WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.160 Well, I have thought up of a new TV reality show. 00:00:04.960 --> 00:00:08.580 It's called Scar Wars. 00:00:10.300 --> 00:00:13.060 It's all about stories of scars. 00:00:13.900 --> 00:00:16.219 I've got some doozy scars on my body, 00:00:16.320 --> 00:00:20.120 and I'm sure you've got some scars on your body. 00:00:20.320 --> 00:00:23.339 They're stories of being wounded. 00:00:24.620 --> 00:00:26.519 Now, if you've been around long enough, 00:00:27.140 --> 00:00:29.839 I'm guessing you've accumulated some scars. 00:00:30.660 --> 00:00:33.500 Because if you're human, you're going to get scratched. 00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:35.240 You're going to get cut. 00:00:35.840 --> 00:00:37.539 You're going to get pierced and bruised. 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:38.700 You're going to get beat up. 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:40.500 Get broken. 00:00:42.359 --> 00:00:46.420 Physical scars tell stories of physical wounds. 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:52.480 But there's another kind of wound we're going to look at for the next two Sundays. 00:00:53.659 --> 00:00:57.060 It's a wound that doesn't take place on your outer person. 00:00:57.060 --> 00:00:59.379 It's a wounding of your inner person. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:04.140 The wound is deeper than a physical puncture. 00:01:04.140 --> 00:01:11.500 The wound we need to focus our attention on penetrates into our inner being. 00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:13.579 A wounding of one's soul. 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:17.739 When someone sins against you. 00:01:17.739 --> 00:01:21.479 Let me give you some examples. 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:22.539 If you've been betrayed. 00:01:23.679 --> 00:01:27.419 If you have been on the receiving end of broken promises. 00:01:28.379 --> 00:01:30.179 If you've experienced rejection. 00:01:31.140 --> 00:01:33.739 If you've experienced emotional abuse. 00:01:33.879 --> 00:01:34.819 Physical abuse. 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:35.879 Sexual abuse. 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:36.959 Or all of the above. 00:01:36.959 --> 00:01:38.959 You've been wounded. 00:01:40.719 --> 00:01:41.199 Inside. 00:01:43.599 --> 00:01:44.359 In other words. 00:01:44.459 --> 00:01:45.799 Someone has sinned against you. 00:01:46.319 --> 00:01:47.099 They've hurt you. 00:01:47.519 --> 00:01:48.459 They've wounded you. 00:01:51.619 --> 00:01:53.299 Physical wounds can be seen. 00:01:54.219 --> 00:01:55.039 They can be treated. 00:01:55.839 --> 00:01:57.000 And eventually they heal. 00:01:57.699 --> 00:01:58.659 And for those of us. 00:01:59.019 --> 00:02:00.379 Some of us get scars. 00:02:00.379 --> 00:02:00.679 Emotional wounds. 00:02:01.679 --> 00:02:02.699 Emotional wounds. 00:02:03.259 --> 00:02:04.939 If they go untreated. 00:02:05.739 --> 00:02:06.759 They fester. 00:02:08.019 --> 00:02:09.460 They become infected. 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:12.120 They become toxic. 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:16.120 If you would open up your Bibles to Ephesians chapter 4. 00:02:16.579 --> 00:02:19.639 We're going to be looking at really just one verse this morning. 00:02:19.780 --> 00:02:21.240 But I'm going to read a few. 00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:26.600 So Ephesians 4 verse 31 and 32. 00:02:27.060 --> 00:02:28.680 Please turn there with me. 00:02:29.080 --> 00:02:33.300 As I read God's word for us this morning. 00:02:35.040 --> 00:02:36.960 God says this. 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:47.920 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you along with all malice. 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:56.319 Let me read that again. 00:02:57.639 --> 00:03:06.060 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you along with all malice. 00:03:07.019 --> 00:03:07.919 Be kind to one another. 00:03:08.079 --> 00:03:08.799 Tender hearted. 00:03:08.939 --> 00:03:09.779 Forgiving one another. 00:03:09.919 --> 00:03:13.739 As God in Christ forgave you this morning. 00:03:13.740 --> 00:03:18.080 And next Sunday if we are given that. 00:03:18.780 --> 00:03:23.300 So this morning and next Sunday we're going to be studying Ephesians 4 verse 31 and 32. 00:03:23.500 --> 00:03:25.219 And applying it to our lives. 00:03:26.620 --> 00:03:32.600 How we as Christians respond biblically to woundedness. 00:03:33.240 --> 00:03:38.280 How are we as Christians to respond when someone sins against us? 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:40.599 That's what we're going to be looking at. 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:45.120 When we are sinned against. 00:03:45.300 --> 00:03:46.180 When we're hurt. 00:03:46.460 --> 00:03:47.639 When we're wounded. 00:03:48.580 --> 00:03:51.319 We need to respond in a way that pleases God. 00:03:52.460 --> 00:03:55.639 We're not to be bitter towards those who've sinned against us. 00:03:55.920 --> 00:03:59.939 We are to be Christ-like to those who have wounded us. 00:04:00.379 --> 00:04:01.460 This is a tall order. 00:04:02.379 --> 00:04:03.500 This is the way of Jesus. 00:04:03.500 --> 00:04:07.620 We could sum it up this way. 00:04:08.060 --> 00:04:10.500 As Christians we're to put off bitterness. 00:04:11.300 --> 00:04:14.259 And put on forgiveness. 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:18.279 All along here I've been telling you. 00:04:18.399 --> 00:04:21.079 Who you are as a Christian determines things. 00:04:21.220 --> 00:04:22.680 Determines how you live your life. 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:24.920 And what we're looking at here is this. 00:04:25.100 --> 00:04:26.560 Who you are as a Christian. 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:29.060 Being brought from death to life. 00:04:29.060 --> 00:04:36.240 Being who you are determines a new way of responding to being sinned against. 00:04:37.579 --> 00:04:38.600 Now imagine. 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:43.399 A man is rolled into the emergency room on a gurney. 00:04:44.040 --> 00:04:50.459 And this guy went swimming in a dirty pool with an open wound on his arm. 00:04:51.740 --> 00:04:53.240 So he shows up. 00:04:53.300 --> 00:04:56.840 He's got all sorts of symptoms of this infection. 00:04:56.839 --> 00:05:00.419 He's diagnosed with a staph infection. 00:05:00.419 --> 00:05:03.119 Which is a pretty nasty type of infection. 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:09.879 In fact that staph infection is producing poison toxin that jumps into the circulatory system. 00:05:10.199 --> 00:05:11.899 And is now brought through his system. 00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:13.739 To his vital organs. 00:05:15.439 --> 00:05:17.139 If unchecked it will kill him. 00:05:18.379 --> 00:05:22.059 Now this guy on the gurney doesn't realize quite the situation he's in. 00:05:22.060 --> 00:05:25.699 So imagine him laying there on the gurney in the ER. 00:05:26.780 --> 00:05:28.480 The doctor walks in. 00:05:29.800 --> 00:05:32.639 And this man with a staph infection on his arm. 00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:35.600 Thinking that everything is going to work out just fine. 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:37.139 He says, 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:37.699 Hey doc. 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:41.259 How can I stop from getting an infection next time? 00:05:43.459 --> 00:05:45.259 The doctor responds this way. 00:05:45.259 --> 00:05:49.120 Sir, you may not have a next time. 00:05:51.219 --> 00:05:54.819 The infection in you right now can kill you. 00:05:57.060 --> 00:06:00.199 We must first stop this infection sir. 00:06:00.740 --> 00:06:04.579 And then we can talk about how to prevent this from happening again. 00:06:06.159 --> 00:06:12.339 This morning we're going to focus our attention on stopping the spread of an infection called bitterness. 00:06:12.339 --> 00:06:15.019 That's where we're going to focus this morning. 00:06:16.099 --> 00:06:19.679 Next Sunday we're going to look back and ask the question, 00:06:20.419 --> 00:06:22.599 How do we respond when wounded? 00:06:23.619 --> 00:06:28.060 How do we move forward when the next time someone sins against us? 00:06:28.879 --> 00:06:35.079 How do we move from being infected with bitterness to being forgiving as Christ forgave us? 00:06:36.339 --> 00:06:41.519 So this morning, Christian, you must put away your bitterness. 00:06:42.339 --> 00:06:48.039 We're going to look at five things that are going to help us understand this. 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:53.159 Five things you need to know in order to put away bitterness and to please God. 00:06:53.239 --> 00:06:55.519 Let me just name those right now so you can follow me along. 00:06:56.299 --> 00:06:59.039 First one is the bitter infection. 00:07:00.199 --> 00:07:02.739 The second point is the bitter effect. 00:07:03.399 --> 00:07:06.099 The third is the bitter symptoms. 00:07:06.919 --> 00:07:10.039 The fourth point is the bitter truth. 00:07:10.040 --> 00:07:16.260 And finally, we'll wrap up talking about the bitter cure for our bitterness. 00:07:17.660 --> 00:07:19.800 This first point will take the longest. 00:07:20.220 --> 00:07:21.280 The bitter infection. 00:07:22.400 --> 00:07:24.920 In this first point, I want to answer the question, 00:07:25.660 --> 00:07:27.280 What is bitterness? 00:07:28.360 --> 00:07:31.200 We see here in Ephesians 4, 31, just these words. 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:36.500 Let all bitterness be put away from you. 00:07:36.500 --> 00:07:40.120 Let all bitterness be put away from you. 00:07:40.659 --> 00:07:46.099 Bitterness is what results from an untreated wound of the soul. 00:07:47.180 --> 00:07:52.800 Bitterness is what results from an untreated hurt to the soul. 00:07:52.800 --> 00:07:58.540 Bitterness is a sinful reaction to being wounded. 00:07:59.860 --> 00:08:01.360 And it's like an infection. 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:06.480 Just to clarify, people are not born bitter. 00:08:07.960 --> 00:08:11.939 People are born sinful, but they're not born bitter. 00:08:12.780 --> 00:08:15.220 People become bitter. 00:08:15.220 --> 00:08:19.180 Sinners respond sinfully to sin. 00:08:19.940 --> 00:08:23.860 And typically speaking, when sinned against, a sinner is going to sin right back. 00:08:25.140 --> 00:08:30.940 So can you imagine someone over the years accumulating wound after wound after wound 00:08:30.940 --> 00:08:33.879 and not dealing with it in a way that pleases God? 00:08:34.259 --> 00:08:35.139 Do you know what's going to happen? 00:08:35.860 --> 00:08:38.120 That person is going to become more and more bitter. 00:08:38.120 --> 00:08:41.259 You'll see it on their face. 00:08:42.460 --> 00:08:43.740 Maybe you know someone like that. 00:08:45.019 --> 00:08:46.039 Maybe you're like that. 00:08:48.159 --> 00:08:52.240 Bitterness is a sinful reaction to being sinned against. 00:08:53.080 --> 00:08:56.220 And whether that sin is real or perceived. 00:08:58.320 --> 00:09:00.600 Now, I just want to make something clear at the outset, 00:09:00.779 --> 00:09:02.419 because we're going to come back to this in just a minute. 00:09:02.419 --> 00:09:08.120 When you're sinned against, when you're wounded by someone else, 00:09:08.199 --> 00:09:12.779 when someone sins against you, God holds that person responsible for that sin. 00:09:12.860 --> 00:09:15.500 He doesn't hold you responsible for the sin. 00:09:16.259 --> 00:09:21.579 That person has sinned against you and against God and is responsible for them. 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:28.339 You are responsible for how you respond to being sinned against. 00:09:29.240 --> 00:09:32.299 God holds you responsible for that. 00:09:32.419 --> 00:09:33.079 God holds you responsible for that. 00:09:33.979 --> 00:09:37.139 That's where we're going to come back to in a little bit. 00:09:38.419 --> 00:09:42.000 But let's take a deeper look at what bitterness is. 00:09:43.699 --> 00:09:46.279 Bitterness is toxic. 00:09:47.559 --> 00:09:49.699 It's poison to the soul. 00:09:51.199 --> 00:09:54.339 Bitterness is essentially unforgiveness. 00:09:55.799 --> 00:09:57.480 And here's what unforgiveness says. 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:00.599 Unforgiveness operates this way. 00:10:00.600 --> 00:10:06.940 You have wounded me and you've caused me pain and you're going to pay for it. 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:08.460 That's unforgiveness. 00:10:08.879 --> 00:10:10.580 It's coming back at you. 00:10:11.420 --> 00:10:15.100 You're going to pay for making me feel pain. 00:10:16.060 --> 00:10:17.100 That's unforgiveness. 00:10:17.940 --> 00:10:19.620 It raises the question of what is forgiveness. 00:10:20.139 --> 00:10:21.540 And we're going to come back to that next week. 00:10:21.639 --> 00:10:23.500 But for the time being, let me just say this. 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:24.840 Forgiveness is this. 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:25.500 Forgiveness is this. 00:10:25.500 --> 00:10:26.100 Forgiveness is this. 00:10:26.100 --> 00:10:27.139 Recognizing the wound. 00:10:28.220 --> 00:10:30.040 Not denying the pain. 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:33.800 But instead of saying, you're going to pay for it. 00:10:34.160 --> 00:10:35.100 Forgiveness is this. 00:10:35.660 --> 00:10:36.639 I'll pay for it. 00:10:37.560 --> 00:10:38.500 I'll bear that. 00:10:39.300 --> 00:10:40.899 The pain stops here with me. 00:10:41.780 --> 00:10:42.960 I'll own that. 00:10:43.820 --> 00:10:45.519 They're responsible for the sin. 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:48.179 But I'm responsible for my response. 00:10:49.579 --> 00:10:54.019 Forgiveness is paying the bill for the wrong done. 00:10:58.279 --> 00:10:59.799 Bitterness is unforgiveness. 00:11:00.860 --> 00:11:02.059 It says this. 00:11:03.500 --> 00:11:06.939 You're going to feel the pain for the pain you caused me. 00:11:07.079 --> 00:11:11.860 You see, bitterness has a malicious edge to it. 00:11:12.740 --> 00:11:14.279 Look back at Ephesians 4.31. 00:11:14.279 --> 00:11:20.199 You see the connection that Paul is making between bitterness and malice? 00:11:20.839 --> 00:11:21.980 He says this. 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:30.620 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you along with all malice. 00:11:32.199 --> 00:11:34.519 Malice is looking to harm someone else. 00:11:34.819 --> 00:11:35.860 It's evil intent. 00:11:36.839 --> 00:11:38.120 It's the opposite of kindness. 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:40.139 Kindness says, I want to do you good. 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:43.339 Malice says, I want to do you bad. 00:11:43.340 --> 00:11:44.940 I want to hurt you. 00:11:45.300 --> 00:11:46.560 I want to harm you. 00:11:47.340 --> 00:11:51.700 And so what bitterness is, is unforgiveness with a malicious edge. 00:11:51.980 --> 00:11:53.920 It's a kind of vengeance. 00:11:54.379 --> 00:11:55.920 And we all know Romans 12. 00:11:56.519 --> 00:11:59.280 God says, vengeance is mine. 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:02.460 It's mine to repay. 00:12:02.460 --> 00:12:07.580 Bitterness is toxic to your soul. 00:12:07.580 --> 00:12:09.600 It's toxic to the body of Christ. 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:11.700 And it grieves God. 00:12:11.800 --> 00:12:12.440 It's toxic. 00:12:13.160 --> 00:12:14.900 And it spreads. 00:12:16.040 --> 00:12:16.960 It spreads. 00:12:17.180 --> 00:12:19.519 It becomes other bad things. 00:12:19.680 --> 00:12:21.060 Look back at Ephesians 4.31. 00:12:21.059 --> 00:12:31.039 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you. 00:12:32.119 --> 00:12:35.759 Wrath and anger are essentially synonyms. 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:38.000 They're talking about very much the same thing. 00:12:38.080 --> 00:12:44.220 But if there is a difference between the two, wrath is an explosive rage. 00:12:44.899 --> 00:12:45.600 It's temporary. 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:46.480 Blah! 00:12:47.919 --> 00:12:52.379 Anger is more of a slow boil over time. 00:12:52.379 --> 00:12:56.139 Both are anger. 00:12:57.320 --> 00:13:00.360 But one is more wrathful, temporary. 00:13:00.600 --> 00:13:05.779 The other is a slow stewing over unforgiveness. 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:08.039 Clamor. 00:13:08.419 --> 00:13:11.980 Clamor literally means to raise your voice. 00:13:12.659 --> 00:13:13.179 To shout. 00:13:14.100 --> 00:13:17.379 And what's being forbidden there is to shout out of bitterness. 00:13:17.940 --> 00:13:19.539 To shout out of anger. 00:13:19.539 --> 00:13:19.939 Clamor. 00:13:19.939 --> 00:13:24.939 Out of the bitter heart, the mouth speaks clamor. 00:13:26.740 --> 00:13:29.639 Slander is vilifying someone. 00:13:30.339 --> 00:13:32.879 It's making a monster out of someone with your words. 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:39.839 Again, it is kind of a slow boil of anger coming up out of your mouth. 00:13:39.980 --> 00:13:44.860 Out of the overflow of the bitter heart, the mouth speaks slander. 00:13:46.860 --> 00:13:48.519 It's corrupt speech. 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:50.860 It's not edifying speech. 00:13:52.659 --> 00:13:56.840 Bitterness is a sinful reaction to being wounded. 00:13:57.919 --> 00:13:59.079 It's toxic. 00:13:59.460 --> 00:14:00.559 It spreads. 00:14:00.939 --> 00:14:02.100 It injures. 00:14:02.419 --> 00:14:03.360 It's destructive. 00:14:04.620 --> 00:14:06.120 It's a bad thing. 00:14:07.620 --> 00:14:10.460 And bitterness has bitter effects. 00:14:10.460 --> 00:14:14.080 So we've looked at the bitter infection. 00:14:14.720 --> 00:14:17.820 Now let's look at the bitter effect. 00:14:19.019 --> 00:14:23.300 There is a reason why God is commanding us to put off bitterness here. 00:14:23.299 --> 00:14:25.299 It's destructive. 00:14:25.299 --> 00:14:25.839 It's destructive. 00:14:25.839 --> 00:14:41.679 In Hebrews 12.15, we read that this writer, he says, he describes bitterness as a root that springs up, causes trouble, and defiles many. 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:45.939 Bitterness has a communal effect. 00:14:45.940 --> 00:14:52.920 Now, bitterness has adverse effects on your personal physical health. 00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:58.099 If you're holding bitterness, it's going to show up in other ways in your body. 00:14:58.459 --> 00:15:01.439 And I would really like to make a case for that right now. 00:15:01.839 --> 00:15:02.839 But I'm not going to. 00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:06.360 Because the Apostle Paul doesn't do that. 00:15:07.220 --> 00:15:14.660 The Apostle Paul is making a case for putting off bitterness based upon our life together as a church. 00:15:15.019 --> 00:15:17.800 This is about the health of a body. 00:15:18.860 --> 00:15:24.240 It has a destructive effect on a church's health, on a body of Christ. 00:15:25.280 --> 00:15:27.580 That's why this command is here in this place. 00:15:27.580 --> 00:15:35.400 Remember, Ephesians 4.1-16, Paul's talking about a local church as a body of Christ. 00:15:35.920 --> 00:15:42.680 Healthy, all parts working, growing up, united together under our head, Jesus. 00:15:44.020 --> 00:15:50.620 And then in Ephesians 4.17-32, Paul explains how we are to walk out that unity. 00:15:51.379 --> 00:15:53.720 How we are to live united together. 00:15:53.720 --> 00:15:56.040 And he's saying he's got to get rid of bitterness. 00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:58.899 Bitterness, because that's going to disunite you. 00:15:59.240 --> 00:16:01.099 It will divide the body of Christ. 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:08.159 Which, of course, grieves the Holy Spirit of God who is at work in us, seeking to unite us. 00:16:10.659 --> 00:16:12.120 Bitterness has a bitter effect. 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:17.179 Are you bitter? 00:16:17.179 --> 00:16:17.199 Are you bitter? 00:16:21.539 --> 00:16:23.360 Do you have an infection of your soul? 00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:30.539 Now, let's look at the bitter symptoms. 00:16:32.139 --> 00:16:36.079 Because some of you may be sitting in your seats right there and saying, I'm not bitter. 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:37.259 I'm happy. 00:16:38.219 --> 00:16:38.919 I'm not bitter. 00:16:39.779 --> 00:16:41.099 And you might not be bitter. 00:16:41.100 --> 00:16:48.060 But some of you may be sitting there not realizing that you are bitter. 00:16:49.100 --> 00:16:51.899 You may just not know that you're bitter. 00:16:53.340 --> 00:16:58.019 And so I want to help you recognize bitterness. 00:16:58.019 --> 00:17:04.519 I've read a couple books in preparation for this morning and next Sunday. 00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:08.859 And Ben put these books up on our website. 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:12.379 So if you want to purchase them, they're relatively inexpensive. 00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:14.680 They're easy to read. 00:17:15.019 --> 00:17:16.779 They're very helpful books on bitterness. 00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:19.920 The first one is Jim Wilson's How to Be Free from Bitterness. 00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:21.440 It's a collection of essays. 00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:23.279 Jim Wilson writes the first one. 00:17:23.379 --> 00:17:24.000 It is excellent. 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:25.379 I would recommend this to you. 00:17:25.380 --> 00:17:29.460 The second resource is this book by Lou Priolo. 00:17:29.700 --> 00:17:31.980 It's called Bitterness, the Root that Pollutes. 00:17:33.020 --> 00:17:35.020 A very helpful book. 00:17:35.220 --> 00:17:37.120 And I'm going to reference that right now. 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:41.780 Because Lou Priolo is a Christian counselor, a biblical counselor. 00:17:42.360 --> 00:17:45.820 And he's been in the business for 25 years helping people. 00:17:46.620 --> 00:17:53.920 And in this book, he has a section in which he outlines 17 symptoms of bitterness. 00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:58.180 It was the accumulation of his years of counseling people. 00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:59.480 He's recognized it. 00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:04.680 And so here's what I'm going to do in order to help you recognize bitterness is in your heart. 00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:06.420 I'm going to read through these 17. 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:07.759 I'm going to go really quick. 00:18:08.840 --> 00:18:11.560 But there's a couple here that are worth kind of slowing down for. 00:18:12.539 --> 00:18:13.200 So you ready? 00:18:14.259 --> 00:18:15.700 Let's look at some bitter symptoms. 00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:21.600 If any of these hit home, receive it as God's kindness to you. 00:18:22.460 --> 00:18:23.319 I'll come back to that. 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:27.440 Evidences of bitterness. 00:18:28.500 --> 00:18:29.519 Signs of an infection. 00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:32.400 Number one, difficulty in resolving conflicts. 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:36.299 If you're bitter with someone, it's going to be difficult to pursue peace with them. 00:18:37.019 --> 00:18:38.200 To make peace with them. 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:41.059 Number two, acts of vengeance. 00:18:42.360 --> 00:18:46.259 Backbiting, spiteful remarks, physical altercations. 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:47.980 Number three, withdrawal. 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:49.360 I see this one in me. 00:18:50.819 --> 00:18:51.900 The silent treatment. 00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:53.480 The cold shoulder. 00:18:54.380 --> 00:18:56.900 The seeing someone coming but you go the other way. 00:18:57.120 --> 00:18:58.000 Anybody relate with that? 00:18:59.299 --> 00:19:00.700 Could be a sign of bitterness. 00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:03.900 Number four, outbursts of anger. 00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:05.779 And I just wanted to read something here. 00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:11.980 When we are bitter, we don't see each new offense on a clean slate that is relatively easy to forgive. 00:19:12.339 --> 00:19:17.279 But rather as one more item on a long and growing list of similar offenses. 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:20.940 Elsewhere in our Bible it would say keeping records of wrongs. 00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:23.039 Outbursts of anger. 00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:25.960 Number five, biting sarcasm. 00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:30.039 Number six, condescending communication. 00:19:30.299 --> 00:19:31.660 Speaking down to someone. 00:19:32.180 --> 00:19:33.660 Seven, criticism. 00:19:33.660 --> 00:19:35.519 Being critical of someone. 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:36.400 Not gracious. 00:19:38.180 --> 00:19:41.440 Number eight, suspicion and distrust. 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:43.000 I've seen this in me too. 00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:49.019 Instead of giving the benefit of the doubt to someone, you assume the doubt in someone. 00:19:50.040 --> 00:19:50.980 Could be a sign of bitterness. 00:19:51.700 --> 00:19:53.500 Number nine, intolerance. 00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:57.400 What this is getting at here is everybody's got their idiosyncrasies, right? 00:19:58.259 --> 00:20:00.660 Everybody's got kind of annoying behavior. 00:20:00.800 --> 00:20:01.700 That's not sin. 00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:09.980 What intolerance is, is not bearing with that with someone, but seeing that as an offense. 00:20:12.080 --> 00:20:12.600 Intolerance. 00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:14.440 Number ten, hypersensitivity. 00:20:15.059 --> 00:20:19.279 Treating a pinprick as though it were a knife through one's heart. 00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:22.160 Eleven, impatience. 00:20:23.420 --> 00:20:25.920 Not seeing things through a biblical perspective. 00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:28.120 Number twelve, disrespect. 00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:33.700 If you're bitter towards someone in authority over you, you may have contempt for that person. 00:20:33.940 --> 00:20:35.160 Bitterness towards that person. 00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:38.480 Or number thirteen, rebellion to that person. 00:20:38.820 --> 00:20:39.980 You push back. 00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:43.220 Number fourteen is the misuse of authority. 00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:47.279 If you have a responsibility for other people and you're bitter towards them, 00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:54.480 it can result in domineering, dictatorial, tyrannical attitudes that demand needless exactations of obedience. 00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:58.019 Fifteen, depression. 00:20:59.399 --> 00:21:01.579 It takes a lot to hold a grudge. 00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:04.700 A lot of energy to hold a grudge. 00:21:04.700 --> 00:21:11.059 And so if you are like way down in your emotional reserves, 00:21:11.580 --> 00:21:13.740 could it be that you're maintaining a grudge and you're bitter? 00:21:15.140 --> 00:21:18.140 Sixteen, doubts regarding salvation. 00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:21.120 You start wondering, hey, am I saved? 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:23.519 I'm eating up inside. 00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:30.220 Seventeen, remembering with great specificity the details of an offense. 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:32.279 Bitterness has a wonderful memory. 00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:33.480 Incredible memory. 00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:36.319 And Priolo mentions this. 00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:40.420 It's actually possible by replaying the offense over and over and over again in our minds 00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:43.779 to unconsciously replace facts with fiction. 00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:45.299 Isn't that interesting? 00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:47.140 I've done that. 00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:50.960 Seventeen symptoms of bitterness. 00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:54.180 Did any of those hit home? 00:21:56.240 --> 00:21:57.299 Hit home with me. 00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:03.099 The reason why we're going through those is to be helpful. 00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:07.380 To give you eyes to see bitterness in your soul. 00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:09.599 Because bitterness blinds. 00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:13.899 We tend not to see bitterness when we're living in the middle of it. 00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:20.019 Bitterness is an infection. 00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:22.399 And it's got symptoms. 00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:27.320 Now, if you're sitting there and you're wondering, oh man. 00:22:28.840 --> 00:22:31.780 I am the most bitter person in this room right now. 00:22:34.300 --> 00:22:35.500 Don't be dismayed. 00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:39.700 This temptation is common to man. 00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:42.099 And God is faithful. 00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:48.000 He has grace for you to put away bitterness. 00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:50.259 To get rid of it. 00:22:50.259 --> 00:23:00.019 In fact, the very reason why this is in our Bibles is for God to set the bitter free. 00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:04.299 To free you from a root of bitterness. 00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:07.379 To pull it out from within your heart. 00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:13.000 He wants to get rid of bitterness to make us more like Christ. 00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:17.859 And if you are like me and you find those symptoms hitting home, you know what it shows? 00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:21.099 Our constant need for Jesus. 00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.859 We're not done yet. 00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:24.640 We need His help. 00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:28.380 We need Him to continue to do the work that He began in us. 00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:30.440 To make us more like Him. 00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:33.500 Think about it this way. 00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:36.600 Of all the people that walk the face of the earth, 00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:41.559 Jesus probably had the greatest right to be bitter. 00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:44.920 I mean, He was crucified and He was innocent. 00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:47.279 But do you remember what He said on the cross? 00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:49.920 Father, forgive them. 00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:52.440 For they do not know what they do. 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:55.440 He wasn't even bitter on the cross. 00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.559 It's amazing. 00:23:58.360 --> 00:23:59.480 Got an amazing Savior. 00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:02.559 So we've looked at the bitter infection. 00:24:02.840 --> 00:24:04.340 We've talked about the bitter effects. 00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:06.840 We've just looked at the 17 bitter symptoms. 00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:09.320 Now the bitter truth. 00:24:11.820 --> 00:24:14.660 You are responsible for your bitterness. 00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:19.940 Though it's true that someone has hurt you, 00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:23.140 someone else has deeply wounded you, 00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:28.620 what's also true is that God holds you responsible 00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:32.879 for how you respond to being sinned against. 00:24:34.959 --> 00:24:36.019 How do I know that? 00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:40.059 Well, we're being commanded to put away bitterness. 00:24:44.399 --> 00:24:48.839 Holding us responsible for our bitter response 00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:50.959 is a way in which we're learning. 00:24:50.959 --> 00:24:53.199 It's ours to own. 00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:57.939 God's not going to command us to remove something 00:24:57.939 --> 00:25:00.639 that we were not responsible for. 00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:04.359 We can make a case from the rest of this passage as well. 00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:05.839 Earlier on we were told, 00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:08.419 stop speaking falsehood. 00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.319 Speak the truth. 00:25:09.439 --> 00:25:11.219 We're responsible for our speech. 00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:13.559 God tells us, 00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.779 don't get angry. 00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:17.019 Don't be sinful in your anger. 00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:19.859 We're responsible for our response that way. 00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:23.859 He says you're responsible for the way you use your hands. 00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.859 Stop stealing. 00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.559 Start using your hands to give. 00:25:26.659 --> 00:25:27.979 We're responsible for that. 00:25:28.919 --> 00:25:30.839 We're responsible for the kinds of words 00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:32.039 that comes out of our mouth. 00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:34.779 We're not to speak corrupt words. 00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:36.920 We're to speak building up edifying words. 00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:38.359 We're responsible for that. 00:25:39.379 --> 00:25:41.200 And here we're being told to put away bitterness. 00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:45.159 We're responsible for our bitterness. 00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.559 Here's what that means. 00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:52.059 We cannot blame someone else for our bitterness. 00:25:54.659 --> 00:25:56.319 You cannot say, 00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:58.559 you made me bitter. 00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:01.740 Bitterness comes from within. 00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:04.299 That's your infection. 00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:07.159 That's what you brought to that wound. 00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:09.059 That's yours to own. 00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:14.059 We must own our own bitterness. 00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:17.659 Our own sinful reaction when sinned against. 00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:24.740 But, you say. 00:26:26.320 --> 00:26:29.580 But, you don't know, Mike. 00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:32.580 You don't know how I've been sinned against. 00:26:33.300 --> 00:26:34.060 You don't know. 00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:36.940 You don't know what he has done to me. 00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:39.420 You don't know what she has done to me. 00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:41.759 You don't know what that church did to me. 00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:43.859 I don't. 00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.440 I don't. 00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:47.099 I don't know. 00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:52.480 But God knows exactly what has happened to you. 00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:55.519 He knows the wounds you have suffered. 00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:59.799 And he is seeking to do something in you. 00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:08.339 He's commanding you this morning to get rid of all your bitterness on every wound. 00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:10.119 No matter what the size. 00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.980 No matter how long it's been there. 00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:15.099 No matter who laid the wound. 00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:19.779 God is calling you to remove the bitterness. 00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:21.720 To get rid of it. 00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.599 To put it away. 00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:24.980 And to do that now. 00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:33.039 Now the question becomes, how do you do that? 00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:37.400 How do you get rid of bitterness of the soul? 00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:39.720 How do you get rid of this infection? 00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.640 Well, it's right here in the text. 00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:44.360 It says, put it away. 00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:46.140 Put it away. 00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:46.160 Put it away. 00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:54.000 The antiseptic for an embittered soul has to deal with. 00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.579 Confession. 00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.380 Gospel. 00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:03.039 To put it away, I want to help you think about it in terms of this. 00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:06.680 To put away bitterness is to start by confessing it. 00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:08.839 To confess it. 00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:12.519 How does God clean out the bitterness of a wound? 00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:18.900 Well, he starts with our humble confession of our bitterness. 00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:23.980 I know that 1 John 1.9 is very familiar to many of you. 00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:25.960 For those of you who have never heard it before, let me read it. 00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:31.759 If we, Christians, confess our sins, 00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:36.799 He, our God, is faithful and just to forgive us our sins 00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:38.860 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:42.579 If we confess our sins, He's faithful and just to forgive us our sins 00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:44.319 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 00:28:45.199 --> 00:28:48.599 The word confess, in 1 John 1.9, 00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:52.359 literally means same word. 00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:57.199 And what John is getting at there is this. 00:28:58.379 --> 00:29:01.399 We are to agree with God. 00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:07.399 We are to agree with Him on what is going on in me. 00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:10.819 We are to use the same word He uses 00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:14.099 to describe this thing going on inside of me. 00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:15.779 We are to confess that. 00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:19.059 We are to agree with God at that. 00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:23.480 So if I'm talking a certain way 00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:26.579 and God says that way is falsehood, 00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.819 for me to confess it is, 00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:30.519 yes, God, I am lying with my speech. 00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:32.059 I'm speaking falsehood. 00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:35.579 If there's a desire in me 00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:37.279 and God says that's lust, 00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:39.180 I confess it. 00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:40.480 Yes, God, that is lust. 00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.700 That's wrong in your sight. 00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:45.279 If there's a want in me 00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:46.860 and God says that's greed, 00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:50.220 I say, yes, God, that is greed. 00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:51.460 That's offensive to you. 00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.600 And if God says, 00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:55.600 if there's this hostility in me 00:29:55.600 --> 00:29:57.140 and God says that's bitterness, 00:29:58.400 --> 00:30:00.880 to confess it is, yes, God, it's bitterness. 00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:03.440 It's wrong. 00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.740 I agree. 00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:07.640 I confess. 00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:10.960 So here's how this confession works. 00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.340 God says, 00:30:12.340 --> 00:30:14.880 call your bitterness sin. 00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:18.240 Call it what God calls it. 00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:21.360 See it the way God sees it. 00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:23.500 Call it what God calls it. 00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.400 It's bitterness. 00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:28.000 And he says to get rid of it. 00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:31.180 If you don't think 00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:33.799 this thing in you is a sin, 00:30:35.080 --> 00:30:36.420 you're not going to confess it. 00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:39.720 You're not going to see a need to remove it. 00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:42.360 This whole thing starts 00:30:42.360 --> 00:30:44.940 with realizing this thing in you 00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:47.180 is grievous in God's sight. 00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:50.000 Call your bitterness sin. 00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:53.460 Call your bitterness forgiven. 00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:56.299 If we confess our sins, 00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:57.400 he's faithful and just 00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:58.799 to forgive us our sins 00:30:58.799 --> 00:31:00.600 and to cleanse us 00:31:00.600 --> 00:31:02.259 from all unrighteousness. 00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:04.980 Jesus paid it all. 00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:08.879 Jesus paid on the cross 00:31:08.879 --> 00:31:11.140 for all of my bitterness. 00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:14.319 When you confess bitterness, 00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.779 the next step is 00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:17.900 call it forgiven. 00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:20.379 Call it paid for. 00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:22.920 Jesus paid for that 00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:25.180 with his blood. 00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:27.539 And he's not bitter towards you. 00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:30.060 He's not bitter towards you. 00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:32.640 Even though you've sinned, 00:31:32.860 --> 00:31:33.519 he's not bitter. 00:31:34.860 --> 00:31:36.180 Call your bitterness forgiveness. 00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:38.779 He is gracious towards you. 00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:40.980 He wants to forgive you. 00:31:41.080 --> 00:31:42.860 He wants to cleanse you of that. 00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:45.039 Call your bitterness sin. 00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:46.220 Call your bitterness forgiven. 00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:48.039 And after doing that, 00:31:48.580 --> 00:31:49.700 you call on your Savior 00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.720 to change you. 00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:52.360 Lord Jesus, 00:31:53.360 --> 00:31:55.559 help me to respond 00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:57.940 in a way that pleases you. 00:31:59.039 --> 00:32:00.420 And we see that right here 00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:02.720 in Ephesians 4, 31 and 32. 00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:04.319 Here's where we'll be next week. 00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:06.299 God is calling us, 00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:07.420 instead of being bitter, 00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:10.539 he's calling us to be kind, 00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.480 tenderhearted, 00:32:13.860 --> 00:32:14.299 forgiving, 00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:16.660 as God in Christ forgave us, 00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:18.000 to be imitators of God. 00:32:18.620 --> 00:32:19.759 That's what he's calling us to. 00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:21.859 And so when you are tempted 00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:22.559 to bitterness, 00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:25.160 confess it. 00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:26.220 Call it forgiven. 00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:27.799 Call on Jesus to change you. 00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:30.119 Jesus, help me to respond 00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:31.619 in a way that pleases you, 00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.900 not grieves you. 00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.779 And then the last thing, 00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:39.019 by way of an antiseptic 00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:40.259 to this infection, 00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:42.039 would you begin 00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:43.480 to prayerfully consider something? 00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:48.240 Would you start praying about 00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:50.099 going to the one 00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:51.240 you're bitter towards 00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:54.720 and confessing your sin to them, 00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.900 asking them to forgive you 00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:59.640 for being bitter 00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:01.299 towards them? 00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:05.059 Would you prayerfully consider that? 00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:09.259 All this is kind of working out 00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:11.779 of the striving for peace 00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.420 to one another, 00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:14.980 to walking in unity together. 00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:19.559 Now, you may be asking, 00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:22.000 well, the person I'm bitter toward 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.559 is dead. 00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:24.619 What do I do? 00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:26.799 We'll talk about that next week. 00:33:29.160 --> 00:33:30.359 It's a real situation. 00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:33.599 God is worthy 00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:37.779 and He is working in us 00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:38.819 as a church 00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:40.379 to remove bitterness 00:33:40.379 --> 00:33:43.699 and replace it with Christ-likeness. 00:33:44.699 --> 00:33:45.439 And this morning, 00:33:45.579 --> 00:33:47.259 we have focused our time 00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:50.959 on stopping the advance 00:33:50.959 --> 00:33:52.879 and spreading of the infection 00:33:52.879 --> 00:33:54.039 called bitterness. 00:33:54.859 --> 00:33:56.079 And next Sunday, 00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.960 what we're going to learn 00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:58.960 is how to be Christ-like 00:33:58.960 --> 00:33:59.819 to one another 00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:01.240 when we wound each other. 00:34:01.899 --> 00:34:02.899 How to forgive. 00:34:03.659 --> 00:34:04.420 How to be kind. 00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:06.099 How to be tenderhearted. 00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.599 Let me pray. 00:34:07.599 --> 00:34:07.619 Let me pray. 00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:08.639 for you, 00:34:08.759 --> 00:34:10.000 for your soul, 00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:11.179 relax, 00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:11.699 and joy 00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:12.000 and nieg 00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:14.599 for your soul. 00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.839 Thank you. 00:34:15.839 --> 00:34:16.480 Thank you. 00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:16.699 For your soul. 00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:27.480 关 theer. 00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:27.559 Thank you. 00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:27.579 Thank you. 00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:29.199 For your soul. 00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:29.579 Thank you. 00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:35.339 For your soul.