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GOOD MORNING SAINTS
CHRISTOCENTRIC MEAL (A daily reflection of our true identity in Christ)
DR ABEL DAMINA
JULY 27, 2026
JESUS OUR ADVOCATE (Part 3)
1st John 2:1 My little children, these things write I to you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
Vs 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
This refers to Believers. Jesus is our Advocate with the Father when we sin, so the Holy Ghost knew that sons of God would sin.
Everything Jesus has done is personalized in Christ. In Christianity, it is important to know God is our Father and we are his sons. Forgiveness means that the person who sins will not be punished.
Hebrews 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Vs 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Vs 8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Vs 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 to the Father of spirits, and live?
Vs 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.
Vs 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness to them which are exercised thereby.
The word 'chasteneth' is used to correct a wrong. The word 'endure' is never used for sickness and disease. The word 'subjection' means to submit.
In Verse 6, the word 'scourge' means to punish; to inflict a punishment on a criminal. That word was used for both Jesus and Paul. You can't call someone your son and deal with him like a criminal. This text in Hebrews 12 was quoted from Proverbs 3:11-12.
Proverbs 3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
Vs 12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
It is clear that the word, ‘scourgeth’ used in Hebrews 12:6b was not used in Proverbs 3. Looking at Hebrews 12:7 the word 'scourge' is not used again, rather you see the word, 'chasten'. Chasten means to correct by instructions.
So, God does not punish his children. God disciplines and corrects his children in his word.
We are dealing with people justified by faith in Christ. More than talking about sin, let's first talk about the relationship.
Relationship says He is our father, we are his sons and Jesus is our sanctification.
CONFESSION: I have been justified by faith in Christ Jesus. God is my Father. He corrects and discipline me through his word. I receive God’s correction as a son.
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