Peter in his denial. All of them the night of the passion by runnign away and denying knowing Him.
“I would say that having a moment of weakness ... and rejecting the gospel of Jesus Christ ... are two different things.”
What the Apostles did was not a moment of weakness. They saw the Living Christ. They saw his many miracles, indeed, they saw Him as The Savior in the flesh. Yet, they still denied Him and came back to spread the Gospel. Christ’s Mercy is is Divine and beyond our comprehension. But we shold know that it is there for us.
What the disciples did was to flee when they saw their leader facing death.John 14:27 And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.Note that the scripture says that the sheep are scattered, ... not lost.
28 But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.
Jesus will never lose His sheep.John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
What the Apostles did was not a moment of weakness. They saw the Living Christ. They saw his many miracles, indeed, they saw Him as The Savior in the flesh. Yet, they still denied Him and came back to spread the Gospel. Christ’s Mercy is is Divine and beyond our comprehension. But we shold know that it is there for us.
“What the disciples did was to flee when they saw their leader facing death. Note that the scripture says that the sheep are scattered, ... not lost. “
I don’t think anything you’ve posted is contrary to what I’ve posted. My words never mentioned being lost, they state that Peter and the Apostles denied Christ, which they did. I do stress that fleeing is to soft a word and denying Christ, as he foretold, was more accurate.
Again, this points more to his Divine Mercy, and our human imperfection. The fact that the very Apostles who knew and saw His Divinity in the first person, should give us hope for our salvation.