Bitterness is an evil root!
It can cause separation from man and God. It defiles many and leaves them lost and
undone.
What is the remedy? A
full dose of the Holy Ghost - the love of Jesus on the inside, cleansing and
healing the offended spirit, washing away the bitterness with His love and
forgiveness.
"Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which
no man shall see the Lord: looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of
God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;"
- Hebrews 12:14-15
"Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if
any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do
ye." - Colossians 3:13
"Put on therefore, as the elect of God [chosen], holy
and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness,
longsuffering [patience]; forbearing [having patience with] one another, and
forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ
forgave you, so also do ye [so you forgive others].
“And above all these things put on charity [God’s love],
which is the bond of perfectness [uniting us into a spiritually mature
church/body of Christ]. And let the peace of God [peace/reconciliation/forgiveness
we have with God and His peace/reconciliation/forgiveness we have with others]
rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body [unity in the body
of Christ, the church]; and be ye thankful." - Colossians 3:12-15
"Endeavouring [make every effort] to keep the unity of
the Spirit [no division over offenses] in the bond of peace [united together by
forgiveness/mercy/love/peace]." - Ephesians 4:3
"There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are
called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God
and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all....
“And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some,
evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting [maturing,
spiritual growth] of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying
[spiritually building up] of the body of Christ: till we all come in the unity
of the faith [unity of brothers and sisters in the truth] , and of the
knowledge of the Son of God [if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father
also, Phil. 3:10-11], unto a perfect [spiritually mature] man, unto the measure
of the stature of the fulness of Christ [all the fullness of the Spirit in
us]:" - Ephesians 4:4-6, 11-13
"Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without
wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) and let us consider one another
to provoke unto love and to good works: not forsaking the assembling of
ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so
much the more, as ye see the day approaching." - Hebrews 10:23-25
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