Discipline
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· 2 viewsThe author seeks to encourage his readers to accept the discipline of God and endure to the end
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I. God Disciplines His Children v. 4-11
I. God Disciplines His Children v. 4-11
(ESV)
4 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
5 And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?
“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
nor be weary when reproved by him.
6 For the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
and chastises every son whom he receives.”
These verses are from
7 It is for discipline that you have to endure.
God is treating you as sons.
For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
8 If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated,
then you are illegitimate children
and not sons.
9 Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us
and we respected them.
Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits
and live?
10 For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them,
but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.
11 For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant,
but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
God gives you what you need rather than what you want
God gives you what you need rather than what you want
God uses hardship to build your character
God uses hardship to build your character
God is guaranteed to discipline you if you are His child
God is guaranteed to discipline you if you are His child
II. Submit to God’s Discipline v. 12-17
II. Submit to God’s Discipline v. 12-17
12 Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees,
Strengthen the weak hands,
and make firm the feeble knees.
13 and make straight paths for your feet,
so that what is lame may not be put out of joint
but rather be healed.
14 Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness
without which no one will see the Lord.
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;
Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit, one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.’ This will lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike.
16 that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau,
who sold his birthright for a single meal.
17 For you know
that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected,
for he found no chance to repent,
though he sought it with tears.
Strive to please God
Strive to please God
Strive to help others that they don’t fall away
Strive to help others that they don’t fall away