Jesus had been keeping the disciples by His power. He had only lost one, and this was by design. Judas had been exposed at the Last Supper and was even now betraying Christ. Was this a failure of the power of God? Absolutely not! Jesus gives an answer for why he fell away. It was a part of God’s plan so that the scriptures could be fulfilled. Judas was the son of destruction, not one of God’s people. If you are God’s people, God guards you to the end. Romans 8 teaches us that the Gospel, if received and believed, will take you all the way home to heaven.
