Bitterness (5 of 5)
Series: Potholes
Craig Smith
Provers 14:10-13
I. Introduction
Welcome to Mission Hills. We're so honored to have you with us today for the fifth and final week of our Potholes series where we've been on a search for wisdom from the book of Proverbs...wisdom to help us avoid the destructive potholes we all encounter on the road of life. So far we've dealt with anger, apathy, pride and fear. Today we're going to tackle the pothole of bitterness.
Why don't you go ahead and grab a bible and start making your way to Proverbs 14. And while you're making your way there, let me say this: bitterness might be the sneakiest of the potholes we face in life, because it tends to disguise itself as other things. We want to say, ''I'm not bitter...I'm just angry'' or ''I'm not bitter, I'm just hurt'' or ''I'm not bitter, I'm just not ready to trust again.''
And those all might be true for a time...but bitterness is the hole that's left when a reasonable pain goes untreated for long enough. And it is toxic. Proverbs 14:10...
II. Main Body
10 Each heart knows its own bitterness, And no one else can share its joy.
13 Even in laughter the heart may ache, and rejoicing may end in grief. (Proverbs 14:10/13)
Ok, first, let's just deal with a little technical thing. We're kind of skipping over verses 11 and 12 today and we're putting 10 and 13 together. That feels strange to do in English because our writing is usually linear: A, B, C, D...and you just keep moving on. But in Hebrew writing, there's often a kind of circling back or a reversal to revisit concepts that were introduced earlier., so instead of A, B, C, D... it's A, B, C, then another B, and then back to A again, so the first and the last lines are connected to each other. It's called a chiasm...you don't need to remember. All you need to understand is that verse 10 and verse 13 are actually meant to be read together because they're dealing with the same subjects: bitterness and ...
Series: Potholes
Craig Smith
Provers 14:10-13
I. Introduction
Welcome to Mission Hills. We're so honored to have you with us today for the fifth and final week of our Potholes series where we've been on a search for wisdom from the book of Proverbs...wisdom to help us avoid the destructive potholes we all encounter on the road of life. So far we've dealt with anger, apathy, pride and fear. Today we're going to tackle the pothole of bitterness.
Why don't you go ahead and grab a bible and start making your way to Proverbs 14. And while you're making your way there, let me say this: bitterness might be the sneakiest of the potholes we face in life, because it tends to disguise itself as other things. We want to say, ''I'm not bitter...I'm just angry'' or ''I'm not bitter, I'm just hurt'' or ''I'm not bitter, I'm just not ready to trust again.''
And those all might be true for a time...but bitterness is the hole that's left when a reasonable pain goes untreated for long enough. And it is toxic. Proverbs 14:10...
II. Main Body
10 Each heart knows its own bitterness, And no one else can share its joy.
13 Even in laughter the heart may ache, and rejoicing may end in grief. (Proverbs 14:10/13)
Ok, first, let's just deal with a little technical thing. We're kind of skipping over verses 11 and 12 today and we're putting 10 and 13 together. That feels strange to do in English because our writing is usually linear: A, B, C, D...and you just keep moving on. But in Hebrew writing, there's often a kind of circling back or a reversal to revisit concepts that were introduced earlier., so instead of A, B, C, D... it's A, B, C, then another B, and then back to A again, so the first and the last lines are connected to each other. It's called a chiasm...you don't need to remember. All you need to understand is that verse 10 and verse 13 are actually meant to be read together because they're dealing with the same subjects: bitterness and ...
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