bitterness is blindness

Feb. 5 2008

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I want to point your attention to something Thabiti said in his article:

“Here we learn that bitterness is blindness. First, the bitter person can not see that our fellow man is made in God¹s likeness. Instead, the bitter person thinks of others as opponents to be conquered, enemies to be attacked, threats to be neutralized, or weaklings to be trampled. Second, bitter people lose sight of the holiness of God.  ‘Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing,’ James tells us, ‘This should not be.’ But the bitter cannot see that hypocrisy is displeasing to God (Matt. 6:1-18).  The bitter tend to think that ‘God understands,’ meaning He will look lightly ontheir sinful outlook. They are blind to His holiness. And third, this of course means they are blind to their own hearts.  All that the gospel rests upon--the sinfulness of man, the holiness of God, and the universal need for the Savior--is not seen by sour-hearted people.”

This stood out to me when I read it again today. This is such a great paragraph to go over when your bitter toward a friend. I think Thabiti nailed it at the end.  I know for me when I am bitter at a friend its because I am not aware of my sinfulness, God’s holiness, and Jesus forgiveness.  I am more aware of my friends sin, God’s lack of power because he is allowing this huge injustice to happen, and I am only aware of my friends need to ask my forgiveness.  Thabiti has done a great job of biblically leading us out of this mess.

Thanks Thabiti.

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