[kosta50]

LOL. You're just making this up as you go along.

I have no doubt that God loved Judas despite his betrayal.

[Gamecock]

I have no doubt that God loved Judas despite his betrayal.

I'm sure that is a nice consolation to those who remain outside the camp.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

I have no doubt that God loved Judas despite his betrayal.

So God loves everyone?

Scripture tells us otherwise. I urge you to read the Bible more often. It's all there. To say God loved Judas, who was the "son of perdition" and not a son of God, is to actually demean the love God has for His elect.

God's justice condemns all men. God's mercy saves some men. His love is not so ineffectual that it does not accomplish exactly what He wills.

"As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy." -- Romans 9:13,15-16

[Alex Murphy]

I have no doubt that God loved Judas despite his betrayal.

Did God love Esau, too? Please cite Scripture, along with a link to an authoritative source for your offered interpretation, for your answer.