CHASTENING OF THE LORD

Sunday Morning:  June 2, 2002

Text: Hebrews 12:5-11  "And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked [(scold, admonish, chide) convict, convince, tell a fault, reprove] of him: 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? 8. But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards (not being sons), and not sons. 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? 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. 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."

SONS UNTO GLORY

Hebrews 2:10  "For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings."

HE SHALL BE MY SON

Revelation 21:7  "He that overcometh shall inherit [future tense] all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be [future tense] my son."

PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS

Job 1:6  "Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them."

SONS OF GOD AT CREATION

Job 38:4  ""Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding,"

Job 38:7  "When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?"

BY FAITH, SONS

Galatians 3:26  "For ye are all the children [sons] of God by faith in Christ Jesus."

NOT YET MANIFESTED

Romans 8:19  "For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God."

IN THE BETTER RESURRECTION

Luke 20:35-36  "But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world [age], and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: 36. Neither can they die any more: for they (that are worthy) are equal unto the angels (sons of God); and are the children [sons] of God, being the children [sons] of the resurrection."

BEHAVING AS SONS

Galatians 4:6  "And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father."

THE SPIRIT OF HIS SON

Mark 14:36  "And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt."

DESPISE NOT DISCIPLINE

Hebrews 12:5-6  "And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children [sons], My son, despise not thou the chastening [discipline] of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth [discipline], and scourgeth (hurts, suffering) every son whom he receiveth."

REPENT -- CHANGE

Revelation 3:19  "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent."

BRINGS PEACE

Hebrews 12:11  "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."

LEARN OBEDIENCE

Hebrews 5:8  "Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;"

REBUKE BY DOCTRINE

2 Timothy 4:2  "Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine."

DISCIPLINE

1 Peter 1:6-9  "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: 8. Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 9. Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls."

FIERY TRIAL

1 Peter 4:12-13  "Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13. But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy."

COUNT IT ALL JOY

James 1:2-4  "My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3. Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience [endurance]. 4. But let patience [endurance] have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing."

ENDURE AFFLICTION

James 5:10-11  "Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. 11. Behold, we count them happy which endure [upomonw, abide under]. Ye have heard of the patience [upomonh, abide under] of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy."

WITHOUT CHASTENING

Hebrews 12:8  "But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all (sons of God) are partakers, then are ye illegitimate, and not sons."

OUTSIDE THE CAMP

Deuteronomy 23:2  "An illegitimate shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD."

FOR OUR PROFIT

Hebrews 12:10-11  "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. 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."

REMEMBER HIS THOUGHTS

Jeremiah 29:11  "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end."

GOD IS FAITHFUL

1 Corinthians 10:13  "There hath no temptation (trial or discipline) taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted (trial or discipline) above that ye are able; but will with the temptation (trial or discipline) also make a way to escape [walk out], that ye may be able to bear (upoferw, endure) it."