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The Joy of Discipline
Nehemiah 9:26-31
INTRODUCTION
Continuation of the prayer of Israel.
Prayer of repentance.
Understanding of past sins is also an understanding of how God dealt with the sin.
Punishment vs Discipline
Punishment= make you pay for a crime.
Discipline= shape your behavior so you do better.
4 Actions of God Toward Our Rebellion
1- God Gives Warnings (26)
“nevertheless”= The verses before.
He gave them the Promised Land.
Land flowing with milk and honey.
homes already stocked with food.
“cast law behind back”
Rebellion and ignoring God’s law go together.
We keep God’s standards because we want to please him.
He also sent the prophets to warn them.
Ignorance is not an excuse because God sends people to speak for him and to do it clearly.
ILL- Parent Warning: Don’t stick things in the power outlets.
When they are little you do everything you can to make it impossible.
When they are teenagers, and decide to stick something in the power outlet, whose fault is it?
God gives us boundaries because he knows the consequences of breaking the boundaries.
God gives us boundaries for sex.
God gives us boundaries for money.
God gives us boundaries for relationships.
Boundaries are God’s way of loving us.
To not warn people of consequences is far from love.
He allows consequences to teach us lessons.
The purpose of consequences is to teach.
God warns us and would rather we not have the consequences.
But the pain is not just punishment.
It is to discipline.
2- God Provides Salvation (27)
He Provides Saviors
Book of Judges
flow of book; People sin, enemy succeeds, God raises up a judge who brings victory.
Even though we fail he provides a way to salvation.
3- God is Patient (28-30)
“you heard...many times”
The cycle continues to be repeated and God continues to bring discipline and forgiveness.
It is an example that he calls on us to live by.
God is patient despite our arrogance, stubbornness and disobedience.
Arrogant people who make a mistake… I don’t like to show them mercy.
Many years.
Then discipline.
4- God Gives Second Chances(31)
God is gracious and merciful.
Gracious- Gives us what we do not deserve.
Merciful- Doesn’t give us what we do deserve.
ILL- Jordan and driving.
First day of school.- the flood.
The mysterious dent.
When I got the car- every fender had a dent removed and was painted.
So why did I buy her another vehicle.
She was getting it right.
Mercy and grace.
If a loving father shows mercy and grace how much more does the Perfect Father, our Heavenly Father, love us.
CONCLUSION
Will you accept God’s love?
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