In my experience, the most destructive of all sins is bitterness. Bitterness destroys people, families, and churches. Bitterness is an attitude that refuses to forgive offenses. Like a cancer, it grows until it destroys everything around it. Forgiveness is an attitude that honestly acknowledges an offense and then dismisses it on the basis of God's forgiveness of us.
Bitterness holds on to an offense, but forgiveness brings release.
So tonight the challenge is to choose forgiveness over bitterness. We can choose to forgive when we understand the basis for forgiveness. The Biblical Basis of Forgiveness. A. God forgave us when we did not deserve forgiveness. What seems logical is often contrary to the Word of God.