'Endure Our Discipline From The Lord.'
Hebrews 12:4-8.
a) Hebrews 12:4. We have struggled against sin.
b) Hebrews 12:4. But our struggles have not killed us.
c) Hebrews 12:5. We have forgotten the exhortation that the Lord speaks to us as His Children.
d) Hebrews 12:5. The Lord speaks to us as His Children.
e) Hebrews 12:5. He exhorts us not to despise His chastening.
f) Hebrews 12:5. He exhorts us not to be discouraged when we are rebuked by the Lord.
g) Hebrews 12:6. Whom the Lord loves, He chastens.
h) Hebrews 12:6. Whom the Lord selects as His Child, He severely disciplines.
i) Hebrews 12:7. If we endure chastening God deals with us as His Children.
j) Hebrews 12:7. What son is there that a Father does not chasten.
k) Hebrews 12:8. If we are without chastening then we are illegitimate children.
l) Hebrews 12:8. We are not a part of the Family.
(This QT calls me to Endure My Discipline From The Lord)
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'Crippled By An Accident.'
2 Samuel 4:4.
a) Jonathan, Saul's son.
b) Had a son who was lame on his feet.
c) This happened when he was five years old.
d) His Nurse took him up to flee to Gittaim.
e) She was in a hurry, making haste.
f) He fell from her arms.
g) His Name was Mephibosheth.
(This Second one reveals Mephibosheth to me: Crippled By An Accident)
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Chris.
For the vast majority of us, our struggles that we go through in our lives as True Believers have not killed us. For most of us who have these 'struggle' experiences there is a growth motive from God inside the experience. Yes, there is sometimes pain to be endured. God has neither forgotten us or forsaken us, in the difficult times we need to continue to trust Him.
