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Matthew 11:15

[15] He who has ears, let him hear.

Judas was intentional.

John 17:12

[12] While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.

He was doomed from before he was born, no different than a believer is chosen before they were born.

"He had a choice!"

Did he? The very word doomed says otherwise.

Consider this, if Jesus wanted Judas to get saved, why didn't He make a more aggressive effort to sway him?

"Please Judas! You really, really don't want to do this..."

Why didn't He try to sway him at all??

John 13:27

[27] As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. "What you are about to do, do quickly," Jesus told him,

Yes, we are chosen, others are not. God calls the chosen His sheep. He calls the others goats.

How can you tell the difference?

Goats are dismissive to the chosen, because they have to be first.

Remember Essau was first...

Matthew 20:16

[16] "So the last will be first, and the first will be last."

Look, this is really not that hard.

"Phhhhft, what do you know!?"

Yes, it is really obvious.