Getting to The Root of Our Problem: Sickness - Session 14 - Part C-b & C-1a - 7-28-2017

[Rev. Dr. Dorothy E. Hooks, PsyD]

III.  Toxic Emotions: Bitterness – Session 14 - Part C-b Armor of Bitterness – Session 14 – Part C-b

5.  Hatred - After anger and wrath have gained their foothold, hatred moves in. Bitterness gains fuel from unforgiveness, resentment, retaliation, and anger and wrath. Now hatred starts a process of elimination. Hatred says, "I live on this planet and so do you. And one of us has to go and it ain't going to be me." Hatred seeks to eliminate the other person.

Retaliation ferments anger on behalf of bitterness. Anger vocalizes bitterness, and next comes hatred to act out of bitterness. Hatred reveals your feelings toward an offender, tells them that they don't belong in your world, and you absolutely hate their guts. Hatred says, "I will do what it takes to get even. "

6.  Violence - The sixth level of bitterness is violence. Violence is anger and hatred set into motion. Our emotions erupt into physical or sometimes hate-filled verbal attacks. At this point, we see pots and  pans  thrown  across  the room, wrenches fly and punches being thrown. Fights erupt. Physical, sexual and verbal abuse result.

7.  Murder - The seventh and worst spirit in the principality of bitterness is murder. Cain slew Abel because of his bitterness; today, we hear  of  others  murdering their children, spouses or friends in fits of rage. The spirit of murder includes more than taking someone's physical life. God's Word teaches how we can murder someone with our words. Murder starts in the heart, because the ultimate level of the spirit of bitterness is the elimination of someone's person-hood 1 John 3:15 says, "Whosoever hateth hisbrother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him."

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God bless you all,

Dr. Dorothy E. Hooks