What Can We Learn from Betrayal?

How should a Christian handle betrayal? What should we do when someone betrays a confidence, slanders us, turns on us for no reason, or kicks us when we're down? 

We can learn several things from these situations:

1. We can't trust everyone (1 Corinthians 5:11; 1 Corinthians 15:33).
We must be careful about sharing confidences with those who aren’t walking with the Lord. In fact, Scripture tells us to Avoid Four Types of People.

2. We can return good for evil (Romans 12:19-21).
We don't want the other person's selfishness to rub off on us.

3. We can forgive someone without trusting them (Proverbs 25:19; Mark 11:25).(1)
We must avoid bitterness, but we must also avoid foolishness. Just because we've forgiven someone doesn't mean we must take them into our confidence again.

Let's allow these situations to make us stronger, wiser, and more gracious.
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(1) Trust isn't an automatic result of forgiveness. People need to prove themselves trustworthy (Matthew 3:8; Acts 26:20). 

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