Hebrews 12

"NOT TRUE SONS"

 

⁷ You must submit to and endure [correction] for discipline; God is dealing with you as with sons. For what son is there whom his father does not [thus] train and correct and discipline?

⁸ Now if you are exempt from correction and left without discipline in which all [of God’s children] share, then you are illegitimate offspring and not true sons [at all].

⁹ Moreover, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we yielded [to them] and respected [them for training us]. Shall we not much more cheerfully submit to the Father of spirits and so [truly] live?

¹⁰ For [our earthly fathers] disciplined us for only a short period of time and chastised us as seemed proper and good to them; but He disciplines us for our certain good, that we may become sharers in His own holiness.

¹¹ For the time being no discipline brings joy, but seems grievous and painful; but afterwards it yields a peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it [a harvest of fruit which consists in righteousness—in conformity to God’s will in purpose, thought, and action, resulting in right living and right standing with God].

¹² So then, brace up and reinvigorate and set right your slackened and weakened and drooping hands and strengthen your feeble and palsied and tottering knees,

¹³ And cut through and make firm and plain and smooth, straight paths for your feet [yes, make them safe and upright and happy paths that go in the right direction],so that the lame and halting [limbs] may not be put out of joint, but rather may be cured.

 

DEAR PRECIOUS BELIEVER; TODAY IF YOU DECLARE YOU LOVE JESUS, THAN DOES HE HAVE YOUR PERMISSION, TO CORRECT YOU, TRAIN YOU IN THE WAY  OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, RIGHT LIVING AND RIGHT STANDING WITH GOD?

 

IF NOT. YOU ARE "NOT TRUE SONS."

 

"SUBMIT TO THE FATHER OF SPIRITS, SO THAT THE LAME AND HALTING LIMBS MAY NOT BE PUT OUT OF JOINT, BUT RATHER MAY BE HEALED.

 

"HE DESIRES THAT YOU BECOME SHARERS IN HIS OWN HOLINESS"   SELAH.