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Hebrews 12:3-11

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

3. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. 4. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 5. 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: 6. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8. But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10. For they verily for a few days chastened [us] after their own pleasure; but he for [our] profit, that [we] might be partakers of his holiness. 11. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

Hebrews 12:3-11 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Hebrews 12:3

Theological / Devotional

Consider him. Verses 3-11 deal with the nature, purpose, and results of divine discipline. No Christian is called to undergo a more strict course of discipline than Christ was. By considering the way in which He met trials and temptations we can avoid growing weary or fainthearted. Christ endured, and by His grace we too may endure.

Endured. See on verse 1.

Contradiction. Or, “hostility.” The hostility of priests and rulers, scribes and Pharisees, dogged the footsteps of Christ throughout His earthly ministry. Eventually, the tide of popularity turned against Him, and His own people demanded His life blood. The cumulative hostility of a race of sinners was turned with the full force of diabolical ingenuity on the Prince of sufferers.

Lest ye be wearied. A glance at the burden Christ bore will make our burdens seem light by comparison (see Matthew 11:28-30). If we will only look unto Jesus and consider what He endured, every difficulty and disappointment we meet will be easier to bear.

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