Hebrews 12:4-11 Part 2

1) Corrective

2) Preventative

3) Educational

 

  I.  Continue resisting in the struggle against sin.

 II.  Remember the exhortation of Scripture about God's discipline.

 

III.  Endure trials as an expression of God's discipline.

   a.  Because His discipline confirms the presence of a relationship.

partakers = metochos = one who shares in, partner, companion

   b.  Because respecting earthly fathers should lead to greater submission to God.

-respect = entrepo = respect, regard, fear, reverence.

-be subject = hupotasso = submit to, be subject to, be under the authority of another

 

 IV.  God disciplines us for our benefit.

-good = sumphero = to be better, to ones advantage, something done for some else's advantage; "for our advantage" "for what is best for us"

-How is it for our advantage?

   a.  For us to share in His holiness.

-share = metalambano = share in, receive

-holiness = hagiotes = idea of God's character and essential attribute of God.

-II Peter 1:4

-Thomas Schriener "Peter was not saying that human beings will actually become divine or that they will share in the divine nature in every respect. Believers will share in the divine nature in that they will be morally perfected; they will share in the moral excellence that belongs to God."

-Jonathan Edwards "The saints are beautiful and blessed by a communication of God's holiness and joy, as the moon and planets are bright by the sun's light. The saint hath spiritual joy and pleasure by a kind of effusion of God on the soul."

   b. For the fruit of peace and righteousness to be produced in us.

-trained = gumnazo = exercise, train; perfect tense

-F.F. Bruce "The person who accepts discipline at the hand of God as something designed by his heavenly Father for his good will cease to feel resentful and rebellious; he has 'calmed and quieted' his soul, which thus provides fertile soil for the cultivation of a righteous life, responsive to the will of God."

-Is. 42:1-3