February 14, 2010
Betrayal Series

GOD MEANT IT FOR GOOD

BETRAYAL HAPPENS AT THE MOST DECISIVE MOMENTS…

‘So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover. When evening was come, He sat down with the twelve. Now as they were eating, He said, “Assuredly, I say to you, one of you will betray Me. The Son of Man indeed goes just as it is written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.” Then Judas, who was betraying Him answered and said, “Rabbi, is it I?” He said to him, “You have said it.”’

‘Now when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him.’ Genesis 37:18

‘So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of His tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him. Then they took him and cast him into a pit.’ Genesis 37:23-24

BETRAYAL COMES AT THE HANDS OF THOSE CLOSEST TO US…

‘One of you is my betrayer..

‘His disciples stared at one another at a loss to know which of them he meant.’ John 13:22

BETRAYAL IS IN THE HEART OF EVERY PERSON….

‘His disciples stared at one another at a loss to know which of them he meant.’ John 13:22

BETRAYAL IS THE DARKEST TIME OF YOUR LIFE…

‘Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.’ Matthew 27:45

BETRAYAL IS A TIME FOR FORGIVENESS

‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.’ Luke 23:34
‘But as for you, you meant evil against me: but God meant it for Good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive..’ Genesis 50:20

‘For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.’ Ephesians 2:8

‘Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation: old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation…’ 2 Corinthians 5:17-18

‘But as for you, you meant evil against me: but God meant it for Good,’ Genesis 50:20