If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then you are illegitimate, and not children.But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
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This is the word of God for the people of God. You may be seated. The one Sunday you wish you didn't come to church. I want to talk to you very quickly about divine discipline. Divine discipline. This past week, I had the great high honor of being invited to Las Vegas for the 72nd International Boulay Gathering of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated. I saw you there, Velma. It was a great gathering. And on my way back from Las Vegas, on the flight, I got on the plane, and sitting next to me on the aisle was a big mama. Her name was Miss Williams, but I know somebody's big mama when I see her. We sat down on the plane, we began talking, and behind us was a mother of another ethnicity with a four-year-old daughter named Emily. Now you may be wondering how I know her name. Because for the entire flight, all we kept hearing was, Emily, stop that. She took her doll and was banging it against the window. …
Now certainly it wasn't joyful when a sheep got its leg broken. But yet it brought peace and fruitfulness to that shepherd. And what was the fruit? Look, no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous. Nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of what? Of what? Righteousness. Now, when this kind of chastisement comes to you, if you've been a stubborn sheep, and this kind of chastisement comes to you, there are three things you can do. Hebrews tells us about them. Number one, you can resent it. Look, if you will, in verse 5. My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord. You may just despise it. You may resent it. in verse 11. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous. Has God ever laid the rod on you? Well, let me ask you a question. When you were a child and your dad had to punish you and spank you, did you say, oh, this is so wonderful. I'm glad this is happening to me. Praise the Lord. …
certainly it wasn't joyful when a sheep got its leg broken. But yet it brought peace and fruitfulness. What was the fruit? Look, no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous. Nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of what? Of what? Righteousness. He restoreth my soul. He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness. Now, when this kind of chastisement it comes to you. If you've been a stubborn sheep, you may just despise it. You may resent it. Now, it'd be very foolish for you to despise it. It'd be very foolish for you to resent the chastening of the Lord. I'll tell you why, for three reasons. Number one, that kind of chastening reveals that you are a son of God. It reveals your sonship. Look in verse 6. The Bible says here, for whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. It's not that God doesn't love you. It wasn't that the shepherd did not love that sheep when he applied the rod. It was that he did love the sheep. Now, this is a very severe case. And the word that is used here in Hebrews of scourging, it's not talking about a spanking. It's something very, very severe. Sometimes it takes that. And dear friend, it only reveals that you are a child of God, that He loves you. You say, well, I dabble in sin. I run with the world. I go my own way, and God doesn't chastise me. Well, down in verse 8, He says, if you were my …