I think you have it backwards.
Peter walked with Christ. If anybody should have been committed it should have been Peter.
Peter showed us that ANYONE can deny Christ.
Peter denied Christ, and even cursed those who claimed he was one of Jesus' followers. Peter denied he was a believer . Nowhere does the Bible say "And God took away Peter's salvation".
There are people who after suffering for long periods of time, (or seeing a love one suffer) and don't see any answer to prayers, who get angry and die with all kinds of doubts about God.
Do you believe God would allow such a thing to happen to a person right before they die, knowing their faith would fail...just so He could say..."AHA! you denied Me so I'm sending you to hell!!"
How about if someone held a knife to your throat, or at the throats of you family members and said. "You either deny Christ or I am going to cut thier throats, and then your throat". Do you know exactly how you would respond in such a situation?
What if out of fear you failed in your faith and denied Christ? Do you thing God would look at that and say "you denied Me so I'm sending you to hell!!"
In any case, according to what you say a person could never have the peace and assurance of salvation that the Bible teaches, becuase they can never be sure what they might do in the future.
Yeah, I think some people do see G-d as a G-d waiting to hit them with a stick. Just waiting.....
Good post.
I do not know. I have stated on this thread several times that I would hope God would give me the strength not to fail this kind of a test.
What is with the people on this thread who can't read English these days?