Betrayal: Breaking a Promise for My Own Benefit

Today, let us think about betrayal. What is betrayal? We can explain it in many ways, but today let us think of it as “breaking a promise for my own benefit.” These days, betrayal has become very common. Sometimes people betray others without even realizing that it is betrayal. They may even say, “I did the right thing. I chose my own happiness.”

There was a woman who had a husband and children. But she left her family and began living with another man. She did not even end her marriage first. She gave up her promises and responsibilities to her husband and children for her own happiness and benefit.

Of course, not every broken marriage or separation is the same. Some people have been betrayed or abandoned through no choice of their own. This message is not about judging them. We are examining the heart that breaks promises for personal benefit.

Later, she began attending church. She worshiped God, received prayer, and was even healed of an illness. She experienced the grace of God. But after some time, she faced a serious problem at work. She prayed to God again, but this time the problem was not solved in the way she wanted. Then she stopped attending worship and eventually became distant from God.

These two events in her life may look different, but they may have come from the same attitude of heart. First, she left her family. Later, she left God. At the center was the question, “Is this still good for me?” When something benefits me, I stay. When it no longer benefits me, I break my promise and leave. We can do this to our family, and we can also do this to God. So we need to ask ourselves: Do I really love God, or do I love the benefits I receive from God?

Judas followed Jesus, but in the end, he betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver. Mary Magdalene was different. Even when Jesus was crucified, she did not leave Him. It seemed that there was no longer any earthly benefit in following Jesus, but she remained near the cross and later went to His tomb. This is the difference between a heart that changes according to benefit and a heart that remains faithful even when there is no benefit.

Why must we remove this kind of character from our hearts? Because we are going to the kingdom of heaven. Galatians 5:19–21 speaks about the works of the flesh, including hatred, conflict, jealousy, anger, and division. Then it warns that “those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.” Betrayal breaks promises, destroys relationships, and can even turn people who once loved each other into enemies. Therefore, we must not only stop the act of betrayal. We must remove from our hearts the character that makes us break our promises for our own benefit.

This is why God sometimes allows us to go through trials. Through trials, what is inside our hearts is revealed. It is not enough simply to say, “Now I know this kind of heart is in me.” We must realize how sinful and wrong it is, and we must throw it away. If someone betrays me and I immediately want to betray that person in return, then that same character is still inside me. But if I can remain faithful even in the same situation, it shows that my heart has changed. We should also ask ourselves an even deeper question: Has the other person done nothing to betray me, yet am I the one betraying that person first because of my own benefit?

Deuteronomy 8:2 tells us that God tested the Israelites to reveal what was in their hearts. The opposite of betrayal is faithfulness. Faithfulness means that I do not keep my promises only when they benefit me. I keep them even when it costs me something. Therefore, when such trials come, we can even be thankful. Through them, we can discover what is in our hearts, remove what must be removed, and see whether we have truly changed.

On the other hand, we should not feel safe simply because everything is going well while we continue to break promises and live for our own benefit. Hebrews 12:6 says that “the Lord disciplines the one he loves.” Trials do not necessarily mean that God has abandoned us, and a comfortable life does not necessarily mean that God approves of everything we are doing. If we continue to have wrong attitudes without realizing them, repenting, or changing, we may actually be in spiritual danger.

We must also be clear about why we follow Jesus. We do not follow Jesus simply to receive earthly benefits. Peter said, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life” (John 6:68). Even when God does not answer our prayers in the way we want, we should not leave Him. Through Jesus Christ, we have already received the grace of forgiveness and salvation. Gratitude for this grace must be the foundation of our faith. Our final goal is not earthly benefit, but eternal life and the kingdom of heaven.

So today, instead of looking only at how other people have betrayed us, let us examine our own hearts. Am I breaking my promises for my own benefit? Can I remain faithful even when there is nothing for me to gain? As people who are walking toward the kingdom of heaven, we must remove the character of betrayal and become people who remain faithful to God and to others until the end.

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5 thoughts on “Betrayal: Breaking a Promise for My Own Benefit”

  1. shipika 101

    Main aaj Sandesh ke liye dhanyvad deti hun sach mein log aajkal aapane fayde ke liye bahut se logon ko istemal karte hain aur कभी-कभी parmeshwar ke pass Apne matlab ke liye jaate Hain jata h jab pareshani aata hai tab per hamen aisa nahin karna chahie parmeshwar ko Har baat Mein dhanyvad Dena chahie Har chij Mein unko pahle rakhna chahie aur kabhi kisi ko Apne matlab ke liye istemal nahin karna chahie

  2. Bharti Gedam 107

    सभीको जय मसिह कि ❤️
    आजके संदेश के लिये पितापरमेश्वर को मै धन्यवाद देती हू और हमारे प्रिय पास्टर जी गेडान किम का भी बहोत धन्यवाद जो हर दिन हमे वचन देकर हमारी सत्यकी और अगवाई करते है.
    विश्वास घात का मतलब यह है कि
    हम सभी लोग एक दुसरोके साथ विश्वास घात करते है. इसीलिये हमारे रिश्ते तूट जाते है
    घरके परिवार मे अपने करिबी दोस्तो मे ऑफिस मे बिझनेस मे हर जगहोमे हम एक दुसरोके साथ अपने फायदे के लिये.
    अपना स्वार्थ और खुदका अच्छा करनेके लिये दुसरोको धोका देते है.
    मान लो एक पती है एक पत्नी है.उनको एक बच्चा है. तो वो पत्नी अपने पतिके साथ मिठ्ठा मिठ्ठा बाते करती है घरका कारभार अपने हाथ मे लेती है और पतिका सारा पैसा लुटकर अपना अच्छा करनेकेलीये अपना स्वार्थ देखती है. अपने पति और बच्चे को त्याग देती है और किसी पराये आदमी के साथ रेहती है बिना डिवोस के.तो क्या ये सही है क्या ये रिश्ता तोडणा नही है. क्या ये धोका देना नही है. क्या ये विश्वास घात नही है.
    फिर भी समाज मे ऐसे स्त्री कि ezzat कि जाती है.
    पराये आदमी के लिये खुदके अपने बच्चेको त्यागना क्या ये सही है.
    वैसेही हमारा और प्रभुका रिश्ता होता है.
    जब हमारा अच्छा होता है तो हम संसार मे पडते है संसार के लोगोके साथ खुशिया मनाते है घुमते फिरते है उनके बातोमे फसे जाते है. संसार कि वस्तूओमे मे लालच मे पडते है हमारे अंदर घमंड आजाता है फिर क्या होता है हम क्रोध करते है इर्षा किसीसे जलन रखते है परिवार मे अच्छे नही रहते तो ये हम प्रभुसे दूर होते है. तो ये क्या हुआ विश्वास घात ही हुआ.
    पर हमे अपने परिवार को स्वर्ग जैसा बनाना है ताकी ऐसा लगे मानो हम धरतीपर नही स्वर्ग मेही रेह रहे.
    अपने माता पिता भाई बेहन के साथ पती पत्नीके साथ अच्छा वेव्हार रखना चाहिये.
    ये वचन सभीके लिये होता है इसमेसे हमे बुरी बाते छोडना होता है और अच्छी बातोको अपने अंदर लेना होता है तभी हमारे रिश्ते अच्छे रहते है धरतीपर रहते हुये हम स्वर्गीय जीवन जी सखते है Amen❤️

  3. Neetu Singh 178

    आप सभी को जय मसीह की आज के वचन से हमने यह सीखा है कि गलातियों 5:19-21 में शरीर के कामों के बारे में बताया गया है, जिनमें घृणा, झगड़ा, ईर्ष्या, क्रोध और फूट शामिल हैं। फिर इसमें चेतावनी दी गई है कि “हमारे हृदय की बुराई दूर कर देना है यहूदा यीशु के पीछे चला, लेकिन अंत में उसने तीस चाँदी के सिक्कों के लिए यीशु को धोखा दिया। मरियम मगदलीनी अलग थी। यीशु को सूली पर चढ़ाए जाने के समय भी उसने उनका साथ नहीं छोड़ा। इस तरह हमें भी मरियम जैसा हृदय मैं प्रभु से प्रार्थना करती हूं परमेश्वर के वचन का पालन करने परमेश्वर के राज्य का खोज करो धन्यवाद पिता परमेश्वर

  4. Sameeksha Singh 198

    I thank the Lord for today’s message.

    While living in this world, sometimes when we deceive or betray someone, we may not even realize that we have done something wrong. We think that we did it for ourselves or that we were only thinking about ourselves. But the Bible teaches us that we should never betray or deceive others.
    In order to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, we need to remove such a nature from our hearts. Therefore, when we realize our sins, it is not enough to simply say, Now I have realized it. We should make sure that we do not repeat those sins, pray about them, and remove them from our hearts.

    Amen. 🙏🏻

  5. Sheetal singh 165

    जय मसीह की 🙏🏻

    यह संदेश हमें अपने हृदय से धोखाधड़ी और विश्वासघात जैसे पापों को निकालने के लिए कहता है।

    हमें कभी भी अपने स्वार्थ के लिए दूसरों के साथ विश्वासघात नहीं करना चाहिए।

    बाइबल हमें चेतावनी देती है कि जो लोग ईर्ष्या और जलन करते हैं, वे स्वर्ग के राज्य में कदापि प्रवेश नहीं कर पाएँगे। इसलिए हमें अपने हृदय से छल और कपट जैसे पापों को निकालना चाहिए, ताकि हम स्वर्ग के उस सुंदर राज्य में प्रवेश कर सकें।

    आमेन। 🙏🏻