Betrayed!

Have you ever felt betrayed? If you have, you know it is not a good feeling and it is very difficult to forgive the betrayer. Being betrayed means to be deceived, not by just anyone, but by someone near and dear to you. Someone whom you have trusted and put confidence in knowing they would never let you down. These people pretended to be your friend when all along they were your enemy. These types of relationships are very hard to get over and the hurt is to the bone. Here's a couple of people who knew what betrayal felt like.

No treachery is worse than betrayal by a family member or friend. Julius Caesar knew such treachery. Among the conspirators who assassinated the Roman leader on March 15, 44 was Marcus Junius Brutus. Caesar not only trusted Brutus, he had favored him as a son. According to Roman historians, Caesar first resisted the onslaught of the assassins. But when he saw Brutus among them with his dagger drawn, Caesar ceased to struggle and, pulling the top part of his robe over his face, asked the famous question, "You too, Brutus?" [Today in the Word, August 13, 1992.] 

 

William Tyndale, first translated the Bible from Hebrew and Greek into English, making a Bible for the common people. In 1535 he was betrayed by a friend, taken prisoner to the castle of Vilford, and continued to work on his translation. He was unable to finish his work because he was sentenced to die a heretic's death: Strangulation and burning at the stake. On October 6, 1536 he cried out his last words. [Source Unknown].

 

In Joshua 9:22 we learn that the Israelites were betrayed by the Gibeonites. Remember Samson? He was betrayed by Delilah (Judges 16:18-20). In 1 Samuel we read of the woman of En Dor being betrayed by Saul.

Betrayal is not a new act. It has been going on since the creation of mankind. This morning we discuss two of the more familiar ones in God's word as we discover “Double Agents In Our Midst.”

In Christian love,