Memorise: But behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.
Luke 22:21
Read: Luke 22:19-23, 19 And
he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them,
saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance
of me.
20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
21 But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.
22 And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!
23 And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.
Bible in one year; 2nd Samuel 18:1-19:15, Proverbs 13:1-14
MESSAGE
A betrayer is a covenant breaker and there is danger in being a covenant breaker (Romans 1:31).
A betrayer is someone who knows the secret of the strong and / or the
weak point of an individual through an intimate relationship and leaks
example of a betrayer is Judas Iscariot. Reading the story of the
betrayal of Jesus Christ will teach us many lessons. Firstly, the fact
that someone is close to you does not mean he or she cannot betray you.
As a matter of fact, it is the causal acquaintance be guilty of betrayal
because there is hardly any secret to divulge. Secondly, a betrayal is a
killer, betrayal is murderous.
“Yet stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears,
ye
do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Which
of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? And they have slain
them which showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have
been now the betrayers and murderers.”
Acts 7:51-52
The Bible describes a betrayer as someone who reveals secrets (Proverbs 11:13). Proverbs 26:22 says
“The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost part of the belly.”
Betrayal is not a Christian virtue. Before the Almighty God, it attracts a “capital punishment” as it is written:
“But
whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it
were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and
that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe unto the world because
of offences! For it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that
man by whom the offence cometh!”
Matthew 18:6-7
Beloved
of God, let us not be caught-up with the spirit of the end-time as
predicted by apostle Paul in his writings about the characteristics of
the perilous times, when there will be blasphemers, boasters,
trucebreakers, false accusers, despisers of godliness, traitors, and
lovers of pleasures than lovers of God. I pray that as many as have been
caught in these deadly habits shall be delivered today in Jesus’ name.
Prayer Point
Father, deliver me from the spirit of betrayal; don’t let me end up like Judas Iscariot in Jesus’ name.
