The document addresses the concept of God's chastening, exploring its purpose and outcomes based on Hebrews 12:5-12. It highlights that chastening is a form of divine love and correction meant for moral improvement and spiritual growth. Examples from scripture illustrate the transformative effects of enduring chastisement, while warnings are given about the consequences of neglecting it.

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The Redeemed Christian
Church of God,
Living Faith Parish, Kassel
SundaySchool
Topic: GOD’S CHASTENING

2. Memory Verse:
HEB 12:7“If ye endure chastening, God
dealeth with you as with sons; for
what son is he whom the father
chasteneth not?”

3. Lesson Outlines
Topic: God’s
Chastening
Bible passage: Heb
12: 5-12
1. Purpose of Divine Chastening
2. Outcome of God’s Chastening

4. Introduction
Topic: God’s
Chastening
Bible passage: Heb
12:5-12
To chasten is to correct or discipline someone, often
with the use of some pretty sharp punishment for
the purpose of moral improvement [ Prov
19:18;23:13]. We need to consider God’s chastening
and what He [God] as our Father expects from us in
response to the chastisement we receive from Him [
Deut 8:5]. Note that chastisement is not meant for
destruction. A parent chastises the child he or she
loves- Proverbs 3:12; 13:24

5. 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.
Bible Reading – HEB 12: 5-12

6. 77 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.
Bible Reading – HEB 12: 5-12

7. 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.
Bible Reading – HEB 12: 5-12

8. 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.
12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down,
and the feeble knees;
Bible Reading – HEB 12: 5-12

9. 1. PURPOSE OF DIVINE CHASTENING
Topic: God’s
Chastening
Bible passage: Heb
12:5-12
i. It is an expression of God’s love- Heb 12:6
ii. It is a check and balance instrument to keep us fit for him
as vessel- II Tim3:16-17
iii. It is a corrective measure- II Samuel 7:14-15
iv. It is a means of reviving the church and for growth- Heb
12:10

10. 1. PURPOSE OF DIVINE CHASTENING
Topic: God’s
Chastening
Bible passage: Heb
12:5-12
v. It restores us and retains our fellowship with God- Isaiah
26:15
vi. It is a proof that we are God’s own children- Heb 12:5
vii. It prevents us from being condemned- Prov 3:11; I
Corinth 11:32

11. 2. OUTCOME OF DIVINE CHASTENING
Topic: God’s
Chastening
Bible passage: Heb
12:5-12
i. Paul the murderer became an Apostle- Acts 9:15-16
ii. The people of Nineveh repented and were forgiven by
the Lord- Jonah 3:9-10
iii. King Nebuchadnezzar regained his throne after his
chastisement and repentance- Daniel 4:37

12. Conclusion
Topic: God’s
chastening
Bible passage: Heb
12:5-12
If we fail to yield to God’s chastening, the consequence
can be grievous. Let us learn from the examples of Eli [ I
Samuel 2:30; 3:12-13; 4:17] and king Saul [ I Samuel
15:26:16:1