Hoseah shared about the importance of personal discipline, reflecting on his family's presence at the conference. He emphasized that life requires adjustment and discipline, both in natural and spiritual realms. While many pursue discipline for personal gain, spiritual discipline is about conforming to Christ's image. Hoseah noted that true discipline involves instruction, correction, and training by the Holy Spirit, who is our only instructor. He highlighted that God's purpose in discipline is to prepare us for His glory and to fit us into the corporate expression of Christ. Hoseah outlined three key aspects of discipline: obedience in faith, submission in hope, and sacrifice in love. He stressed that faith must be accompanied by obedience to be genuine. The journey of faith requires endurance and maintaining focus on Christ, who is our hope and strength. Hoseah concluded by encouraging the congregation to embrace discipline as a sign of God's love, reminding them that true discipline leads to transformation and a deeper relationship with Christ.
Introduction: Family presence and the theme of fullness in Christ.
Life requires adjustment and discipline.
Spiritual discipline vs. worldly discipline.
Definition of discipline: instruction, correction, training.
God's purpose in discipline: preparation for glory and corporate expression.
Three aspects of discipline:
Obedience in faith.
Submission in hope.
Sacrifice in love.
Faith and obedience must be linked.
Endurance in the Christian race requires discipline.
Discipline as a sign of God's love and transformation.
5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. 6 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. 7 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; 8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; 9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
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.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;