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Chapter 12 God Disciplines His Sons 1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.3Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.4In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.5And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons:
“My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline,
and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, 6because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son.”7Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?8If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. 9Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live!10Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness.11No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.12Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.13“Make level paths for your feet,” so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
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TheBaptistCommentary - (eBible Enthusiast) about 1 year ago.
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Those whom the Lord loves dearly, those who he finds pleasing, he trains, molding them into the image of Christ. And he scourges, metaphorically whips or lashes, every child that he adopts. The first word translated as “chasteneth” is the Greek word “paideuo”, having a range of serverity of the punishment that is carried out. The second word translated “scourgeth” is more precise and is used elsewhere to describe the beatings that both Christ and the Apostles suffered. This type of punishment is decribed often in the Old Tesament when God brought affliction and calamity upon the children of Israel for thier disobedience and rebellion against Him. If a person is experiencing chastening of any type, then he can rest assured God is dealing with him as one of His children. All of Gods children experience chastening in one form or another. Notice that God does not chasten all of mankind. There will always be those who are bastards, or rather, those who are not legitimate children. If a person is born again, or born anew, they are adopted as children of God. No one can be born again, and not be a child of God. Therefore, we cannot look at them as “born out of wedlock”, however it could be referring the slang meaning of “disagreeable”. Considering other realted passages, it seems best that this is describing them as being illegitimate, meaning they do not conform to a particular standard, are not of a particular type, or simply not justified. Considering all three of these meanings we arrive at the conclusion that they are not conformed to the image of His Son, they are not of the adopted type, they are not justified.
Now, having defined those who are bastards, let’s take a closer look at those who are children. In these passages from Hebrews, we have determined two different types of punishment. Every child is scourged at some point, this does not necessarily mean all the time. However, all are partakers of some form of chastening, whether it be scourging or chastening. Whether it be afflication and calamity or punishment for training and conforming. I have spoken often in other studies of the two type of children, the obedient and disobedient, and again this passage suggests two deferring types. Those whom the Lord loves dearly, those who he finds to be pleasing, are the obedeint who are living righteously. Those who are scourged are those who are disobedient, still living in sin, and in conformance to the world.
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chaos - (eBible Novice) about 1 year ago.
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I love this verse b/c it is very reassuring.
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