THE HOLD OF BITTERNESS
SCRIPTURE:HEBREWS 12:15,
"LOOKING CAREFULLY LEST ANYONE FALL SHORT OF THE GRACE OF GOD; LEST ANY ROOT OF BITTERNESS SPRINGING WILL CAUSE TROUBLE, AND BY THIS MANY BECOME DEFILED."
I DESCRIBE BITTERNESS AS AN EMORTIONAL DISSATISFACTION THAT MAKES THE HEART UNCOMFORTABLE.
BITTERNESS CAUSES PROBLEMS IN CHURCHES:
PEOPLE THAT ARE BITTER BECOME CRITICAL AND BEGIN TO LOOK FOR THINGS TO CRITICIZE - ALWAYS FINDING FAULT WITH OTHERS.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR FAULT - YOU WILL FIND IT
THERE IS NO PERFECT CHURCH.
THERE IS NO PERFECT MARRIAGE .COLOSSIANS "3:19 NKJV HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES AND DO NOT BE BITTER TOWARDS THEM."
THERE IS NO PERFECT FAMILY.
THE ROOT OF BITTERNESS BLOWS AWAY OUR LIGHT OF JOY AND THEREBY LEAVES OUR SOULS IN OUTER DARKNESS.
A BITTERED PERSON IS LIKE PORCUPINE. THEY MAY HAVE A LOT OF GOOD POINTS BUT THEY ARE HARD TO BE AROUND,HARSH,SARCASTIC, UNREALISTIC, AND UNEMOTIONAL
HOW DID IT START?
ALL BITTERNESS HAS ITS BEGINNING AND ROOTS ITSELF IN OUR LIFE UNLESS WE QUICKLY DEAL WITH IT, AND CUT IT OFF AT THE ROOT.
•REAL : WHEN SOMEONE ACTUALLY HURT YOU.
•PERCEIVED: YOU THINK A PERSON HAS WRONGED YOU.
•BOTH ARE ISSUES OF THE HEART.
THE ROOT OF BITTERNESS IS EASY TO HIDE : IT’S UNDERGROUND
AN EXAMPLE IS CAIN AND ABEL IN GEN 4.
THE BITTER PERSON MAY BE:
HOLDS GRUDGES - OFTEN FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.
BITTERNESS AFFECTS YOU IN ALL AREAS OF YOUR LIFE:
▪︎PHYSICALLY - TIRED, SICK, WEAK. YOU CAN BE SICK AND NOT BE BITTER, BUT YOU ARE UNLIKELY TO FIND A PERSON THAT IS BITTER AND NOT SICK IN SOME WAY.
THERE ARE ILLNESS THAT CAN BE SPURRED ON BY BITTERNESS - ISSUES THAT ARE NOT FORGIVEN WILL EAT YOUR LIFE AWAY WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION.BITTERNESS IS AN ACID THAT DESTROYS ITS CONTAINER ( HEART).
▪︎ EMOTIONALLY - ANXIETY, STRESS, DEPRESSION, HATRED, WORRY .
▪︎SPIRITUALLY - IT KEEPS YOU AWAY FROM THE POWER AND PLEASURE OF ALMIGHTY GOD.
WE ARE TO SEEK PEACE WITH PEOPLE - REAL PEACE. NOT A FAKE PEACE THAT GIVE NO SATISFACTION, AND IS AGAINST GOD.
MANY CHRISTIANS ARE BITTERED AND EASILY SIN WITH THEIR MOUTHS OR ACTIONS .EPHESIANS 4:26 ESV
BE ANGRY AND DO NOT SIN; DO NOT LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON YOUR ANGER.
THIS IS DECEMBER SEASON LET YOUR HEART NOT BE TROUBLED. KEEP AWAY ALL MANNER OF STRIVE,ENVY AND OFFENSES AND PURSUE PEACE AMONGST MEN.HEBREWS 12:14 NKJV
"PURSUE PEACE WITH ALL PEOPLE, AND HOLINESS, WITHOUT WHICH NO ONE WILL SEE THE LORD".
GOD BLESS YOU.
REV APOSTLE LARRY
Elohim Tabernacle Ministry
Eltamin Tabernacle
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