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“Looking diligently lest any man fail (or lack) the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled” (Hebrews 12:15).
This verse carries us a step further than what we had in our verse yesterday. Yesterday’s verse talked about watching our own behavior carefully, and walking in peace and holiness. But we are also to help each other. Perhaps someone else is having difficulty, and a “root of bitterness” is springing up. Roots are in the ground; you cannot see them. But sometimes they begin to grow into plants, and bitter roots make bad plants. Then, sad to say, many usually become defiled.
Even as Christians we can have bad roots in us — resentful feelings toward someone else, envy, irritation because someone said something bad about us, or did something to us, etc. Instead of acting in grace, we can let that bad root grow and cause a lot of trouble. Let us be on guard, and help one another to pull up those bad roots!
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