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God disciplines his sons
Consider Christ
!!! Preparatory Service 01-12-05 7.30pm
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Call to worship
!!!!!! Bible Verse
Since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire.”
(Hebrews 12:28-29)
!!! Blessing
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be glory for ever and ever.
Amen.
(Galatians 1:3-5)
!!! Hymn No 581: /“O happy band of pilgrims” (Tune 115 x 2)/
!!! Prayer of Adoration and Invocation
Loving Heavenly Father, from the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
Our hearts are overflowing with thankfulness and praise to you, because our lives are full of the good things you give us.
From out of the fullness of our lives and the richness of your blessings, we return thanks to you in a ceaseless flow of praise.
Your unnumbered blessings give our spirits voice.
You are the giver of every good and perfect gift.
At your hand we have been blessed with life in all its fullness.
Countless pleasures and delights we have received, and all have come from you.
We bless you for the life you have given,
for sustaining it from day to day;
for the soul you have created,
for loving and saving it;
for the body you have given,
for preserving its health and strength;
for providing senses so as to enjoy your world;
for the strength and mobility of arms and legs;
for hearts and hands to do your will;
for all your good gifts providing our daily needs:
for food on the table, and homes that provide shelter and protection;
for satisfying our appetites, taste, sweetness;
for the precious ties of family and friends;
for the joy of human affection and love;
for the gifts of creativity, imagination, skill and ability;
for the strength to work and the time to relax;
for the ability to serve others;
for a heart that feels both joy and pain;
for a conscience that is moved by a sense of right and wrong;
for a mind to care for those in need;
for opportunities to spread happiness around;
for loved ones on earth and in heaven;
and for our own sure and certain hope of seeing you there.
Our love for you is above the power of language to express for what you are doing and have done for us your people.
Increase our love for you, our Father, through time and eternity, in Jesus’ name, Amen.
!!! Scripture Reading /Deuteronomy 8:1-5/
!!! Hymn No 287: /“Your servant, blessed by You, shall live” /
!!! /(Tune 523 – 4 verses)/
!!! Prayer for others
!!! Hymn No 562: /“Master, speak for I am listening”/
!!! Scripture Reading /Hebrews 12:1-13/
!!! Sermon
!!!!!! Introduction
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, what is the purpose of trail and tribulation?
Why does God allow these things to happen to us? How should we look at it when it becomes part of our lives?
We need to understand what hardship is.
Then we need to ask the question, “What is God’s purpose with it?”
The mother of a brain-injured child wrote these words: “We would have called our daughter’s handicap the greatest tragedy of our lives if it were not for the fact that through it we came to know the Lord much better.
Words cannot fully express our keen disappointment when our little girl failed to experience normal mental development.
Yet her condition made us understand just a bit how our dear Saviour must feel when His children do not mature spiritually.
The Lord knows that heartaches, if properly accepted will enrich our lives in a way that could not happen otherwise.
Strengthened in the inner man, we come through our trials bigger and better Christians and with a new and brighter testimony.”
!!!!!! ; What is discipline?
The preceding chapter to the one we read, Hebrews 11, ends with these words:
[Some] were tortured and refused to be released, so that they might gain a better resurrection.
Some faced jeers and flogging, while still others were chained and put in prison.
\\ They were stoned; they were sawed in two; they were put to death by the sword.
They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated— the world was not worthy of them.
They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.
These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised.
God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.
(Hebrews 11:35-40)
Stoned, sawed in two, destitute, persecuted, mistreated, put to death – these are strong terms, and it refers to real people living in the real world, trusting God with their lives and their future.
To /discipline/ in the Bible has basically one thing in mind: ; it refers to the relationship of a father towards his children.
When a father was disciplining he could also say “I was being a father.”
That’s what fathers do.
They can only be fathers when they have children.
So, to discipline, is to express the basis relationship between any father and the children he loves.
This discipline had two major aspects.
First, it referred to education, and secondly it referred to giving and receiving correction.
; The /education/ part, for the most of it, did not necessarily include formal education.
It was basically nothing more that to set an /example/ by which children could live.
It was a life-long “follow-my-leader” game.
But the second part included /correction/.
This implied the application of some measures to assist the “follow-my-leader” stuff, to help children who want to follow themselves and their own ideas.
The word in verse 5 is “rebuke” and it means “to show someone his sin and to summon him to repentance.”
In Rev 3:19 the Lord says, “/Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.
So be earnest and repent./”
The “endure hardship” in verse 7 refers to stand firm, to not be moved.
The endurance has to do with the correcting act of the discipline.
As human beings we don’t understand the act of discipline.
I never understood it when my father disciplined me.
“How can he say he loves me and still use the strap?”
The strap in our house was called “Psychology” – it was the only psychology we knew.
; As Christians one may tend to doubt the love of God when things start becoming tough.
Is it true that God really loves me when I have to endure mistreatment, or torture, jeers and flogging?
This then is where the command comes in: endure, stand firm, don’t leave your post.
The verse says: “/Do not lose heart when He rebukes you/.”
Yes, it might be painful, and it is certainly not pleasant at the time.
But never doubt the love of God.
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