“So did God deny Judas forgiveness? Did Judas have a choice in his decision if God chose him for this?”
Pontius Pilot asks from the perspective of man “what is Truth?”
That is our problem. We are Man.
If we throw out the Bible God we are left with a random grinding of our souls by trouble and time. I just don’t know how to answer that but the lives of man, much ink and parchment have been spent trying to answer that question.
The best answer as a human is “I don’t know?” The “higher” churches, Orthodox and Catholic accept these things as mysteries. Many will tell you they have the answer to this question and quote a few bible verses. Then you are supposed to be happy and move along to a nice song and pot luck.
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And pretty much the conclusion my friend and I came to.
What did Pilot do after asking Jesus that question? Pilot left the room. Perhaps if he remained he would have received an answer. Ah but he did get an answer. Jesus said everyone who is of the truth hears His voice.