After the Upper Room

Houston's First Baptist Church

In John 13, two disciples face vastly different futures after leaving the upper room with Jesus. Judas, whose outer life didn't match his inner reality and whose love grew toward money rather than Jesus, responded to guilt with worldly sorrow that led to destruction. Peter, despite denying Jesus three times, found restoration because he recognized Jesus's faithfulness and sacrifice. The difference wasn't in their failures, but in their response to Jesus's grace. While Judas rejected the hand of…