oh man! wow. if the language was just a hair easier to read you'd think he'd written this today.. Just goes to show there is nothing new under the sun.. this is lengthy but such a good read, i wanted to go back and hilight certain elements in colour which might help break it down some..
whoa! search my heart oh God..
ironically too that aside from Judas we talked about peter and one of Peter's sin was the sin of self-confidence or deception believeing that "his" faith was sufficient.. and seeing that it wasn't ~~as he deniedChrist not only once ~but three times.. the difference between his and judas sin was Peter did believe that Jesus would grant mercy and repented.

Isaiah 43:19Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert.
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