Recently heard someone present Judas & Peter as two disciples with a shared experience but different outcomes. Both men walked with Jesus, both men turned on Jesus, & both men expressed remorse; but whereas Judas hung himself, Peter was restored and became a prominent leader.
What accounts for the different results? On this telling, it was that Judas never returned to his fellow disciples while Peter never left. The difference was community.
True, Christian community is a means by which God keeps us from falling away (Heb 3:13; 10:23-25). But “choosing community” doesn’t explain the divergent fates of these two men.
There’s no need for psychoanalysis when Scripture details the difference between the two.
Concerning Judas:
John 6:70 Jesus answered them, “Did I Myself not choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is a devil?”
John 13:18 “I do not speak of all of you. I know the ones I have chosen; but it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘HE WHO EATS MY BREAD HAS LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME.’
John 17:12 “While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
Concerning Peter:
Luke 22:31-32 “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”
Look to the text.
according to Script 
Thanks JP. I can always count on you to have thought provoking posts. To me, it doesn’t seem like the two are that similar. Judas was a thief, stealing from the ministry, and turned Jesus over to be killed for money.
Peter, was a sinful man responding to the events that were orchestrated by Judas. He tried to defend Jesus in the garden and truly loved Him. I just don’t see many similarities at all…
Miss you buddy
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