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June 30, 1985
Though it’s initially painful, God uses discipline for our good: as we grow in holiness, we will gain long-term joy. A superficial unity at the expense of obedience to God’s Word leads to shallow fellowship and fragile witness. On the other hand, taking sin seriously and following God’s process for restoration will produce a harvest of righteousness. From Hebrews 12, Alistair Begg teaches that discipline establishes our identity as God’s children and magnifies our Savior.
7It is for discipline that you have to endure. iGod is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8If you are left without discipline, jin which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. 9Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to kthe Father of spirits land live? 10For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, mthat we may share his holiness. 11nFor the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields othe peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
12Therefore plift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, 13and qmake straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint rbut rather be healed. 14sStrive for peace with everyone, and for the tholiness uwithout which no one will see the Lord. 15See to it that no one vfails to obtain the grace of God; that no w“root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; 16that no one is xsexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. 17For you know that yafterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.
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