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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.

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