Heb 12:15 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
Remember yesterday we talked about looking diligently. We discussed how it takes EFFORT to look diligently. We discussed how important it is for us to truly be diligent about our spiritual walk with Christ. We can't take our spiritual walk lightly! We can't, we truly can't. Or rather, we can but only to our own detriment, our eternal detriment.
Maybe these studies are my attempt to feed my Spiritual self, and maybe you'll use them to help you feed spiritually too, but ONLY through the Holy Spirit guiding us and opening our hearts and minds to all truth.
We need to dig deep for full comprehension. We are told to 'look diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God' . We are told to look diligently 'lest any root of bitterness spring up trouble you.'
Root of bitterness.
Deu 29:18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood
A root that beareth gall and wormwood.
A poisonous root, a bitter root.
A root of bitterness, a poisonous root, something that destroys, something that kills. Anything that would kill us spiritually must be avoided, not embraced, not ignored, not wished away but seriously avoided. Too often we allow ourselves to overlook evil, right?
We have to be able to discern between good and evil this is what growing up into Christ is all about, discerning, and that discernment through the grace of Christ, through the power of Christ allowing us to choose good over evil.
Roots of bitterness spring up-troubling us-and then defiling us.
Roots of bitterness poisoning us, killing us.
We have to look diligently LEST we are poisoned!
What sort of poison? What are the roots of bitterness?
After reading Deuteronomy 29:18 it's clear that turning our hearts from the LORD our God is a root of bitterness and serving false gods is a root of bitterness.
We turn our hearts from the LORD our God whenever we disobey Him, don't we? When we embrace and welcome sin we are turning our hearts from God. We have to call evil - evil and good - good. We can't allow ourselves to be deceived!
Look at your life, look at it and try to see any evil in it you might be clinging to, evil that you've grown accustomed to. We must look and look diligently, if we don't… we will fail of the grace of God.
What are the roots of bitterness surrounding us? What are they? Are they there? Is there anything that would keep us from our Savior? Anything? Is there anything we put in the place of our Savior? We must ask ourselves these questions and get honest answers because if we don't we are purposely allowing ourselves to be blind.
Please LORD help us! Give us the discernment we need! We don't want any roots of bitterness to spring up and trouble us, defile us. Please LORD save us from ourselves! Please.
All by YOUR GRACE, YOUR LOVE!
Remember yesterday we talked about looking diligently. We discussed how it takes EFFORT to look diligently. We discussed how important it is for us to truly be diligent about our spiritual walk with Christ. We can't take our spiritual walk lightly! We can't, we truly can't. Or rather, we can but only to our own detriment, our eternal detriment.
Maybe these studies are my attempt to feed my Spiritual self, and maybe you'll use them to help you feed spiritually too, but ONLY through the Holy Spirit guiding us and opening our hearts and minds to all truth.
We need to dig deep for full comprehension. We are told to 'look diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God' . We are told to look diligently 'lest any root of bitterness spring up trouble you.'
Root of bitterness.
Deu 29:18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood
A root that beareth gall and wormwood.
A poisonous root, a bitter root.
A root of bitterness, a poisonous root, something that destroys, something that kills. Anything that would kill us spiritually must be avoided, not embraced, not ignored, not wished away but seriously avoided. Too often we allow ourselves to overlook evil, right?
We have to be able to discern between good and evil this is what growing up into Christ is all about, discerning, and that discernment through the grace of Christ, through the power of Christ allowing us to choose good over evil.
Roots of bitterness spring up-troubling us-and then defiling us.
Roots of bitterness poisoning us, killing us.
We have to look diligently LEST we are poisoned!
What sort of poison? What are the roots of bitterness?
After reading Deuteronomy 29:18 it's clear that turning our hearts from the LORD our God is a root of bitterness and serving false gods is a root of bitterness.
We turn our hearts from the LORD our God whenever we disobey Him, don't we? When we embrace and welcome sin we are turning our hearts from God. We have to call evil - evil and good - good. We can't allow ourselves to be deceived!
Look at your life, look at it and try to see any evil in it you might be clinging to, evil that you've grown accustomed to. We must look and look diligently, if we don't… we will fail of the grace of God.
What are the roots of bitterness surrounding us? What are they? Are they there? Is there anything that would keep us from our Savior? Anything? Is there anything we put in the place of our Savior? We must ask ourselves these questions and get honest answers because if we don't we are purposely allowing ourselves to be blind.
Please LORD help us! Give us the discernment we need! We don't want any roots of bitterness to spring up and trouble us, defile us. Please LORD save us from ourselves! Please.
All by YOUR GRACE, YOUR LOVE!
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