His Loving Discipline Hebrews 12 4 11 Discipline

His Loving Discipline Hebrews 12: 4 -11

Discipline Our Father’s Motive: Love 1. Creates identity and value Deuteronomy 26: 18 “The Lord has today declared you to be His people, a treasured possession, as He promised you. . ” God our Father

Discipline Our Father’s Motive: Love 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Creates identity and value Sets clear expectations Establishes appropriate consequences Applies consequences consistently Reassures love and commitment Clarifies the purpose God our Father

Discipline Our Father’s Purpose: Character Hebrews 5: 14 But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil. God our Father

Discipline Our Father’s Purpose: Character Ephesians 5: 1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. . God our Father

Discipline Our Father’s Purpose: Character Matthew 5: 43– 45 “You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy. ’ But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. . ” God our Father

Discipline Our Father’s Purpose: Character 1 John 2: 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. God our Father

Discipline Our Father’s Methods Webster’s “[Discipline is] training that corrects, molds, or perfects the mental faculties or moral character. ” God our Father

Discipline Our Father’s Methods – Suffering for our faith – Suffering in a fallen world – Consequences for our sin God our Father

Discipline Our Father’s Methods Howard Hendricks Freedom includes fences and accepts responsibility. One is always free to choose but never free to escape the consequences of those choices. The law of gravity provides a choice illustration. A person is free to jump from a high bridge. . . but once he is over the railing. . . he is no longer free. God our Father

Discipline Our Father’s Methods God our Father

Discipline Our Response Psalm 119: 71 It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes. God our Father

Discipline Our Response James 1: 2– 4 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. God our Father