Pastor Joe Sugrue - Grace and Truth Podcast

Title: Ruth: 1:20-21; The doctrine of bitterness, part 21 - not being bitter in a bitter existence, ex. Job.

We noted on Sunday that the Lord is righteous and just. He cannot be otherwise. Due to a long exposure to intense suffering, Job had forgotten that. But, thanks be to God, he will be reminded.

No matter how painful life gets, we must always fall upon the justice and righteousness of God, as well as His mercy and grace.

Job 10:1 "I loathe my own life; I will give full vent to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 10:2 "I will say to God, 'Do not condemn me; Let me know why Thou dost contend with me.

You could almost weep for Job here.

"Do not...

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Title: Ruth: 1:20-21; The doctrine of bitterness, part 20 - not being bitter in a bitter existence, ex. Job.

Not being bitter during a bitter existence.

Exo 1:12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out, so that...

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Title: Ruth: 1:20-21; The doctrine of bitterness, part 19 - dealing with failure, Esau vs. Peter.

"To give truth to him who loves it not, is to only give him more multiplied reasons for misinterpretation." [George MacDonald]

We are dealing with bitterness that results from personal failure. Peter failed greatly at Caiaphas' palace while the first trials of Christ were going on.

He is trapped inside the courtyard of the palace, and we have noted his first and second denials. We note that Peter proclaimed to have the courage to be a martyr for Christ, but he lacked moral courage. We conjecture that Peter likely would have done some heroic thing as long as...

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Title: Ruth: 1:20-21; The doctrine of bitterness, part 18 - dealing with failure, Esau vs. Peter.

Heb 12:14 Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord.

Heb 12:15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;

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Title: Ruth: 1:20-21; The doctrine of bitterness, part 17 - coming short of the grace of God.

Opsimath - one who learns late in life.

Gal 5:1 It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.

Gal 5:2 Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you.

Gal 5:3 And I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law.

Gal 5:4 You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.

The words "severed from Christ," are an unfortunate...

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Title: Ruth: 1:20-21; The doctrine of bitterness, part 16 - coming short of the grace of God.

Heb 12:14 Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord.

Holy is a life set apart unto Him, unto your intimate Friend. So then, as those who pursue holiness:

Heb 12:15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;

Another related passage to our own is in Gal 5 - "you have fallen from grace."

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Title: Ruth: 1:20-21; The doctrine of bitterness, part 15 - rejecting God's grace will result in bitterness.

Heb 12:14 Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord.

Holy is a life set apart unto Him, unto your intimate Friend. So then, as those who pursue holiness:

Heb 12:15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;

The failure to appropriate grace during time of suffering or trial causes a root to grow in the soul that has no belonging to the new nature. Bitterness is the product.

It is clear that this is addressed to believers who are free to walk in the grace of God. In times of temptation we need to draw...

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Title: Ruth: 1:20-21; The doctrine of bitterness, part 14 - rejecting God's grace will result in bitterness.

Rejecting the grace of God will cause bitterness to grow in the heart of a man.

Heb 12:14 Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord.

Eagerly pursue (present active imperative) peace and sanctification. Sanctification (holiness or set apart) is the life of righteousness in thinking and conduct.

If we do not pursue holiness eagerly, if we do not strive to have pure hearts rather than hearts filled with sin and the filth of selfishness and evil, then there are great parts of the Lord's person that you will not see in this life. Christ has set us free so that we could live His life with power and joy. For...

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Title: Ruth: 1:20-21; The doctrine of bitterness, part 13 - rejecting God's grace will result in bitterness.

Christ came into the world to set us free from the darkness and ugliness of our fallen condition.

Christ came to give us eternal life and that life is sanctified away from the unrighteousness that fallen man is. It is a paradox for a person who has eternal life to conduct himself in the way of the old man he once was. Such a...

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Title: Ruth: 1:20-21; The doctrine of bitterness, part 12 - selfish ambition, unrighteousness, ignorance - Christ set us free from them.

Continuing in our study, we come across a man who has ambitious desire, even when he is confronted with the power of God. His ambition knows no boundaries since he will even seek to gain God's power for selfish, ambitious purposes.

A man called Simon was said to be in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity when he desired the power of an apostle for the reason of promoting himself.

Simon is an example of contrast to the new creature described in Col 3:12-17.

Act 8:14 Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John,

Act 8:15 who...

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