Dr. Pothana's Teaching

1. Chapter-12
Dr. Pothana

2. Another Question to Ponder

3. The Bible Affirms that
God Chastens
You shall also consider in your heart, that, as a man
chastens his son, so the LORD your God chastens
you (Deut. 8:5)
Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach
him out of your law (Psalm. 94:12)
My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD;
neither be weary of his correction: For whom the
LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son
in whom he delights (Prov. 3:11, 12)
Heb. 12:7, 8 and As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten:
be zealous therefore, and repent. (Rev. 3:19).

4. His Discipline is Done Verbally
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The prophets warned of
impending judgment
Jesus’ personal rebuke to
the unbelieving Jews
(Matt 23).
Also, his rebuke against
the churches of Asia
(Rev. 2, 3:19) stands out
as examples of verbal
discipline in the New
Testament.

5. His Discipline is Done
Corporally.
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Cast out of Eden.
Global Flood
Sodom and Gomorrah
Korah’s rebellion against
Moses.
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Ananias and Sapphira
Elyamus blinded
• Jesus directive against
unrepentant brethren in
the church - It was used
effectively in 1 Cor. 5.

6. New Covenant Highlights the Future
Eternal Punishment of the Wicked
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• Jesus rebukes James
and John
The Day of Judgment
(Matt. 25:31ff)

7. The New Testament puts a laser
beam on personal responsibility and
congregational liability
For the time is
come that
judgment must
begin at the
house of God:
and if it first
begins with us,
what shall the
end be of them
that obey not
the gospel of
God? (1 Pet. 4:17)

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worldliness
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Its end result yields the
peaceable fruit of righteousness.

9. Two Things Chastisement Proves:
• God’s love toward us
• Confirms our relationship to him.
Three Things Chastisement Accomplishes:
• Corrects our faults
• Curbs our temperament
• Separates us for his purpose.

10. Three Ways the Redeemed Can
Respond Toward It
• Despise it.
• Faint under it.
•Accept it for its
intended purpose.

11. The Appeal to Hold On
• “We’re holding on
with nothing left to
hold on to.”
1968

12. Surrounded by the Enemy
HOLD ON!

13. Observations concerning
Perseverance
• Don’t give up because
choices can’t be reversed at
the Judgment (12:15-17, 29)
Decision
• Don’t give up because the
cross is 100% effective
(12:18-24). Dependence
• Don’t give up because the
church will last into eternity
(12:25-28). – Destiny

14. Choices Can’t be Reversed on
Day of Judgment - Decisions
• Profane – pornos - a word that embodies all that’s
secular.
• One wrong ‘gut’ decision cost him a great legacy.
• When Christians become profane it means that
they sin to the point that God gives them over to
their desires.
• At the judgment one will have no more opportunity
to decide to follow Jesus or beg his way into
heaven by earnestly pleading, “I use to be a
member of the church, I use to be active, I once
was faithful” (see Rev. 2:10). Decide to be faithful!

15. The Cross is 100% Effective
(12:18-24)
• This speaks about one’s dependence
• Moses did not let the lightening, the
thundering the fire and smoke prevent him
from doing the bidding of Jehovah. He
depended upon God to take him where
God wanted him to go.

16. What Dependence Does for the Saint
• First, it makes them come v. 22
They were turning from mount Jerusalem to
heavenly Jerusalem, the church.
• Then it brings them into fellowship v. 23
We’re leaving tracks for others to follow.
• And third, it develops hope v. 24. The
blood of Able only cried out, “Justice!” The
blood of Jesus continually cries, “Mercy!”

17. The Church Will Last Into Eternity
(12:25-28)
• This speaks about one’s destiny.
• When they assembled at the mount the
earth shook from the voice of God. In the
end, the
earth will dissolve and the heavens will
evaporate (2 Pet. 3:9ff).
• The church is the portal on earth through which
one reaches heaven.

18. Things that Prevent Faithfulness
• A lack of brother love 1-3.
• A lack of self control vs. 4-6, 16.
• Being disrespectful to the church overseers v. 7, 17.
• Attempting to reinvent Jesus v. 8.
• Embracing conflicting doctrines about Jesus, his
church and salvation 9-11.
• Becoming weary of suffering for the cause vs. 12, 13.
• Making the church physical rather than spiritual
vs. 14, 15.
• Failing to pray for one another v. 18.
• And becoming sour over rebuke v. 22.