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BetrayalandForgiveness
Betrayal
Anactofdeliberatedisloyalty.Aviolationorbreakingofatrust,contract,orconfidencebetweenanindividual,groupororganizationthatsomeoneorothersplaceinaperson,groupororganizationwhichisatotalbreakfromwhatwasagreeduponearlierbybothparties.
Job19:13–14,19
Hehasalienatedmyfamily fromme;myacquaintancesarecompletelyestrangedfromme.Myrelativeshavegoneaway;myclosestfriends haveforgottenme.Allmyintimatefriends detestme;thoseIlovehaveturnedagainstme.
Psalm55:12–14
Foritisnotanenemywhotauntsme— thenIcouldbearit;itisnotanadversarywho dealsinsolentlywithme—thenIcouldhidefromhim.13Butitisyou,aman,myequal,mycompanion,myfamiliarfriend.14Weusedtotakesweetcounseltogether;withinGod'shousewewalkedin thethrong.
Psalm41:9
Evenmy closefriendinwhomItrusted,who atemybread,hasliftedhisheelagainstme.
1. KnowthatJesusunderstandswellthehurtofbetrayal.
1. KnowthatJesusunderstandswellthehurtofbetrayal.
2. Don’tmisstheopportunitythatisnowsetbeforeyoutoshareinthesufferingsofChrist.
1. KnowthatJesusunderstandswellthehurtofbetrayal.
2. Don’tmisstheopportunitythatisnowsetbeforeyoutoshareinthesufferingsofChrist.
3. Theonlywaytoavoidbeingconsumedbysoul-destroyingbitternessistoasktheLordtogiveyouanattitudeofforgiveness.
Forgiveness
Acommitmentbytheoffendedtopardongraciouslytherepentantfrommoralliabilityandtobereconciledtothatperson,althoughnotallconsequencesarenecessarilyeliminated.
TwoImportantQuestions:
TwoImportantQuestions:
1. Whatiftheperson/group/organizationneverasksmeforforgiveness?
TwoImportantQuestions:
1. Whatiftheperson/group/organizationneverasksmeforforgiveness?
2. Whatifthisperson/group/organizationdoesaskformyforgiveness?
Ephesians4:32
Bekindtooneanother,tenderhearted,forgivingoneanother,asGodinChristforgaveyou.
ThreeCommitmentsofForgiveness:
ThreeCommitmentsofForgiveness:
1. Iwillnotusethisagainstyouinthefuture.
ThreeCommitmentsofForgiveness:
1. Iwillnotusethisagainstyouinthefuture.
2. Iwillnotshareyouroffensewithothersingossip.
ThreeCommitmentsofForgiveness:
1. Iwillnotusethisagainstyouinthefuture.
2. Iwillnotshareyouroffensewithothersingossip.
3. Iwilldomyverybesttonotdwellonthisoffenseanylonger.
BetrayalandForgiveness
