Good morning and welcome in everybody. Today, we are going to take a look at a passage of scripture, but before we do that, I wanted to tell you a little story.
Have you ever been betrayed by somebody? When you are betrayed, you are stabbed in the back by someone who you considered to be a very loyal and close friend. I’ve been betrayed by numerous people, some of which I had known for over twenty years. But a lot of times betrayal will happen from people within a church group. They will live a conservative life for Christ Jesus for certain period of time, but then the things of this world will begin creeping into their life and they will turn away from their faith. A lot of the time, when they backslide in such a manner, they will suddenly turn away from people who they were very close to within the church. As they slip into the ranks of unbelievers, they have been known to begin spreading all kinds of lies, gossip, and private information about people within the fellowship. The light that was once in them begins to turn dark, and they turn themselves into an enemy of God. But when this happens to you, just remember that it is a fulfillment of prophecy. Everyone who chooses to live the Christian Life is going to encounter these types of people, and most of the time it’s going to come from the ones that you least expected.
Luke 21:16-19 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake. But there shall not an hair of your head perish. In your patience possess ye your souls.
One prime example is when people are betrayed by their own spouse. When a man takes a woman to be his wife, he places an extreme amount of trust in her that she will abide by his side through whatever things that they have to go through.
Proverbs 31:10-11 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her,…….
All of us are sinners, and people might make mistakes in their marriage along the way, but in order to be faithful to Christ Jesus, they must continually abide in the bond of Holy matrimony. Some married couples will eventually have children, and many times the kids will spend a lot of time with their mother, simply because they are constantly at home with her growing up. As the years pass by, the bond between a mother and the children can become very strong, but sometimes a wife can turn cold and bitter, departing from her husband and treacherously taking his children from his presence. When this evil spirit comes into her heart, she can become so cruel that she will secretly command the young children to write letters to their own dad, explaining that they are not going to see him any more. These are the works of Satan, as she uses children as an opportunity to strike back at the husband that she has become so bitter against. These kinds of activities are malicious and evil, as she betrays his trust and confidence by turning the seed of his own flesh against him. Rather than abiding in the commitment to her marriage, she will join up with in-laws and other relatives who hate him, which is exactly what Judas did to Jesus. These are the works of treachery, which is one of the reasons why divorce is forbidden for anybody who has been baptized into the Christian Life.
Jeremiah 3:20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
1 Corinthians 7:10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
A betrayer will do things behind your back and without your knowledge, premeditating in advance what they are planning on doing. Many times when I talk about being betrayed I use marriage as an example, because it is an extremely close relationship, one that is bound not only by Spiritual law, but earthly law as well. This is the same type of relationship that we share with the Lord Jesus Christ, as He is the husband, and the church is His bride. Just as a wife must never depart from her own husband, the church must never depart from the Lord Jesus and His teachings.
When you are betrayed you are harmed by the intentional actions of a trusted person. Think about a woman who goes to court to divorce her husband, and completely betrays him and her faith by divulging all types of private information that was shared with her in secret. At this point she has rejected her faith because she is no longer discreet, as a woman of God is called to be. She will openly share harmful disclosures or confidential information with others, even with her own children in order to stab him in the back. Just like Judas, she will yoke up with others who hate him, who will aid and even encourage her wicked behavior. But when they get involved in evil activities with her, they mock the things of Christ, and will most certainly reap what they have sown.
There are plenty of women in this world who have had husbands do the same thing to them, by completely forsaking their commitment to the weaker vessel. She has placed her complete trust in him, that he will not abandon her, but then they run off into the world with some younger woman instead. These are painful things to have to endure, because it feels like somebody has just ripped the carpet out from underneath your feet. It’s like a little lamb who has placed so much trust in their owner, but then they are deceived and cunningly led off to the slaughter. There are many sins in this world, but a betrayer is a wretch and evil person, filled with deceit, guile and duplicity. I cannot imagine doing that to anybody, especially one’s own spouse. You trust them so much, that you believe in your heart that they will be there when they need you. Remember that if it is charity, it will never fail, and divorce is the public evidence that they never really loved you at all.
There is no love in the heart of somebody who puts forth paperwork to divorce their own spouse, unless of course they left you and have no intention of returning. Divorcing a spouse is a willful action that violates the one true faith, the virtues of mercy, and the precepts of Divine Charity. Remember that we are not to resist evil, but let them depart, and when they choose this course of action the Lord Jesus will certainly avenge the wickedness of what they have done. Anyone who has been baptized into the Christian Life is forbidden from divorcing their spouse, and those who choose to do so fall into the ranks of unbelievers.
So don’t be shocked when people betray and forsake you, because it is a fulfillment of biblical prophecy. Many times it will happen at the hands of those who have been closest to you, including your own spouse. Just like Judas, they will conspire to spring their evil trap, as you open your loving arms, but then are,…..
……….Stabbed in the Back
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