The Secret Root of Bitterness

In Acts 25, Paul has the possibility to be released from prison.
But he is a political prisoner. He is being used to negotiate
false forms of peace and to appease the Jewish religious leaders.
For two years Paul is in prison. Every reason to be bitter - and
yet we don’t see one indication that he is. Rather, we see the
religious leaders threatened by Paul and the gospel. For years
they hold on to bitterness - even while Paul has basically no
influence in the day to day life of the church because he is in
prison. Bitterness and anger - are brothers. We see with clarity
what bitterness did in the lives of the Jewish leaders. But they
are also secret enemies within the church as well. Let's explore
how to eradicate bitterness from our lives.