When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in
spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of
you shall betray me. When
Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw
that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of
silver to the chief priests and elders, Saying, I have sinned in that I have
betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, what is that to us? see thou to
that.
If we were to define betrayal it would be the act
of being disloyal; the act
betraying someone or something or the fact of being betrayed: violation of a person's trust or confidence,
of a moral standard, etc. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary
online).
Based
on our scripture texts and the definition, the act of being betrayed is on
display daily in our society. This brings me to these questions; have you ever
been betrayed? Have you knowingly
betrayed, someone? Is our country being betrayed? To betray someone is to
violate that person’s trust or confidence and it shows the betrayer’s moral
character.
I
have been betrayed and it hurts because my confidence in that person has been
destroyed as well as a relationship. Will I ever trust the person again? Probably
not, because when the trust factor has been destroyed then there is nothing
left. Have I ever betrayed, someone? Hopefully not. I say hopefully not,
because unintentionally this could have happened, but if I have then I ask for
forgiveness. Sometimes we sin unintentionally, then we must and should seek forgiveness.
Judas sought forgiveness for betraying Jesus, but his partners in crime refused
to take back the money.
Judas
cause innocent blood to be spilled for thirty pieces of silver; what was the
value of Judas’ and Jesus' relationship? What is the value of a relationship
between two people or our country? Judas was fulfilling prophecy and didn’t
know that he was. Isn’t the value of a relationship worth more than thirty
pieces of silver? Isn’t our country worth more than thirty pieces of silver?
Let
me close by saying, betraying someone or something is a sin as noted in or
lesson texts; repentance is necessary on the part of the betrayer, but the pain
and damage linger for a while. Maintaining a good relationship is greater than thirty
pieces of silver. I say this because love and trust are greater and more
valuable than the thirty pieces of silver, and it takes less effort than the
process of trying to restore a broken relationship.
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