Chastening: chastisement, instruction, disciplinary correction, that given for the purpose of disciplining.
- Consider the difference between chastening in hope of correction and the finality of punishment.
Chastening – (I Corinthians 5:1-5)
Punishment – (Hebrews 10:26-29, Revelation 20:11-15)
- Why are we chastened? (I Corinthians 11:32)
- What part does chastening play in determining our son-ship? (Hebrews 12:5-8)
- How may chastening be painful as expressed in Hebrews 12:11? (I Peter 4:1-2, Romans 6:11-12, 8:13)
- Consider the two responses to chastening and their results.
(Hebrews 12:7, 10, 11, Luke 15:11-24)
(Hebrews 12:5, Romans 2:4-5)
- Consider Proverbs 13:24
- Consider Hebrews 12:12-13
Memory Work: Hebrews 12:5b-6 My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by him: for whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.