Contrary to what people want to tell themselves, these things were not easy for Jesus. People say, but he was the Son of God, or “He was God, of course he could resist sin”. But the scripture says Jesus was tempted in like manner as we are (Hebrews 4:14-16). He felt the pain of being betrayed. John writes that when Jesus thought about Judas, “He was troubled in his spirit (Jn 13:21).
We are not failures as Christians when we sorrow over the loss of a friendship. We are rightto grieve. We are never right to be revengeful (Romans 12:17-21)
