of Perdition

As Jesus prayed, He spoke of God's preservation of His chosen ones; then of their perseverance; then of Judas Iscariot and perdition. That awful word means full destruction. Judas was appointed to that end yet he was fully accountable for his dark actions. John and Mark give vivid records of his anger, hypocrisy, irreverence, thirst for power and rejection of Christ. Before us is the balance of God's sovereignty and man's fallen will.a