My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his correction;My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof:
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… read the word of God together. We are in part two of our message titled, for all in the family, for all in the family. Proverbs 3, verses 11 to 18. Last week we started, well not last week, but the week before that, we started the first part of this. We're in the second part today. And so I'll read verse 11. If you pick it up in verse 12, nice and loud. So verse 11 begins, my son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor detest his correction. For whom the Lord loves and directs, just as the Father and the Son, whom He likes. Happy is the man who finds wisdom and the man who gains understanding. For her her shoes are buried in the pockets of silver, and remain in the final gold. Wow. She, notice she, her, wisdom. She is more precious than rubies, and all the things you may desire cannot compare with her. Thank you Jesus, Lord. Verse 17. Her ways are ways of pleasantness. …
… with rebellion. He is going to bring discipline into your life. In Proverbs 3, 11 to 12, Solomon says, my son, do not reject the discipline of the Lord or loathe his reproof, correction, for whom the Lord loves, he reproves even as a father, the son in whom he delights. The sign of God's love for you and me is that he disciplines us when we stray from him. The way we demonstrate love toward our children is we refuse to allow them to get away with rebellion against us or against God. One writer said it this way, the parent must convince himself that punishment is not something he does to the child. It is something he does for the child. The parent's attitude toward his disobedient youngster is this. I love you too much to allow you to behave like that. Number seven, successful parents are those who spend time with their children. Now I'll admit there's no proverb specifically that says that, but it's certainly inferred by everything else we've looked at. …
… But as I journey through life, I learn that discipline is a form of God's love. Proverbs 3, verse 11 through 12 says, My child, don't reject the Lord's discipline. Don't be upset when he corrects you. For the Lord corrects those he loves, just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights. Now, I know I'm speaking to all of the perfectionist type A, people who are people-pleasing maybe. I get it. We get it mixed up, and we start to think that when we receive criticism, that it's linked to our identity, and we start to believe that we're a failure. When we get disciplined from the Lord, we want to hide. But in reality, God's discipline is a sign that you are his beloved. You're his child. This is where your identity is truly found. And I just want to encourage you, God is trustworthy. He is the alpha and omega. He is sovereign yesterday, today, and forever. He invites you today to trust him. …
… into how you develop that. Proverbs 3, 11, "'My son, do not reject the discipline of the Lord, or loathe His reproof. For whom the Lord loves, He reproves, even as a father corrects the son in whom He delights.'" The Lord disciplines, the Lord reproves, and He does it because He loves, and so does a father. So there you see discipline and reproof. That's part of the training. I'll expand on that in chapter 10 of Proverbs. It gets really specific. Verse 13, a rod is for the back of him who lacks understanding. Anybody unclear on that? A rod is for the back of him who lacks understanding. chapter 19 and verse 18. Discipline your son while there is hope and do not desire his death. You have a choice. You can discipline your son or desire his death. If you don't discipline your son, he's headed for disaster and death. So you have the choice. Do you want him dead? Do you want her dead or disciplined? …