Recap of a sermon on ‘Love in a whipping’

Bro. Ethan sits obediently as his father mans the church soundboard, during a sermon.

Bishop preached out of Hebrews 12:1-9, Sunday morning. Here is a brief recap of the lesson:

Do you want to go to heaven? Are you willing to do what it takes to get there? God is calling for obedient children, and we have to succumb to the discipline He has for us. God’s discipline is not like man’s. Chastisement isn’t bad. It’s a sign that God loves you. It’s hard to see “love in a whipping,” but whom the Lord loveth he chastens. If you accept this discipline principle, it will bless you and enable you to live as God’s spiritual child.

God is saying: “I love you too much to go astray, to let the devil have you.” He wants to heal something in your life in the same way that parents punish their children for wrongdoing, but we soon forget God and the things he is instructing us to do. 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.