Receive Discipline and be Blessed

Proverbs 3:11–12 KJV 1900

11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; Neither be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

God’s discipline has purpose.

God shows His love through discipline.

Hebrews 12:6 KJV 1900

6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

Revelation 3:19 KJV 1900

19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

See also Pr 3:12; Ps 119:75; Re 3:19

Discipline is a sign of belonging to God’s family

Hebrews 12:6–7 KJV 1900

6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

God explained family belonging though out the Bible.

Deuteronomy 8:5 KJV 1900

5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.

2 Samuel 7:14 KJV 1900

14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

See also Pr 3:12; Dt 8:5; 2 Sa 7:14; Heb 12:7

Discipline trains God’s people

Hebrews 12:11 KJV 1900

11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

Some of the ways God’s disciplines his people

He uses the Scripture

2 Timothy 3:16–17 KJV 1900

16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

See also Dt 4:36; Dt 29:29; Is 8:11

The knowledge of God’s grace disciplines His people.

Titus 2:11–12 KJV 1900

11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

Discipline comes from instructive experiences

Deuteronomy 8:1–5 KJV 1900

1 All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers. 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. 3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live. 4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. 5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.

See also Dt 8:1–5; Dt 11:2–7; Ps 90:12; Is 48:17

Discipline comes from painful experiences

Hebrews 12:11 KJV 1900

11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

1 Peter 1:6–7 KJV 1900

6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

See also 2 Co 12:7–10; Heb 12:5; Heb 12:11; 1 Pe 1:6–7

God’s punishment invokes discipline

Hebrews 12:6 KJV 1900

6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

1 Corinthians 11:32 KJV 1900

32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

See also Pr 3:12; Le 26:18; Le 26:21; Le 26:23–24; Le 26:27–28; 2 Sa 7:14; Ps 73:14; Je 32:19; Ho 5:2; Ho 7:15–16; 1 Co 11:32

God disciplines all and only his children

Hebrews 12:8 KJV 1900

8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

See also Heb 12:6

The goals of God’s discipline

Respectful submission to God

Hebrews 12:9 KJV 1900

9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

The good of God’s people

Hebrews 12:10 KJV 1900

10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

See also Job 5:17–18; Ps 94:12; Ps 119:67; Ps 119:71; Ps 119:75

Spiritual growth

Hebrews 12:11 KJV 1900

11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

See also Pr 1:2–3

Preparation for heaven

2 Corinthians 4:17–18 KJV 1900

17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

See also Ro 8:18; Jas 1:12

Believers should not despise God’s discipline

Job 5:17 KJV 1900

17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

Proverbs 3:11 KJV 1900

11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; Neither be weary of his correction:

Blessings come from receiving Discipline of the Lord.

Psalm 94:12 KJV 1900

12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, And teachest him out of thy law;

James 1:12 KJV 1900

12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Proverbs 3:11–12 KJV 1900

11 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; Neither be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

See also Heb 12:5; Pr 3:11

He whom the Lord Disciplines is Blessed.