Proper Responses to Chastisement (Part One)

“And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: ‘My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; for whom the Lord loves He chastens and scourges every son whom He receives’” (Hebrews 12:5-6).    Send article as PDF   

God’s Love and Chastisement

“And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: ‘My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; for whom the Lord loves He chastens and scourges every son whom He receives’” (Hebrews 12:5-6).    Send article as PDF   

Exhortations Which Speak to You

“And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: ‘My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; for whom the Lord loves He chastens, and scourges every son whom He receives’” (Hebrews 12:5-6).    Send article as PDF   

God is Still Speaking

       The use of Proverbs 3:11-12 by the writer of Hebrews (in 12:5-6) is quite noteworthy.  “And have you forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as sons” immediately precedes the quote from Proverbs.  Because “speaks” is in the present tense and the present…