Hebrews – Part 12 : The Discipline of the Lord
August 5, 2007
Hebrews - Part 12 : The Discipline of the Lord
Steve Lane
A. Review/Introduction
Superiority of Jesus
A stern warning: Don't drift. Stay on course. - Responding to God
What displeases God? Shrinking back
What pleases God? Faith
Don't grow weary, don't lose heart - focus on Jesus
Hebrews 12: 1 - 3
Discipline is a sign of God's love, not His disdain.
Living For Today [My Purposes, Rather than God's]
Signs of not responding to God
A Correct View of God
Esau's Problem wasn't Soup
Daily pursuing God's grace.
He wants you to desire Him above everything everyday.
Here are some ways this is lived out - these are some of the ways the world will see...
B. Love as Brothers
Hebrews 13: 1
Unconditional love, yet with full accountability.
Hebrews 3: 12 - 13
Hebrews 10: 24
They won't humble themselves to accountability and reality.
The effects of these relationships ripple throughout the whole body.
Relationships for the cause of Christ.
C.
Be Hospitable
Hebrews 13: 2 - 3
Let opportunities come to you and go looking for opportunities. Risk it!
D.
Marriage Should be Honored
Hebrews 13: 4
Meant by God to portray something about Himself.
Whatever is powerful for good, Satan will twist for evil.
Be Content with what You Have
Hebrews 13: 5 - 6
Where are you searching for fulfillment, hope and security?
"Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find love in Thee."
-Augustine
Leaders
Hebrews 13: 7 - 8
Hebrews 13: 17
Colossians 1: 28 - 29
1 Thessalonians 1: 5 - 6
Don't be Carried Away by Strange Teaching
Hebrews 13: 9
The local body should be holding the line here.
Strange teaching usually appeals to the flesh.
2 Corinthians 2: 17
1 Timothy 6: 3 - 5