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!! Bitterness
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!!! Introduction
This is a study on the Bible concept of bitterness.
\\ \\ Bitterness is one of the most crushing mental problems in a person's life.
When a Christian is bitter, there is a loss of close fellowship with the Lord and a hindrance in one's relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.. Bitterness causes a loss of many of the blessings of the normal Christian life, including emotional stability, peace, and joy.
And bitterness results in the loss of production of good works (gold, silver, precious stones) which are a major source of blessing and reward in the plan of God.
\\ \\ Bitterness is a devastating mental attitude sin, and it triggers a wide range of other sins, such as:
Hatred \\ \\ Cruelty \\ \\ Antagonism \\ \\ Self-pity \\ \\ Unteachableness (implacability) \\ \\ Vindictiveness and desires for revenge \\ \\ Prideful ambition (arrogance)
Bitterness is neither consistent nor rational.
A bitter person is his own worst enemy.
It is very difficult to maintain any kind of relationship with a chronically bitter person; and bitterness is a major contributing cause of marital and family problems.
\\ \\ The objective in this short article is to provide Christians with a thorough look at what the Bible says about bitterness, including many Scripture examples, then to offer some direction about how to have victory over bitterness.
\\ \\ There are quite a few companion studies in the Grace Notes library which can help identify the mental attitude sin of bitterness and help deal with it from divine viewpoint.
\\ \\ Other topics: Mental Attitude Sin; Faith-Rest; Peace; Depression
!!! Definition
In English, the concept of mental bitterness comes from the idea of something that has a sharp or unpleasant taste.
We speak of something being bitter if it causes grief or is hard to bear; "a bitter defeat", "bitter failure".
We also speak of a "bitter loss" when someone's death has caused great grief.
\\ \\ Then, bitterness has come to be used of those things that cause pain or grief, such as "bitter remarks" or the actions of "bitter enemies."
We say "he fought to the bitter end", meaning a struggle in the last extremity.
\\ \\ The biblical Greek words for PIKROS = "bitter" and PIKRIA = "bitterness", and other derivatives.
PIKROS originally meant "sharp", or "pointed".
Then it was used more generally for anything that was penetrating to the senses, something that had a pervasive smell or a "shrill" noise.
PIKRA was used for the bitterness of the taste of some plants, and finally found use in speaking of personal experience when something was unpleasant, undesirable, or when something bad was unexpected.
\\ \\ The words PIKROS or PIKRIA are used about 40 times in the Septuagint (Greek translation of the Old Testament), only rarely to refer to literal bitterness, such as the reference to "bitter" water in Exo.
15:23.
Usually it is a reference to men who are (pikroi) "the bitter ones" when they are soured or cruel (Ruth 1:20; Hab.
1:6).
\\ \\ There are seven instances of these words in the New Testament: Matt.
26:75; Luke 22:62; Acts 8:23; Rom.
3:14; Eph.
4:31; James 3:11,14.
\\ \\ So, in the Bible, except when it is obvious that the actual taste of something in meant, PIKRIA refers to intensity of suffering of mind and body, something that is difficult to bear, something that causes animosity and reaction, something that is brought about by hatred or antagonism.
!!! Bible Examples of Bitterness
* Women are bitter because they cannot have children, 1 Sam 1:10.
* A foolish son is bitterness to his mother, Prov.
17:25.
* Divine discipline (chastisement) of the Jewish people caused bitterness.
This demonstrates the weakness and failure of the people.
Bitterness destroyed the people's spiritual lives.
The Jews brought on self-destruction by their bitterness.
\\ \\ Lam.
1:4; Amos 8:10; Ezek.
27:30; Isa.
33:7; 2 Kings 14:26.
* Slavery causes bitterness, Exo.
1:14.3.
* Suffering causes bitterness to people who do not understand problem solving devices, principles, and give number one priority to relationship with God.
Deut.
32:24.
* Ridicule is a source of bitterness, Lam 3:14.
The people ridiculed Jeremiah because of their bitterness toward him.
When truth is taught, people react in bitterness.
* Consummate human pride is a cause of bitterness, Acts 8:23.
* Degeneracy is a source of bitterness, Rom.
3:14.
* Cosmic involvement is a source of bitterness, Eph 4:31.
* Husbands and wives are a source of bitterness toward each other, Col 3:19.
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The Results of Bitterness
* Bitterness is antisocial.
A bitter person is selfish, inconsiderate of others, withdrawn from society, indifferent or adverse to conformity with conventional standards of social behavior.
Even strangers avoid bitter people, Prov.
14:10.
No one is happy around bitter people.
* Bitterness is a sign of the fragmented life, Jer.
2:19.
* A bitter person rejects Bible teaching.
James 3:14, "But if you have bitter jealousy and strife, stop being arrogant and lying against the truth."
* Bitterness shows total lack of grace orientation.
A bitter person does not understand the Plan of God, let alone how it affects individuals.
In Job.
9:17-18, Job's complaint against God.
"Why does God let this happen to me", is a statement of bitterness.
* Bitterness accompanies the sin unto death, Job.
21:25.
* Bitterness motivates complaining, Job 7:11, 10:1.
People who habitually complain are bitter people; they have no self esteem.
* Bitterness motivates gossip, Psalm 64:3
* Bitterness fragments other peoples lives.
Heb 12:15, "See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by it many be defiled.
* Bitterness is self induced misery, and it produces chain sinning.
Bitterness is misery to others in the periphery.
But two wrongs never make a right.
You cannot build your happiness on someone else's unhappiness.
!!! Recovery From Bitterness
Isa 38:17, "Behold, bitterness became deliverance to me.
In Your love You have delivered my soul out of the pit of destruction; for You have cast all my sins behind my back."
\\ \\ Ephesians 1:8 tells us that we have available to us "wisdom and prudence" which are part of God's grace provision for us.
Wisdom comes with a thorough understanding of Bible doctrine and the principles of Christian living.
Prudence is the practical use of applied Bible truth in making decisions and solving problems in this life.
\\ \\ You can use the following practical methods to deal with bitterness in your life, regardless of the cause.
\\ \\ Many of these topics is discussed in considerably more detail in other Grace Notes articles, but this outline will give you ideas on how you can make specific application of doctrine to help with real world problems.
\\ * \\ Confession of Sin* \\ \\ Personal sin leads to bitterness.
You must deal with sin on a daily basis by confessing and moving on.
If you don't do this, sin becomes a burden which clouds your joy, drains your spiritual energy, and destroys your productivity and vitality.
In short, sin is always depressing.
\\ \\ 1 John 1:9 states that when you confess your sins, God "is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
\\ \\ In privacy, make a list of your mental attitude sins, verbal sins, and behavior sins.
Ask the Lord to make you aware of the habits of your own life.
Respond immediately to the Holy Spirit when He uses the Word to spotlight your sin.
Name the sin to God; then rejoice in forgiveness and cleansing and your renewed fellowship with God.
All the promises and provisions of God the Father are now available to you.
Make it a spiritual habit to confess sins whenever they show up in your life.
\\ \\ *Topic: **BIBLICAL CONFESSION* \\ * \\ The Filling of the Holy Spirit* \\ \\ The Holy Spirit fills you and controls your life when you have no unconfessed sin in your life.
You can trust the Holy Spirit to reveal sin to you when you commit it, or even before.
When the Holy Spirit in control, He produces His fruit (Gal.
5:12).
The fruit of the Spirit does not include heaviness, bitterness, discouragement, disillusion, anguish, sadness, dejection, or loss of productivity.
Consider these points:
o Love is free from bitterness.
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