God s Word is bitter to the flesh: people who live by it come to trouble in the world; We ought not pity people who suffer from the results of sin our suffering is our own fault; If we were in Heaven truth would be universally sweet, but since we are not, it is very harsh and bitter to us so we compromise it; Christians often want to use the cross to save us from the cross thinking that if we behave ourselves like good Christians, we ll avoid trouble the rest of our lives; The book is very sweet while you chew it, so long as you don t swallow it; A revival in a church is when a good percentage of the people decide to swallow the book.
