Striving against sin.
Resisting unto blood.
Very few, if any of us can say we've resisted sinning unto blood.
Very few, if any of us can say we've counted sinning so horrendous that we did everything in our power to resist it. It's so much easier for us to give into sin and beg forgiveness than it is for us to deprive ourselves of our sinful urgings, our sinful temptations.
We tell ourselves all kinds of stories as to why it is okay for us to give into our particular sins, but truthfully there is not a single story that makes any sinning okay.
Sin will separate us from God.
When we are separated from God we are separated from love.
Separated from love we are nothing.
Joh_17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
I've said it before and I mean it, we are the living dead if we do not have Christ Jesus as our Savior right now. He is life.
Our senses are dulled. Our spiritual senses so deadened we don't realize the great peril we are in by sinning. There was a time when sin was called by its rightful name and its consequence was well known- death. We become appalled at the though of being put to death for sinning, but we are put to death- eternal death if we die without repenting and seeking forgiveness for our sins.
We must realize the truly deadly consequences of sin and the necessity of our resisting unto blood, our striving against sin.
Yes, we are helpless on our own but Christ in us enables us to set aside the sins that so easily beset us.
Lets read on…
Heb 12:4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
Heb 12:5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Heb 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Heb 12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Heb 12:8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Despise NOT the chastening.
ENDURE chastisement.
If we are without chastisement then we are NOT God's.
We are children, all of us! Children of God from the youngest to the oldest of us. Do we submit to the chastisement of our Father?
What child has ever been raised without any chastisement? Is it possible to raise a child without chastising them? I'm not saying abusing them, but chastising them.
chastisement,G3809 -Greek (Strong's Dictionary)
- Original: παιδεία
- Transliteration: Paideia
- Phonetic: pahee-di'-ah
- Definition:
1. the whole training and education of children (which relates to the cultivation of mind and morals, and employs for this purpose now commands and admonitions, now reproof and punishment) It also includes the training and care of the body
2. whatever in adults also cultivates the soul, esp. by correcting mistakes and curbing passions.
a. instruction which aims at increasing virtue
b. chastisement, chastening, (of the evils with which God visits men for their amendment)
More on this tomorrow by the grace of our LORD Jesus Christ!
May we NOT despise the chastening of our Lord.
May we ENDURE as sons and daughters of our eternal Heavenly Father.
All in HIS LOVE ALWAYS!
Resisting unto blood.
Very few, if any of us can say we've resisted sinning unto blood.
Very few, if any of us can say we've counted sinning so horrendous that we did everything in our power to resist it. It's so much easier for us to give into sin and beg forgiveness than it is for us to deprive ourselves of our sinful urgings, our sinful temptations.
We tell ourselves all kinds of stories as to why it is okay for us to give into our particular sins, but truthfully there is not a single story that makes any sinning okay.
Sin will separate us from God.
When we are separated from God we are separated from love.
Separated from love we are nothing.
Joh_17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
I've said it before and I mean it, we are the living dead if we do not have Christ Jesus as our Savior right now. He is life.
Our senses are dulled. Our spiritual senses so deadened we don't realize the great peril we are in by sinning. There was a time when sin was called by its rightful name and its consequence was well known- death. We become appalled at the though of being put to death for sinning, but we are put to death- eternal death if we die without repenting and seeking forgiveness for our sins.
We must realize the truly deadly consequences of sin and the necessity of our resisting unto blood, our striving against sin.
Yes, we are helpless on our own but Christ in us enables us to set aside the sins that so easily beset us.
Lets read on…
Heb 12:4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
Heb 12:5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Heb 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Heb 12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Heb 12:8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Despise NOT the chastening.
ENDURE chastisement.
If we are without chastisement then we are NOT God's.
We are children, all of us! Children of God from the youngest to the oldest of us. Do we submit to the chastisement of our Father?
What child has ever been raised without any chastisement? Is it possible to raise a child without chastising them? I'm not saying abusing them, but chastising them.
chastisement,G3809 -Greek (Strong's Dictionary)
- Original: παιδεία
- Transliteration: Paideia
- Phonetic: pahee-di'-ah
- Definition:
1. the whole training and education of children (which relates to the cultivation of mind and morals, and employs for this purpose now commands and admonitions, now reproof and punishment) It also includes the training and care of the body
2. whatever in adults also cultivates the soul, esp. by correcting mistakes and curbing passions.
a. instruction which aims at increasing virtue
b. chastisement, chastening, (of the evils with which God visits men for their amendment)
More on this tomorrow by the grace of our LORD Jesus Christ!
May we NOT despise the chastening of our Lord.
May we ENDURE as sons and daughters of our eternal Heavenly Father.
All in HIS LOVE ALWAYS!
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