What Beth Moore taught this morning on Life Today was too good not to share. "Thriving In a Season of Chastising: The Teaching Nature of God." Here are the notes I took, and I encourage you to look up and read each scripture reference.
Sometimes we cause our own suffering (painful consequences). We've done it to our self. How do we deal with that? Our problems are the result of, for example, our own pride, poor financial decisions, going forward despite a warning deep within, etc. It catches up with us in consequences & Fatherly chastisement.
Heb. 12:5-13. Discipline produces righteousness & peace.
Heb. 12:15. You cannot deserve grace. There is grace, even when you blew it!
The difference between consequences & chastisement:
Consequences are part of the natural order of God as Boss. It's the same for the believer & non-believer: You reap what you sow.
Chastisement is the supernatural order of God as Father.
*When we allow God to overtake our consequences, they become part of a teaching process.
Ps. 103:10-13. God does not treat us as we deserve, thankfully.
IF A CONSEQUENCE WILL TEACH US, GOD WILL ALLOW IT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE NEED TO REPENT BUT WE'RE NOT REPENTING. Consequences get us to the place where we're ready to change. Heb. 12:5b.
WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THE FAULT WE HAVE TO ACCEPT. Accept your responsibility in the matter. Be willing to "own it." No one is totally innocent. Until you accept responsibility, you won't be able to "get on with it."
This was the first part of the teaching. I want to remember to catch the show one week from today, to hear more. I need this. Anyone else need it, too?
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