Sermon April 13, 2008 Hebrews 12.4-12 Discipline
Hebrews 12.4-12 Discipline
Run the race with endurance [12.1-3]
Resist sin when you encounter it [12.4]
Remember that God loves you [12.5-6]
A. God is DOING SOMETHING
1. Discipline is part of God’s work of providence
God’s works of providence are His most holy, wise, and powerful
preserving and governing all His creatures and all their actions.
2. Discipline is education [11; Eph 6.4; 2 Tim 3.16]
3. Discipline is not punishment
Jesus has already paid it all! [Rom 4.25; 8.1]
B. GOD is doing something
1. God is most holy
God always does what is right.
2. God is all wise
God always does what is best.
3. God is all powerful
God always does what He sees needs to be done.
C. God is doing something FOR OUR GOOD
1. Confirmation that we are God’s children [8]
2. Correction when we fall into sin [Psa 32]
3. God’s way of keeping us from sin [2 Cor 12.7]
John Olson
