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Introduction:
One of the most admirable examples of love in this world,
is a parent who faithfully takes time to train up their children.
ILLUSTRATION:
A parent who faithfully and out of love,
unconditionally teaches them
(a) I think of the couple who is newly married, and tries have a child.
But after years of trying, their are hurting and disappointed because they just can’t seem to get pregnant.
Or even worse, they finally do and have miscarriage.
Try to have baby.
What agony.
(b) I think of the person who faces an unfortunate set of events,
Series of unfornate events,
and no fault to their own is laid off.
They look for another job, but can’t fine one.
At least not one that was comparable to what they went to school for, or have done most of their life.
(c) I think of the person who wakes up in the hospital to find out they had a tragic accident and their body is crushed.
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It was just last summer that a friend of my wife and I’s came from the missions field,
and since has not been able to go back because of exactly that.
They traveled how many miles and then were in a tragic accident.
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Even sadder, was a well known Pastor whose gas tank punctured, catching the car on fire, and killing all of their children.
Oh, what agony,
Missionary terrible accident.
the daily tasks of living (laundry, cooking, cleaning your room)
Suffering is difficult and painful reality;
Suffering is difficult and painful; and it is especially hard when we know God allowed it.
and what can be even more difficult is that we know God allowed it according to Scripture.
and perhaps a trade
Our passage today teaches us that God allowed Israel to face incredible suffering.
From the despairing cries of the wilderness, to the devastation of the exile where the entire nation of Israel was forced into slavery and sent across the Middle East.
Oh what agony.
Suffering is difficult and painful reality;
and what can be even more difficult is that we know God allowed it according to Scripture.
and what is right and wrong.
Phil 1:29
And especially to fear the Lord.
So God allows suffering.
And we struggle with that!
And we struggle with that!
David in is
When we sufferer,
we wonder why God would allow that to happen.
- We have little respect for the dead beat mom or dad who abandon’s their children.
- We have little respect for the mon and dad - who ignore their children and neglect their training.
- We sympathize with the parent who wants give their child everything , but lacks the wisdom and love to do what is best for their child.
Yet a parent who faithfully, without selfish gain, unconditionally loves their children by training them for the life God has called them to
>>>>That is someone we admire.
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A very important passage that teaches us how we to wisely train up our children.
Deut 6:
But does a child always respond to that unconditional discipline with deep appreciation?
ILLUSTRATION:
Dad - thanks for telling me the 100th time to be an encourage rather than the accuser.
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Mom - thanks for making me put my head in the corner for the 8th time today so I can practice getting self-control.
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Dad - thanks for taking away my candy so I can learn not to steal food from the pantry.
Years latter, many of us are thankful the teaching hand of our parents.
But so often in the moment - we are angry, we feel it is unfair.
I am reminded that folly is in the heart of a child.
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I am reminded that children sometimes refuse instruction and wisdom.
But the amazing reality of parenting,
(a humbling reality)
>>>>is that the faithful love of human parenting is an imperfect example of God’s perfect example.
is that the faithful love of human parenting is an imperfect example of God’s perfect example.
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I am mindful that most often of the confession of Job - who suffered greatly and yet confessed that:
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Yet,
I am mindful that most oftenof the confession of Job - who suffered greatly and yet confessed that:
Our text this morning challenges Israel to respond to the discipline of the Lord,
>>>>not with anger and hate
Our text this morning is not a New Testament text,
But with appreciation that God loves them like father loves his children.
but it is a text that describes God allowing Israel suffer.
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I challenge us this morning -
PROP: God’s Discipline Should Point us Back to God.
PROP: Judgment and Chastisement Should Point us Back to God.
Trans: and our passage gives us 2 aspects of God’s discipline that should point us to God.
Parallel Theological Truths to Guide us:
As we begin here, I would like to take a second and put some theological guides to our understanding of .
One truth we should keep in mind is that
(a) God’s discipline is not limited to just believers, but to all people .
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While teaches Israel was disciplined by God.
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But at the same time - teaches that God disciplines the nations.
There is a sense in which God is the father of all nations, and thus disciplines all nations as a father.
May I also suggest that -
(b) God continues to lovingly discipline both believers and unbelievers in the New Testament.
Like Israel, we do have a special relationship with God and his discipline is especially apart of his love for his children.
Yet at the same time - God is working to bring all to him in Jesus Christ.
So what I am saying, is that God is patient storing up his anger and wrath until the day of wrath.
That means, that God's most active role in this period of time is to discipline both Christians and unbelievers so that they will all come back to him.
It's not to say that all people will be saved, but that God is principally working to bring people to belief in Christ right now.
In that way he is disciplining Christians and non-Christians, believers and the nations.
I like to make another assertion,
(c) God's discipline does not happen just when we sin.
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