Hebrews 12:12
12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; 13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
Hebrews 10:23,25a
23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;
25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is;…
Hebrews 10:26
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
They’re Discourged
Hebrews 12:12
12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
They’re Defeated
Hebrews 12:12
12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
They’re in Danger
Hebrews 12:12
12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
They’re Diseased
Hebrews 12:12
12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
Dis-Eased
When I need Inspiration
- Look for People to Show Us (cloud of witnesses)
- Look for Problems that Slows Us (lay aside the weights)
- Look for the Poison that Stops Us (besetting sin)
- Look at the Person who STRENGTHENS Us (Looking unto Jesus)
Hebrews 12:2-3
2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
The Education We All Need
Hebrews 12:4-5a
4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord…
1. The MEANIN Gof Chastisement (paideia)
- Job type suffering
- Jesus-type of suffering
- The Jonah kind of suffering
2. The METHOD of Chastisement
Hebrews 12:5b-6
My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
a. He SPEAKS to Us (rebuke)
b. He SCHOOLS Us (chastens)
c. He SCOURGES Us (scourgeth)
3. The MOTIVE of Chastisement
Hebrews 12:6a6
for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth…
4. The MESSAGE of Chastisement
Hebrews 12:7
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, and not sons.