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Robert Jeffress - Reproofs That Restore (Part 1)

May 15, 2026 | 27:29

Robert Jeffress - Reproofs That Restore (Part 1)
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Reproofs That Restore (Part 1) | May 15, 2026
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  • From the pulpit of the first baptist church
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  • Of dallas, texas,
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  • This is "pathway to victory with dr. robert jeffress."
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • Hi, i am robert jeffress
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  • And welcome again to "pathway to victory."
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  • Most parents understand the repercussions
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  • Of coddling a child.
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  • When we remove healthy boundaries
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  • And allow a child to run without restraint,
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  • We put our sons and daughters in danger.
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  • Well, as we continue our series called "spiritual fitness,"
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  • I'll be teaching from hebrews 12
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  • About the wisdom of parental discipline.
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  • My message is titled "reproofs that restore"
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  • On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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  • Every 9 to 12 months,
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  • Our switchboard lights up for a couple of days
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  • With people calling from around the country
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  • And they all say the same thing.
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  • They say, "you know,
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  • "we thought we just saw your pastor on tv,
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  • "but he sure looked a lot younger."
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  • (congregation laughing)
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  • And when we get those calls,
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  • I know immediately what's happening.
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  • The game show network is once again
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  • Running reruns of my appearance
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  • On the game show "card sharks" 35 years ago.
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  • (congregation laughing)
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  • A show by which i ought to mention
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  • I was the five-day champion.
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  • But that's another story.
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  • (congregation laughing)
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  • In fact, my daughter dorothy,
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  • Just recently, she came across it on television,
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  • Said, "why did you never tell me about this?"
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  • I remember it very well like it was yesterday.
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  • And i remember on one of those episodes,
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  • The host of the program was asking me
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  • And my opponent a question.
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  • He said, "we surveyed 100 ministers,
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  • "and we asked them this question,
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  • "is it okay to tell children that if they are bad,
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  • "god will punish them?
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  • "how many ministers said, 'yes'?"
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  • Well, my opponent was very sophisticated
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  • And very articulate,
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  • And she basically relegated the idea of god punishing people
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  • To the dark ages.
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  • And she said that number was probably very small.
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  • And then the host turned to me
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  • And said, "well, robert, you're a preacher.
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  • "what do you say?
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  • "is it okay to tell children that if they're bad,
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  • "god will punish them?"
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  • And my mind immediately raced over some of those stories
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  • In the old and new testament where god did punish people,
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  • Even children, when they were disobedient to him.
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  • But i also realized that to the general population,
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  • The idea of god picking on people not his own size,
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  • Especially children, was somehow distasteful.
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  • So i admit to you, i kind of hedged my answer.
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  • Now, had the writer of hebrews been in my spot
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  • On a game show,
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  • He would not have hedged his answer whatsoever
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  • Because in the passage we're going to look at today
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  • From hebrews 12,
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  • The writer makes it very clear
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  • That god punishes unbelievers who are disobedient to him,
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  • But god disciplines believers who are disobedient to him,
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  • And it's that discipline of believers
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  • That is the theme of hebrews 12,
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  • Beginning with verse five,
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  • How does god deal with people like you and me
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  • When we wander away from him?
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  • We're going to look at some very sobering words
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  • About that topic today.
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  • If you have your bibles turn to hebrews 12,
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  • Beginning with verse five,
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  • As we talk about "reproofs that restore."
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  • Now remember, this was written to a group of christians
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  • Who were in danger of giving up their faith
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  • Because of persecution,
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  • And the writer encourages them,
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  • "don't give up your faith in christ
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  • "during these difficult times."
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  • And in the first portion of chapter 12,
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  • He uses a positive motivation
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  • To ask them to hold onto their faith.
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  • He says, "remember those who have gone before you.
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  • "the great heroes of the faith.
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  • "remember jesus himself,
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  • "the author and finisher of our faith,"
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  • But beginning in verse five,
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  • He uses a negative but a very reasonable explanation
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  • Of why we shouldn't wander away from god as well.
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  • Look at verse five,
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  • "you have forgotten the exhortation
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  • "which is addressed to you as sons:
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  • "'my son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the lord
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  • "'nor faint when you are reproved by him;
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  • "'for those whom the lord loves, he disciplines,
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  • "'and he scourges every son whom he receives.'
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  • "it is for discipline that you endure;
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  • "god deals with you as with sons;
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  • "for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?"
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  • There is a difference in the bible
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  • Between god's wrath and god's discipline.
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  • God's wrath is the anger
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  • That he pours out upon unbelievers.
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  • The bible says everyone has sinned,
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  • Everyone is deserving of the wrath, the anger of god
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  • And god's wrath is the anger he pours out on unbelievers.
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  • And the bible says, we as christians are exempt
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  • From god's wrath.
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  • Why?
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  • Because god took out the wrath that we deserve,
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  • He took it out, he poured it out
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  • On his own son, jesus christ.
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  • You and i never have to worry about the wrath,
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  • The anger of god
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  • Because jesus felt the full brunt of that wrath and anger
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  • That you and i deserve.
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  • And that's why romans 8:1 says,
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  • "therefore, there is now no condemnation
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  • "awaiting those who belong to christ jesus."
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  • We are exempt from god's wrath.
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  • But god's discipline is the correction he brings
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  • Into a believer's life in order to restore him.
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  • And while we are exempt from god's wrath,
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  • The bible says we are guaranteed god's discipline.
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  • Mark it down, underline it, circle it.
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  • Remember it forever.
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  • If you wander away from god as a believer,
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  • God is going to discipline you.
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  • You know there is a great story that jesus told in luke 15.
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  • It is one of the most loved of all the parables jesus told,
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  • The story of the prodigal son.
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  • You remember the story of how the younger son decided
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  • That he didn't want to live in his father's house anymore,
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  • And so he went to his dad
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  • And said, "you know, i wish you were dead
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  • "and i could have my inheritance,
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  • "but since you're not dead yet,
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  • "i want you to give me what you owe me
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  • "so that i can get out of here as quickly as possible."
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  • The father was heartbroken,
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  • But he gave his son the part of the estate
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  • That belonged to him,
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  • And the son went out to the far country, you remember,
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  • And he stayed away from the father.
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  • But through a series of circumstances,
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  • He decided to come back to his father
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  • And one of the most beautiful scenes in all of scripture
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  • Is the son walking back to his father
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  • And the son appears on the horizon
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  • And as he is walking toward his father's home,
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  • The father sees him, a dot on the horizon,
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  • And while the son is walking,
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  • The father runs to meet his son
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  • And throws his arms around him,
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  • Expresses his love for him
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  • And welcomes him back into the family.
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  • Now, that is a picture of god the father.
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  • God doesn't hate sinners,
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  • He loves sinners and he longs for their return
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  • And he rejoices when they come home.
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  • That's the father that we serve.
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  • But here's one difference between that father
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  • And our heavenly father.
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  • All that earthly father could do was to wait.
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  • He got up every morning,
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  • He scanned the horizon for any sign of his son.
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  • He went to bed every night disappointed.
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  • All the father in the parable could do is wait,
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  • But don't mistake that for god.
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  • God isn't sitting on the front porch of heaven
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  • Twiddling his thumbs, waiting for you to come back to him
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  • If you have wandered away.
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  • Instead, god is working to bring about your return.
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  • One thing i've learned about god the hard way is
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  • God doesn't play fair
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  • When it comes to correcting his children
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  • Who have wandered away.
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  • God will use every tool at his disposal.
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  • He will use every weapon in his arsenal.
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  • He will manipulate other people
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  • And circumstances in your life
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  • To bring hardship into your life for one reason,
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  • Not because he hates you, but because he loves you
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  • And is working for your return.
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  • And the tools that god uses
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  • To bring hardship into your life is
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  • What the bible calls reproofs.
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  • Reproofs.
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  • You find that word throughout scripture
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  • Including our passage from hebrews 12.
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  • Think of a reproof as a paddle that a father uses
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  • To spank his son or daughter with.
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  • Let me give you this definition of a reproof.
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  • A reproof is simply a difficult circumstance
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  • God allows in your life to correct your behavior
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  • And restore your relationship with him.
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  • It's a difficult circumstance that god brings into your life
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  • To restore your relationship with him.
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  • And we have a choice.
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  • We can accept those reproofs and learn from them
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  • Or we can ignore those reproofs
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  • And pay a steep price for doing so.
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  • In fact, proverbs is filled with warnings
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  • About listening to the reproofs of life
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  • Instead of ignoring them.
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  • Jot down these scripture verses,
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  • Proverbs 10:17,
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  • "he is on the path of life who heeds instruction,
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  • "but he who ignores reproof goes astray."
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  • Proverbs 12:1,
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  • "whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
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  • "but he who hates reproof is stupid."
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  • Every now and then i get an email
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  • From a member or a watcher saying,
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  • "pastor, you said stupid,
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  • "and the bible says you shouldn't call people stupid."
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  • The bible calls some people stupid.
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  • (congregation laughing)
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  • If you don't listen to god
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  • And you keep going down the path you're going
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  • And don't learn from the reproofs he brings into your life,
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  • The bible says you are stupid.
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  • That's what the bible says.
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  • Proverbs 13:18,
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  • "poverty and shame will come to him who neglects discipline,
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  • "but he who regards reproof will be honored."
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  • Proverbs 15:10,
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  • "grievous punishment is for him who forsakes the way;
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  • "he who hates reproof will die."
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  • And then this one,
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  • It's a great verse to memorize, proverbs 29:1,
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  • "a man who hardens his neck after much reproof
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  • "will suddenly be broken beyond remedy."
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  • The person who hardens himself
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  • No matter what discipline god brings
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  • And says, "i will not learn from it,
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  • "i will not change,"
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  • Is suddenly going to be destroyed.
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  • Think of it this way,
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  • The captain of a large jetliner has a number of instruments
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  • In front of him to tell him if something is wrong,
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  • There's a fuel gauge to tell him
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  • If he's running out of gas.
  • 00:12:37.880 --> 00:12:39.615
  • There is an alarm system
  • 00:12:39.615 --> 00:12:40.983
  • That tells him if his engines are on fire.
  • 00:12:40.983 --> 00:12:43.786
  • There's a warning that sounds if he's flying too low,
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  • Saying, "pull up, pull up, pull up."
  • 00:12:47.223 --> 00:12:50.860
  • Yet, in spite of those warnings,
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  • The captain has a choice,
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  • He can either listen to those warnings
  • 00:12:54.630 --> 00:12:57.266
  • And make the necessary corrections
  • 00:12:57.266 --> 00:12:59.535
  • Or he can ignore those warnings and take that jetliner down
  • 00:12:59.535 --> 00:13:03.539
  • And everybody who's on board with him.
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  • It's the same thing with us.
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  • You know, as a pastor,
  • 00:13:08.477 --> 00:13:10.512
  • I've watched this for 40 years.
  • 00:13:10.512 --> 00:13:12.114
  • It is amazing to me
  • 00:13:12.114 --> 00:13:14.383
  • How many people will experience a bankruptcy,
  • 00:13:14.383 --> 00:13:18.554
  • Or a failure of their marriage,
  • 00:13:18.554 --> 00:13:20.522
  • Or rebellious children, or illness,
  • 00:13:20.522 --> 00:13:23.359
  • Or some other unfortunate circumstance
  • 00:13:23.359 --> 00:13:26.629
  • And just automatically they write those off
  • 00:13:26.629 --> 00:13:29.198
  • And just say, "oh, well,
  • 00:13:29.198 --> 00:13:30.432
  • "that's just the trials of life, i guess."
  • 00:13:30.432 --> 00:13:34.003
  • Now sometimes that's true.
  • 00:13:34.570 --> 00:13:36.972
  • Not every difficult circumstance is a result
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  • Of god's discipline in our life,
  • 00:13:41.510 --> 00:13:44.847
  • But some of those difficult circumstances are.
  • 00:13:44.847 --> 00:13:47.583
  • I mean there's a number of reasons the bible says
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  • That we experience hardships in life.
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  • Sometimes the trials we experience are the price we pay
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  • For living in a fallen world.
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  • Jesus said, "in this world, you will have," what,
  • 00:13:57.793 --> 00:14:00.696
  • "tribulation."
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  • Problems.
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  • This world is filled with problems.
  • 00:14:03.065 --> 00:14:04.733
  • Secondly, some of the problems we face
  • 00:14:04.733 --> 00:14:07.670
  • Are the result of persecution, living for christ.
  • 00:14:07.670 --> 00:14:10.606
  • Remember what paul said to timothy,
  • 00:14:10.606 --> 00:14:12.107
  • "all who live godly in christ jesus
  • 00:14:12.107 --> 00:14:14.677
  • "will suffer persecution."
  • 00:14:14.677 --> 00:14:17.546
  • Sometimes, third,
  • 00:14:17.546 --> 00:14:18.781
  • God allows problems into our life
  • 00:14:18.781 --> 00:14:21.550
  • So that we can experience his comfort
  • 00:14:21.550 --> 00:14:25.521
  • And comfort other people through what we've experienced.
  • 00:14:25.521 --> 00:14:29.224
  • Remember 2 corinthians 1,
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  • God comforts us,
  • 00:14:31.226 --> 00:14:32.594
  • Literally, he strengthens us in our affliction
  • 00:14:32.594 --> 00:14:35.364
  • So that we can comfort others who have been afflicted
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  • With the same problems is we.
  • 00:14:38.534 --> 00:14:41.203
  • That's one reason.
  • 00:14:41.203 --> 00:14:42.338
  • Sometimes persecution, problems,
  • 00:14:42.338 --> 00:14:45.207
  • Come to make us stronger in our faith.
  • 00:14:45.207 --> 00:14:49.278
  • How do we know if what we're going through is a result
  • 00:14:50.379 --> 00:14:53.315
  • Of persecution, or strengthening our faith,
  • 00:14:53.315 --> 00:14:57.686
  • Or living a godly life, or it is god's discipline?
  • 00:14:57.686 --> 00:15:02.024
  • In james 1, beginning with verse two,
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  • The writer says, "consider it all joy, my brethren,
  • 00:15:05.995 --> 00:15:09.465
  • "when you encounter various trials,
  • 00:15:09.465 --> 00:15:11.333
  • "knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance."
  • 00:15:11.333 --> 00:15:14.503
  • And then in verse five he says,
  • 00:15:14.503 --> 00:15:15.704
  • "but if any of you lacks wisdom,
  • 00:15:15.704 --> 00:15:18.507
  • "let him ask of god,
  • 00:15:18.507 --> 00:15:20.342
  • "who gives to all generously and without reproach."
  • 00:15:20.342 --> 00:15:23.679
  • Have you ever wondered why it is
  • 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:25.247
  • That while james is talking about trials in life,
  • 00:15:25.247 --> 00:15:27.750
  • Suddenly he starts talking about wisdom
  • 00:15:27.750 --> 00:15:30.285
  • And ask god for wisdom.
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  • There's a reason for that.
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  • James is saying when you're going
  • 00:15:34.189 --> 00:15:35.591
  • Through difficulty in your life,
  • 00:15:35.591 --> 00:15:37.326
  • Ask god for wisdom as to why you are experiencing this.
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  • Is god trying to get your attention?
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  • Is there something in your life that's not right with him
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  • That needs to be corrected?
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  • We need god's wisdom.
  • 00:15:48.771 --> 00:15:51.673
  • We've seen what a reproof is.
  • 00:15:51.673 --> 00:15:53.308
  • It is a difficult circumstance god brings into our life
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  • To restore our relationship with him.
  • 00:15:57.379 --> 00:16:00.115
  • Let's look at three of the most common reproof,
  • 00:16:00.115 --> 00:16:02.751
  • Examples of reproof that you find in scripture,
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  • That god may be using even in your life right now.
  • 00:16:05.721 --> 00:16:10.025
  • One reproof he uses is sometimes financial pressure.
  • 00:16:10.025 --> 00:16:14.763
  • Financial pressure can be god's way
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  • Of bringing you back to himself.
  • 00:16:18.067 --> 00:16:20.602
  • That was certainly true for the prodigal son.
  • 00:16:20.602 --> 00:16:23.572
  • Harry got his share of the estate and he went out
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  • And he had a party to end all parties.
  • 00:16:26.542 --> 00:16:30.446
  • It went for about a couple of years probably,
  • 00:16:30.446 --> 00:16:33.715
  • "he squandered that money," jesus said,
  • 00:16:33.715 --> 00:16:36.318
  • "in loose living"
  • 00:16:36.318 --> 00:16:38.754
  • And then his money ran out.
  • 00:16:38.754 --> 00:16:40.556
  • Now people would say, "well, that was sure stupid
  • 00:16:40.556 --> 00:16:43.592
  • "for him to do,
  • 00:16:43.592 --> 00:16:44.726
  • "to spend everything that he had.
  • 00:16:44.726 --> 00:16:46.528
  • "wasn't he thinking?"
  • 00:16:46.528 --> 00:16:47.563
  • I think he probably had a plan.
  • 00:16:47.563 --> 00:16:49.731
  • I think he thought, "i'll enjoy myself for a couple of years
  • 00:16:49.731 --> 00:16:52.301
  • "and then if i need to,
  • 00:16:52.301 --> 00:16:53.969
  • "i'll find a job to support myself."
  • 00:16:53.969 --> 00:16:56.472
  • What he had not planned on was
  • 00:16:56.472 --> 00:16:58.073
  • That a famine would come into the land,
  • 00:16:58.073 --> 00:17:01.043
  • Destroy the economy and make it impossible
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  • For him to find a job.
  • 00:17:03.912 --> 00:17:05.747
  • And finally, the only job he could find
  • 00:17:05.747 --> 00:17:07.783
  • Was feeding the pigs.
  • 00:17:07.783 --> 00:17:10.052
  • Not the best job for a young jewish man to have,
  • 00:17:10.052 --> 00:17:13.956
  • But that's all he could do,
  • 00:17:13.956 --> 00:17:14.957
  • He was slopping the pigs.
  • 00:17:14.957 --> 00:17:16.825
  • And one day he was so hungry he started fantasizing
  • 00:17:16.825 --> 00:17:20.229
  • About eating the pig slop,
  • 00:17:20.229 --> 00:17:22.865
  • And that's when it dawned on him.
  • 00:17:22.865 --> 00:17:25.200
  • That's when the bible says he came to himself
  • 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:27.870
  • And he realized his father's servants had more than he had
  • 00:17:27.870 --> 00:17:31.273
  • And that's when he made the decision
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  • To return back to his father.
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  • God can use financial hardship to get our attention.
  • 00:17:35.711 --> 00:17:39.648
  • To paraphrase chuck colson's words,
  • 00:17:39.648 --> 00:17:42.684
  • "when god has you by the wallet,
  • 00:17:42.684 --> 00:17:44.953
  • "your heart and mind will follow."
  • 00:17:44.953 --> 00:17:47.222
  • (congregation laughing)
  • 00:17:47.222 --> 00:17:48.624
  • I mean nothing speaks to people like financial pressure.
  • 00:17:48.624 --> 00:17:52.494
  • I've seen this so many times played out.
  • 00:17:53.362 --> 00:17:55.197
  • Here's a man who starts an illicit relationship
  • 00:17:55.197 --> 00:17:58.567
  • With another woman, falls in love with her,
  • 00:17:58.567 --> 00:18:01.136
  • Decides to leave his wife,
  • 00:18:01.136 --> 00:18:03.438
  • And immediately he encounters financial pressure.
  • 00:18:03.438 --> 00:18:06.508
  • Suddenly there's attorney's cost,
  • 00:18:06.508 --> 00:18:09.311
  • Having to maintain two residences,
  • 00:18:09.311 --> 00:18:12.014
  • Having to split his assets,
  • 00:18:12.014 --> 00:18:13.849
  • Alimony payment, child payments,
  • 00:18:13.849 --> 00:18:16.285
  • And pretty soon he's out of money.
  • 00:18:16.285 --> 00:18:18.554
  • It's just like proverbs 6:26 says,
  • 00:18:18.554 --> 00:18:21.023
  • "for on account of a harlot,
  • 00:18:21.023 --> 00:18:23.091
  • "one is reduced to a loaf of bread."
  • 00:18:23.091 --> 00:18:27.029
  • Living apart from god can be very expensive.
  • 00:18:27.029 --> 00:18:31.133
  • And one way god gets our attention is
  • 00:18:31.133 --> 00:18:33.035
  • Through financial pressure.
  • 00:18:33.035 --> 00:18:34.403
  • Another way he does it is through family conflict.
  • 00:18:34.403 --> 00:18:37.706
  • If god can't get our attention through our wallet,
  • 00:18:37.706 --> 00:18:40.609
  • He'll do so with our family.
  • 00:18:40.609 --> 00:18:43.378
  • Remember when god pronounced discipline on david,
  • 00:18:43.378 --> 00:18:48.050
  • Who by the way was a man after his own heart,
  • 00:18:48.050 --> 00:18:51.053
  • But he wasn't exempt from god's discipline.
  • 00:18:51.053 --> 00:18:53.789
  • God had a harsh punishment for david.
  • 00:18:53.789 --> 00:18:57.659
  • He said, "because you've done this thing,
  • 00:18:57.659 --> 00:19:00.362
  • "that is committed adultery with bathsheba,
  • 00:19:00.362 --> 00:19:03.398
  • "had her husband killed in the process.
  • 00:19:03.398 --> 00:19:05.801
  • "now, therefore," he said,
  • 00:19:05.801 --> 00:19:07.269
  • "the sword shall never depart from your house
  • 00:19:07.269 --> 00:19:10.472
  • "because you have despised me
  • 00:19:10.472 --> 00:19:12.307
  • "and taken the wife of uriah the hittite to be your wife."
  • 00:19:12.307 --> 00:19:17.579
  • Not long after that judgment,
  • 00:19:18.213 --> 00:19:19.615
  • In 2 samuel 12,
  • 00:19:19.615 --> 00:19:21.316
  • You find david's son absalom
  • 00:19:21.316 --> 00:19:25.420
  • Rebelling against david and trying to overthrow his kingdom.
  • 00:19:25.420 --> 00:19:30.692
  • Is that an accident?
  • 00:19:31.159 --> 00:19:32.561
  • No, god had said, "because of what you have done,
  • 00:19:32.561 --> 00:19:36.398
  • "there is going to be trouble in your house
  • 00:19:36.398 --> 00:19:39.501
  • "from now until the day you die."
  • 00:19:39.501 --> 00:19:42.738
  • That's not accidental.
  • 00:19:43.238 --> 00:19:45.674
  • Absalom had observed his own father rebelling against god
  • 00:19:45.674 --> 00:19:50.379
  • And from his father's example,
  • 00:19:50.379 --> 00:19:52.114
  • He learned about how to rebel against god as well.
  • 00:19:52.114 --> 00:19:56.151
  • By the way, the same is true in your household.
  • 00:19:56.151 --> 00:19:59.554
  • If you are living in the far country apart from god,
  • 00:19:59.554 --> 00:20:02.724
  • Your children are watching and learning from that,
  • 00:20:02.724 --> 00:20:06.461
  • And god's not going to allow you to go unpunished,
  • 00:20:06.461 --> 00:20:09.131
  • If for no other reason, for the sake of your children
  • 00:20:09.131 --> 00:20:12.034
  • And what they see and witness.
  • 00:20:12.034 --> 00:20:14.336
  • I remember in a former church,
  • 00:20:14.336 --> 00:20:16.104
  • Businessman in our church, very successful,
  • 00:20:16.104 --> 00:20:18.940
  • Poured his life into building his career.
  • 00:20:18.940 --> 00:20:22.411
  • We many times talked
  • 00:20:22.411 --> 00:20:23.912
  • And he said, "pastor, i know i'm not where i should be,
  • 00:20:23.912 --> 00:20:26.248
  • "but eventually i'll come back to god."
  • 00:20:26.248 --> 00:20:30.018
  • But then when his son was 18 years old,
  • 00:20:30.018 --> 00:20:32.888
  • His son fell into substance abuse.
  • 00:20:32.888 --> 00:20:35.257
  • He was addicted to hard drugs
  • 00:20:35.257 --> 00:20:37.592
  • And he renounced his christian faith.
  • 00:20:37.592 --> 00:20:41.129
  • The father was heartbroken.
  • 00:20:41.129 --> 00:20:43.198
  • He said to me one day, "pastor, i just don't understand.
  • 00:20:43.198 --> 00:20:47.336
  • "how could my son rebel against god like he's doing?"
  • 00:20:47.336 --> 00:20:52.140
  • I didn't want to stick the knife in too deeply,
  • 00:20:53.075 --> 00:20:56.311
  • But i had to tell him the truth.
  • 00:20:56.311 --> 00:20:58.647
  • I said, "your son is just living out
  • 00:20:58.647 --> 00:21:00.382
  • "what he has watched in your life
  • 00:21:00.382 --> 00:21:02.184
  • "for the last six or seven years."
  • 00:21:02.184 --> 00:21:05.153
  • Fortunately, this man was brought to his senses
  • 00:21:05.153 --> 00:21:08.390
  • And he dropped to his knees and prayed for god's forgiveness
  • 00:21:08.390 --> 00:21:11.827
  • And his son was restored to the faith as well.
  • 00:21:11.827 --> 00:21:15.630
  • Don't be surprised if god uses family conflict
  • 00:21:15.630 --> 00:21:19.501
  • To bring you back to himself.
  • 00:21:19.501 --> 00:21:21.503
  • A third reproof of god can be sometimes illness.
  • 00:21:21.503 --> 00:21:26.842
  • God can bring sickness into our life to get our attention.
  • 00:21:28.009 --> 00:21:31.413
  • Now, please don't misunderstand what i'm saying.
  • 00:21:31.413 --> 00:21:34.316
  • I'm not saying all sickness is the result of sin.
  • 00:21:34.316 --> 00:21:38.587
  • Remember job's three friends who are absolutely sure
  • 00:21:39.621 --> 00:21:43.291
  • That job's illness was a result of his disobedience.
  • 00:21:43.291 --> 00:21:47.129
  • They were wrong.
  • 00:21:47.129 --> 00:21:48.663
  • And by the way,
  • 00:21:48.663 --> 00:21:50.232
  • We're never to try to explain somebody else's reproofs.
  • 00:21:50.232 --> 00:21:54.569
  • We're never to try to discern if somebody else is suffering
  • 00:21:55.771 --> 00:21:58.974
  • Because they're living outside of god's will.
  • 00:21:58.974 --> 00:22:00.642
  • God will give you that wisdom about yourself,
  • 00:22:00.642 --> 00:22:03.412
  • But not about other people.
  • 00:22:03.412 --> 00:22:05.514
  • They were wrong about job.
  • 00:22:05.514 --> 00:22:07.449
  • They didn't know any better.
  • 00:22:07.449 --> 00:22:09.351
  • But even though job's illness was not the result of sin,
  • 00:22:09.351 --> 00:22:13.288
  • Some illness is the result of sin.
  • 00:22:13.288 --> 00:22:17.225
  • Now, the bible says,
  • 00:22:17.225 --> 00:22:18.326
  • And you may want to mark this down,
  • 00:22:18.326 --> 00:22:20.128
  • God gives three reasons in his word
  • 00:22:20.128 --> 00:22:22.697
  • Why we experience illness.
  • 00:22:22.697 --> 00:22:24.433
  • Three possibilities for sickness.
  • 00:22:24.433 --> 00:22:27.369
  • First of all, some sickness leads to death.
  • 00:22:27.369 --> 00:22:30.806
  • ♪ music ♪
  • 00:22:30.806 --> 00:22:32.073
  • In john 11:4, when jesus heard about lazarus,
  • 00:22:32.073 --> 00:22:35.410
  • His friend being sick,
  • 00:22:35.410 --> 00:22:36.912
  • Jesus knew instinctively and he said in verse four,
  • 00:22:36.912 --> 00:22:39.681
  • John 11:4, "this sickness of lazarus
  • 00:22:39.681 --> 00:22:42.684
  • "is not the sickness unto death,"
  • 00:22:42.684 --> 00:22:45.187
  • ♪ music ♪
  • 00:22:45.187 --> 00:22:46.455
  • But some sickness is.
  • 00:22:46.455 --> 00:22:47.956
  • I mean, think about it
  • 00:22:47.956 --> 00:22:49.157
  • ♪ music ♪
  • 00:22:49.157 --> 00:22:52.027
  • ♪ music ♪
  • 00:22:52.027 --> 00:22:56.498
  • The fact that god is willing to rebuke his children is proof
  • 00:22:57.666 --> 00:23:01.369
  • That he loves us.
  • 00:23:01.369 --> 00:23:02.904
  • Hebrews 12:6 makes this point very clearly,
  • 00:23:02.904 --> 00:23:06.341
  • "for whom the lord loves, he disciplines.
  • 00:23:06.341 --> 00:23:10.745
  • Well, there's much more
  • 00:23:10.745 --> 00:23:11.913
  • That we need to explore on this matter
  • 00:23:11.913 --> 00:23:13.715
  • And we'll do so next time on "pathway to victory."
  • 00:23:13.715 --> 00:23:16.985
  • But right now i want to share a note i received from clay.
  • 00:23:16.985 --> 00:23:20.422
  • He wrote, "pastor jeffress, i was raised in the church
  • 00:23:20.422 --> 00:23:23.692
  • "but drifted away because i felt disconnected
  • 00:23:23.692 --> 00:23:26.828
  • "from what i was hearing on sunday
  • 00:23:26.828 --> 00:23:28.997
  • "to the reality of my daily life.
  • 00:23:28.997 --> 00:23:31.633
  • "then my mother introduced me to 'pathway to victory'
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  • "and i have never stopped listening.
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  • "'pathway to victory' has made a real difference
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  • "in my spiritual walk.
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  • "so much so that i now serve as a deacon
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  • "and on the board of my local church.
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  • "listening gives me peace, comfort, and guidance.
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  • "thanks for all you do."
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  • Now, please stay right there,
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • If you wander away from god as a believer,
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  • God is going to discipline you.
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  • That's the hard yet simple truth,
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  • But please hear me when i say,
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  • When god disciplines you,
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  • It's not out of cruelty, but out of love.
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  • Well, today we started
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  • By getting a biblical definition of reproof
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  • And looking at some examples of god's correction,
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  • And next time we'll learn three timeless truths
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  • About god's discipline and their benefit in our lives.
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  • Stay tuned for a preview
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  • Of what's coming up next in our series "spiritual fitness."
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • Have you recently been experiencing
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  • Financial pressure, illness, family conflict?
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  • If you, you're a christian
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  • And you're living apart from god,
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • God will bring difficult circumstances into your life,
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  • Not because he hates you, but he loves you
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