Bitterness At Three Levels

Bitterness At Three levels

Bitterness definition – anger and disappointment at being treated unfairly; resentment.  Like words: disgruntlement, grudge, spite (a desire to hurt, or offend someone verbally and physically).

What does the Bible say about bitterness?  One of the most well-known stories of bitterness in the Bible is the tale of Cain and Abel (Genesis 4:1-16). Cain becomes consumed by envy, jealousy, anger, and bitterness towards his brother and God when he feels unjustly treated.  Abel kills his brother out of hatred.

What is bitterness and how does it affect your health? The definition of bitterness is the emotional state of feeling distressed disappointment from unmet expectations, being treated unfairly, or having the perception of being treated unfairly. When a person allows this feeling to fester, the negative emotional mood can spill over to create health problems.

The three levels of bitterness are as follows:

I wanted to look at the three levels of bitterness because it is very detrimental to our health mentally, emotionally, and physically. Offenses causes hurt, anger, and leads to un-forgiveness and bitterness at three levels.

BITTERNESS AT SOMEONE WHO HAS OFFENDED YOUR OR HURT YOU.  This can be family, friends, pastors, bosses, coworkers, spouses/ex boyfriends/girlfriends, neighbors, people in politics, and sport figures to name a few.  This is separation from others – breaches in relationships, hatred, bitterness, envy, jealousy, competition, lack of nurturing, lack of love, and the list goes on.

BITTERNESS OF SELF.  This is quite destructive and people began to attach and beat up on self spiritually, mentally, and physically causing many medical issues including soft tissue issues.  This is a separation from self – not accepting yourself, not loving yourself, not feeling worthy, having guilt, self-condemnation, self-criticalness, and self-hatred. Note: When you beat up yourself, you beat up your mental and physical health.

BITTERNESS AT AN ORGANIZATION. It can be churches, schools, government, political parties, media, employers, corporations, and other organizations.  One can surmise that hatred against organizations are getting increasingly worse.  Our trust has been compromised and people are very angry.

Bitterness Observations to Consider

Compromised Immune System – One could conclude that most autoimmune diseases are primarily the result of an unloving spirit producing feelings of not being loved, not being accepted, self-rejection, self-hatred, lack of respect, and self-bitterness couple with anxiety/stress/fear.  It could be said that autoimmune diseases are primarily a self-hatred, disease with a fear-anxiety-stress rider attached to them. Hatred of bitterness of others and organizations can produce the same autoimmune diseases.  The bible talks about dry bones in Proverbs 17:22 A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.  Bone morrow produce white T cells to ward off sickness and disease.  Bitterness is a broken spirit and dries the bones.  Does science or doctors tell you this? 

Arthritis – Basic simple arthritis is inflammation of a joint usually accompanied by pain, swelling, and frequent changes in structure.  It might be noted this differs from osteoarthritis and other forms of arthritis by the type of manifestation.  There is a different spiritual root behind each of the types.

The spiritual root for simple arthritis involves bitterness of others, self, and organizations.

Note: I have found in ministry that bitterness against others results in arthritis in the fingers.  Bitterness against self can result in arthritis in knees and hips.  Bitterness against an organization can result in arthritis in the form of gout in the foot.  It seems when you have bitterness against yourself, it involves degeneration of soft tissue.  If you have bitterness against others, it involves swelling and inflammation.  It is the swelling and inflammation which produces the deformity like when you see deformed knuckles.

Osteoarthritis – Osteoarthritis is a progressive cartilage degeneration in the joints and vertebrae and usually does not involve inflammation.  The cartilage is the other material between the vertebrae. Osteoarthritis is the result of self-bitterness and not forgiving one’s self.  It is holding a record of wrongs against yourself and can also involve an element of regrets and guilt.

Interstitial Cystitis – Interstitial cystitis is a swelling and inflammation of the bladder tissue of females.  It is very painful, nonbacterial and the current treatment for it is to give an antibiotic not because of bacteria, but a certain antibiotic has been developed to bring down the inflammation.  In interstitial cystitis, you have the over-secretion of histamine, producing swelling and proliferation of white corpuscles, also producing inflammation and swelling.  In males, it is called Prostatitis.

Prostatitis – This disease involves nonbacterial inflammation in males later in life.  It can be serious because at some point it can lead to prostate cancer.  It involves two dimensions and those are excessive secretion of histamine and proliferation of white corpuscles. In these nonbacterial inflammation disease, the spiritual root is fear and anxiety, which causes excessive histamine secretion, self-rejection, and self-hatred coupled with some guilt to produce the proliferation of white corpuscles.  Excessive histamine produces itching (Deuteronomy 28:27) in the back, face, head, and other parts of the body.

Immune diseases – All cancers, Rheumatoid arthritis, Lupus, Celiac disease (reaction to gluten), Sjogen’s syndrome (dry eyes and mouth), MS, Crohn’s disease (attacks healthy tissue), Fibromyalgia disease (although not classified as an immune disease, the characteristics are similar) Polymyalgia rheumatica (muscle pain and stiffness around the shoulders and hips), Type 1 diabetes, Vasculitis (swelling and narrowing inside vessels), Inflammatory bowel disease, Addison’s disease, Graves’ disease, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (Specific to women, wight gain, sensitivity to cold, fatigue, hair loss swelling of the thyroid), Autoimmune vasculitis (immune system attacks blood vessels. The inflammation that results narrows your arteries and veins, allowing less blood to flow through them) Pernicious anemia (fatigue, lethargy, weakness, headaches), to name a few.  All because of bitterness at three levels. 

Soft tissue damage from a ministry standpoint.

When we see damage or deterioration of soft tissue, we look at two things:

1.       Traumas and the anxiety/stress/fear tied to the trauma such as injuries, surgeries, and emotional hurts and offenses.  Surgeries are a trauma to the physical mental temple

2.       Bitterness, self-loathing, and pronouncing curses on self, can damage and destroy soft tissue including the nerve sheath (beating oneself down).  Bitterness toward self, others, and organizations can lead to degenerative tissues .  Curses towards self and fear are a mind/body connection.  What you think, can affect every part of the body and soul.

Soft tissue issues will affect male and female.  A female with self-hatred had to have section of the colon removed, issue with the uterine wall, and a hysterectomy.  One must consider macular degenerative, ear degeneration, nerve damage, disc degeneration, and even brain degeneration (Dementia), when ministering to people with bitterness. Many times, we must ask the Holy Spirt for discernment and how to pray.

We have determined in this teaching that there can be many sicknesses and diseases caused by bitterness.  We always try to determine the root causes of sickness and disease and minister to the causes, not the symptoms.  This is effective prayer James 5:16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

Ephesians 4:31-32 Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander…. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

Prayer:  Father God, in the name of Jesus, I/we cast out the bitterness causing sickness and disease. I forgive others, myself, and organizations.  I/we pray complete healing and restoration of my/their health as you promise in Your Word.  I declare my love for others, myself, and organizations.

Matthew 18:21-22 Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to 70 times seven.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” John 13:34-35

God promises healing and we can be healed. When a sickness and disease reoccur, it is because we let the bitterness back in. We must forgive over and over until the hurt and bitterness goes away.  

Looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled, Hebrews 12:15brews 12:15.