One
of the most pervasive sins which too often feeds our fleshly attitudes
and appetite is bitterness. Bitterness is often the root of many
emotional outbursts and is too often birthed by a smothering resentment
against the injustice or unfairness of another or due to problematic
circumstances – some of which may be real while others may be perceived –
some of which may have been avoidable and others unavoidable.
Bitterness is seen in this passage as a
root that can morph into a number of other sinful attitudes and ungodly
practices. It can smolder into deep-seated wrath or mushroom into
explosive anger. It can be exhibited in slanderous speech, malicious
gossip, or clamorous complaining.
But when bitterness is allowed to take
root in our heart it can grow into a poisonous volcano that spews its
toxic venom over all who pass by. Bitterness is also like a tree, which
can branch into every area of our life and cause devastation, distress
and destruction – to ourselves and to others.
But we are instructed to get rid of all
bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form
of malice. We are exhorted to be kind and compassionate to one another,
forgiving each other, just as in Christ, God forgave you.
Kindness, compassion, forgiveness and
grace were shown to us at the cross of Christ and they are the spiritual
fruit that Paul tells us can halt and reverse the growth of bitterness
in our heart.
The main component to annihilate
bitterness in our heart and its ungodly sisters seems to be forgiveness.
When genuine forgiveness is married to kindness, compassion and grace
it deactivates bitterness and all its ruinous counterparts. When
kindness, compassion, forgiveness and grace is sprinkled over the root
of bitterness it will shrivel away and allow us to love in the same
way that Christ loved us and gave Himself for us.
- See more at: http://www.knowing-jesus.com/ephesians-4-31/#sthash.57UxAXMB.dpuf
One
of the most pervasive sins which too often feeds our fleshly attitudes
and appetite is bitterness. Bitterness is often the root of many
emotional outbursts and is too often birthed by a smothering resentment
against the injustice or unfairness of another or due to problematic
circumstances – some of which may be real while others may be perceived –
some of which may have been avoidable and others unavoidable.
Bitterness is seen in this passage as a
root that can morph into a number of other sinful attitudes and ungodly
practices. It can smolder into deep-seated wrath or mushroom into
explosive anger. It can be exhibited in slanderous speech, malicious
gossip, or clamorous complaining.
But when bitterness is allowed to take
root in our heart it can grow into a poisonous volcano that spews its
toxic venom over all who pass by. Bitterness is also like a tree, which
can branch into every area of our life and cause devastation, distress
and destruction – to ourselves and to others.
But we are instructed to get rid of all
bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form
of malice. We are exhorted to be kind and compassionate to one another,
forgiving each other, just as in Christ, God forgave you.
Kindness, compassion, forgiveness and
grace were shown to us at the cross of Christ and they are the spiritual
fruit that Paul tells us can halt and reverse the growth of bitterness
in our heart.
The main component to annihilate
bitterness in our heart and its ungodly sisters seems to be forgiveness.
When genuine forgiveness is married to kindness, compassion and grace
it deactivates bitterness and all its ruinous counterparts. When
kindness, compassion, forgiveness and grace is sprinkled over the root
of bitterness it will shrivel away and allow us to love in the same
way that Christ loved us and gave Himself for us.
- See more at: http://www.knowing-jesus.com/ephesians-4-31/#sthash.57UxAXMB.dpuf
One
of the most pervasive sins which too often feeds our fleshly attitudes
and appetite is bitterness. Bitterness is often the root of many
emotional outbursts and is too often birthed by a smothering resentment
against the injustice or unfairness of another or due to problematic
circumstances – some of which may be real while others may be perceived –
some of which may have been avoidable and others unavoidable.
Bitterness is seen in this passage as a
root that can morph into a number of other sinful attitudes and ungodly
practices. It can smolder into deep-seated wrath or mushroom into
explosive anger. It can be exhibited in slanderous speech, malicious
gossip, or clamorous complaining.
But when bitterness is allowed to take
root in our heart it can grow into a poisonous volcano that spews its
toxic venom over all who pass by. Bitterness is also like a tree, which
can branch into every area of our life and cause devastation, distress
and destruction – to ourselves and to others.
But we are instructed to get rid of all
bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form
of malice. We are exhorted to be kind and compassionate to one another,
forgiving each other, just as in Christ, God forgave you.
Kindness, compassion, forgiveness and
grace were shown to us at the cross of Christ and they are the spiritual
fruit that Paul tells us can halt and reverse the growth of bitterness
in our heart.
The main component to annihilate
bitterness in our heart and its ungodly sisters seems to be forgiveness.
When genuine forgiveness is married to kindness, compassion and grace
it deactivates bitterness and all its ruinous counterparts. When
kindness, compassion, forgiveness and grace is sprinkled over the root
of bitterness it will shrivel away and allow us to love in the same
way that Christ loved us and gave Himself for us.
- See more at: http://www.knowing-jesus.com/ephesians-4-31/#sthash.57UxAXMB.dpuf
One
of the most pervasive sins which too often feeds our fleshly attitudes and
appetite is bitterness. Bitterness is often the root of many emotional
outbursts and is too often birthed by a smothering resentment against the
injustice or unfairness of another or due to problematic circumstances – some
of which may be real while others may be perceived – some of which may have
been avoidable and others unavoidable.
Bitterness
is seen in this passage as a root that can morph into a number of other sinful
attitudes and ungodly practices. It can smolder into deep-seated wrath or
mushroom into explosive anger. It can be exhibited in slanderous speech,
malicious gossip, or clamorous complaining. But
when bitterness is allowed to take root in our heart it can grow into a
poisonous volcano that spews its toxic venom over all who pass by. Bitterness
is also like a tree, which can branch into every area of our life and cause
devastation, distress and destruction – to ourselves and to others.
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we are instructed to get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and
slander, along with every form of malice. We are exhorted to be kind and
compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ, God
forgave you.
Kindness,
compassion, forgiveness and grace were shown to us at the cross of Christ and
they are the spiritual fruit that Paul tells us can halt and reverse the growth
of bitterness in our heart.
The
main component to annihilate bitterness in our heart and its ungodly sisters
seems to be forgiveness. When genuine forgiveness is married to kindness,
compassion and grace it deactivates bitterness and all its ruinous
counterparts. When kindness, compassion, forgiveness and grace is sprinkled
over the root of bitterness it will shrivel away and allow us to love in the
same way that Christ loved us and gave Himself for us.
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One
of the most pervasive sins which too often feeds our fleshly attitudes
and appetite is bitterness. Bitterness is often the root of many
emotional outbursts and is too often birthed by a smothering resentment
against the injustice or unfairness of another or due to problematic
circumstances – some of which may be real while others may be perceived –
some of which may have been avoidable and others unavoidable.
Bitterness is seen in this passage as a
root that can morph into a number of other sinful attitudes and ungodly
practices. It can smolder into deep-seated wrath or mushroom into
explosive anger. It can be exhibited in slanderous speech, malicious
gossip, or clamorous complaining.
But when bitterness is allowed to take
root in our heart it can grow into a poisonous volcano that spews its
toxic venom over all who pass by. Bitterness is also like a tree, which
can branch into every area of our life and cause devastation, distress
and destruction – to ourselves and to others.
But we are instructed to get rid of all
bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form
of malice. We are exhorted to be kind and compassionate to one another,
forgiving each other, just as in Christ, God forgave you.
Kindness, compassion, forgiveness and
grace were shown to us at the cross of Christ and they are the spiritual
fruit that Paul tells us can halt and reverse the growth of bitterness
in our heart.
The main component to annihilate
bitterness in our heart and its ungodly sisters seems to be forgiveness.
When genuine forgiveness is married to kindness, compassion and grace
it deactivates bitterness and all its ruinous counterparts. When
kindness, compassion, forgiveness and grace is sprinkled over the root
of bitterness it will shrivel away and allow us to love in the same
way that Christ loved us and gave Himself for us.
- See more at: http://www.knowing-jesus.com/ephesians-4-31/#sthash.57UxAXMB.dpuf
