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Hebrews 12:5-6
Introduction
Summary Statements
God is perfect love.
He proved His love once for all on Calvary.
God is just.
His judgments are always right and fair.
God is holy and pure.
He cannot tolerate sin.
We need to develop a healthy fear of our Holy God.
God knows we are missing out on the life for which He created us.
Because of His love, God disciplines His people when we depart from Him and sin against Him,
Final judgments usually come after prolonged periods of sin without repentance.
God’s desire is to correct us so that we will return to Him.
When we do not judge ourselves and repent, He judges us.
God’s disciplines will increase until He gets our attention.
God is merciful and patient.
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God’s Nature
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God is Changeless.
*Malachi 3:6* For I /am /the LORD, I do not change…
*Hebrews 13:8* Jesus Christ /is /the same yesterday, today, and forever.
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God is Compassionate.
God is perfect love
*1 John 4:8-9* He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.
God is gracious and merciful.
*Jonah 4:2* …I know that You /are /a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm.
God is patient.
*Nehemiah 9:31* Nevertheless in Your great mercy You did not utterly consume them nor forsake them; For You /are /God, gracious and merciful.
*Isaiah 30:18* Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.
For the LORD /is /a God of justice; Blessed /are /all those who wait for Him.
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God is Consistent
In His Holiness
*Isaiah 5:16* But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, And God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness.
In His Justice
*Psalm 51:4* Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done /this /evil in Your sight -- That You may be found just when You speak, /And /blameless when You judge.
*Romans 2:5* But in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God
*Psalm 9:7-8* But the LORD shall endure forever; He has prepared His throne for judgment.
8 He shall judge the world in righteousness, And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness
In His Righteousness
*Jeremiah 9:24* But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I /am /the LORD, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth.
For in these I delight," says the LORD.
*Psalm 33:4-5* For the word of the LORD /is /right, And all His work /is done /in truth.
5 He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
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God’s Purpose in Discipline (Hebrews 12:5-11)
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God is motivated by His love for us (12:5-6).
True discipline is an act of love!
*Jeremiah 31:3* The LORD has appeared of old to me, /saying: /"Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.
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God will only discipline His children (12:7-8).
No discipline - no relationship
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God’s discipline is for our own good (12:9-11).
*Hosea 11:4* I drew them with gentle cords, With bands of love, And I was to them as those who take the yoke from their neck.
I stooped /and /fed them.
It produces life and holiness.
Discipline is painful.
Ø No pain, no gain!
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God’s Disciplines and Judgments Explained
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Two kinds of judgment
Eternal judgment
Rulings that separate God’s people to heaven and all others to hell for eternity
*Romans 14:10, 12* …For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ….12
So then each of us shall give account of himself to God.
Temporal judgment
Correction and punishment that occur in this lifetime
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Two kinds of temporal judgment
Remedial judgment
Discipline or judgment intended to correct us and point us back to a right relationship with God.
Ø The discipline of the immoral man in Corinth (1 Corinthians 5:1-13)
Ø The discipline was effective (2 Corinthians 2:5-11; 7:8-13)
Final Judgment
Judgment or punishment which ends life or usefulness because of prolonged rebellion or severe sin.
Ø Final judgment on Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-5)
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Truths about God’s judgments
Judgment should begin with the people of God.
*1 Peter 4:17* For the time /has come /for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if /it begins /with us first, what will /be /the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?
Every deed, including hidden things, will be judged.
*Ecclesiastes 12:14* For God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing, Whether good or evil.
Jesus came to bring judgment.
*John 9:39* And Jesus said, "For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind."
God’s judgments are always right, true, and fair.
*Revelation 16:7* And I heard another from the altar saying, "Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous /are /Your judgments."
God’s discipline is progressive (Leviticus 26:14-33).
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God’s Disciplines and Judgments Examined
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Examples of God’s disciplines and judgments
Natural disasters
Earthquake, volcano, hurricane, tornado, flood, fire, drought, hail, famine, insect plague, and attack of wild animals
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