Learn to Receive Correction

Psalm 50:16-17,

16 But to the wicked, God says:
“What right have you to recite my laws
or take my covenant on your lips?

17 You hate my instruction
and cast my words behind you.

Job 5:17,

17 “Blessed is the man whom God corrects;
so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

Proverbs 6:23,

23 For these commands are a lamp,
this teaching is a light,
and the corrections of discipline
are the way to life,

Proverbs 10:17,

17 He who heeds discipline shows the way to life,
but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

Proverbs 12:1,

1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
but he who hates correction is stupid.

Proverbs 13:18,

18 He who ignores discipline comes to poverty and shame,
but whoever heeds correction is honored.

Proverbs 9:9

9 Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still;
teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.

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1. The benefit of admonition and advice to the wise and righteous is that they will be even wiser and learn even more, and we will be honored.
2. The consequence of ignoring or underestimating the value of admonition and advice is that we might go astray and can end in poverty and disgrace.
3. To those who do not want to be corrected, God calls them “wicked,” for they “refuse (God’s) discipline and treat (His) words like trash (Psalm 50:16-17).” Also refer to answer above (#2)

Discipline and Rebuke: parts of character of molding (2)

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Hebrews 12:11-17, 25
11No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

12Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. 13″Make level paths for your feet,”[a] so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.

Warning Against Refusing God
14Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. 15See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. 16See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son. 17Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. He could bring about no change of mind, though he sought the blessing with tears.

25See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?

1. In order for discipline and rebuke to produce fruits of rightousness, we need to strengthen ourselves and endure it. We need to make our paths level. We shouldn’t complain but know that we are going to get through this process–God will never leave nor forsake us. It also helps to know that at the end we will grow through this process and we will reap a “harvest of rightousness and peace.”
2. My response towards crisis/problem these days is that I want to make everyone happy if possible, but I know all I can do is just to do what I know is right and pray and pray and pray…and leave the rest up to God. I believe He will always give me the best. And I pray that He also gives everyone else involved in this the best. Amen!

Discipline and Rebuke

Hebrews 12:3-10

3Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

4In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons:
“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
6because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son.”^[a]

7Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? 8If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. 9Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! 10Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness.

1. According to God’s Word, in responding to crisis that comes up in life, I must remember that to not make light of God’s discipline and not to get discouraged.

2. It’s because God loves us and is only treating us like His children that He disciplines so we can “share in His holiness.” So we should rejoice and persevere with the knowledge that He is molding us to be better and more like Him, and to rely on Him.

3. YES…I’ve experienced His correction, warning, discipline, like when in 10th grade in high school, I used to do my homework right before I had to turn it in, like during class. One time I couldn’t answer the questions (I couldn’t do it off the top of my head and should needed time to really think about how to do the problems X_____X). Thank God I did not cheat. Instead, I faced reality and got in trouble with the teacher. I told him I needed help, which he provided for me after class, along with a dose of reality (aka a lecture kind of, but now that I think back on it, I needed it), and told me that I can’t do this any longer and must take assignments seriously because if I want to be a good student, then I need to take assignments seriously.

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