Sunday Flashback 8/9/09
Series: Hostage
Title: Bitterness
Hebrews 12:14 - 15 “Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; because without holiness no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and to defile many.”
Ephesians 4:31 - 32 (NASB) 31Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. 32Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.
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Two Biblical thoughts about bitterness:
a. Bitterness has a dangerous root. Bitter roots absorb the hurts and they store it. And when these roots do that, they start to grow. Bitterness produces a dangerous root.
b. Bitterness produces a poisonious fruit. Out of this dangerous root of bitterness, our lives start to exude hatred and anger and rage and something just totally poisons relationships. Whenever a bitter root grows up, many people, including you, will be corrupted by its poison.
Five qualities of bitter people:
1. They justify their bitterness.
2. They are overly critical.
3. They celebrate others misfortunes.
4. They write off entire groups of people.
5. They can’t see bitterness in the mirror.
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