Biting and Devouring Until Consumed

If you bite your food enough times it will break down into small pieces and disappear into your stomach. In our passage, the apostle Paul informs us that the same truth exists in our relationships with others. If we bite and devour one another, we will eventually consume one another. [Many believers have quit attending the house of God and given up on serving the Lord because Christians have allowed their words to devour and consume.] Just as food can only withstand so many bites before it is consumed, other believers can only take so much backbiting before they are weakened to the point of desiring to quit. As the people of God, we are responsible for strengthening each other and will surely answer to God for backbiting.