Encouragement For Christian Living The Assurance Of The Love Of God Hebrews 12:3-13: 3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners
against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. 4Ye have not yet
resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 5And 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: 6For whom the
Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7If ye
endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom
the father chasteneth not? 8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are
partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9Furthermore 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? 10For 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. 11Now 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. 12Wherefore lift up the
hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; 13And make straight paths for
your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be
healed.