Roger Thrower

Matthew 6:9-10 - Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 10 Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Acts 10:38 - how God (Father) anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

“The revelation about the Father that had begun to occur to Jack… was now in full bloom and he had come to realize that if people had an experience of the Father’s love they would receive emotional healing.” Sonship: A Journey into Father’s Heart by M. James Jordan

Now let’s look at the word AND.

Matthew 8:16-17 - That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick. 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.”

AND = KAI –
Copulative: serving to unite or couple;
Cumulative force: and increasing or growing by successive additions
They brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, so therefore he cast out the spirits with a word so therefore healed all who were sick.

They brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, so therefore he cast out the spirits with a word so therefore healed all who were sick.

Ephesians 4:31-32 - Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

BITTERNESS HAS A PROGRESSION

Bitterness = bitter gall equivalent to extreme wickedness; a bitter root, so producing bitter fruit

Wrath = fierceness, indignation; passion, angry, heat, anger boiling up and soon subsiding again.

Anger = movement or agitation of the soul, impulse, desire, or any violent emotion, but especially anger;
Anger exhibited in punishment, hence used for punishment itself

Clamor = outcry of the wailing as those in distress; crying in grief

Slander = speech injurious to another’s good name.

Let all bitterness therefore wrath therefore anger therefore clamor therefore slander be put away from you.

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Kind = mild, pleasant, as opposed to harsh, hard, sharp, bitter

Tenderhearted = compassionate, sympathetic

Forgiving = to do something pleasant or agreeable (to one), to do a favor to, gratify; graciously to restore one to another

Hebrews 12:15 - See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;