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How to Receive Rebuke. Rebuke = to judge or correct. He who listens to a life-giving rebuke will be at home among the wise. —Proverbs 15:31. It is better to heed a wise man's rebuke than to listen to the song of fools . —Ecclesiastes 7:5.
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He who listens to a life-giving rebuke • will be at home among the wise. • —Proverbs 15:31
It is better to heed a wise man's rebuke than to • listen to the song of fools. • —Ecclesiastes 7:5
God is more concerned about your characterbecoming like Jesus Christ than anything.
God is more concerned about your characterbecoming like Jesus Christ than anything. • Hate - Love • Deceit - Truth • Unfairness - Justice • Impurity - Purity • Bitterness - Mercy
We love our sin more than we love Jesus and being conformed to His image.
Mark 4:16-17 • “And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; and have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.” • (KJV)
”The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD; He directs it like a watercourse wherever He pleases.” —Proverbs 21:1
Benefits of Receiving Rebuke • Draws you out of sin & closer to Christ
Proverbs 1:23 “If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you.” • Revelation 3:19 “Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent.” • Heb. 12:10-11 “Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”
Benefits of Receiving Rebuke • Draws you out of sin & closer to Christ • Brings abundant life
Pr. 6:23 ”For these commands are a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the corrections of discipline are the way to life” • Pr. 10:17 ”He who heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.” • Prov. 15:10 “Stern discipline awaits him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.” • Proverbs 29:1 “A man who remains stiff-necked after many rebukes will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.”
Benefits of Receiving Rebuke • Draws you out of sin & closer to Christ • Brings abundant life • Makes you wise
Pr. 15:31-32 “31 He who listens to a life-giving rebuke will be at home among the wise. 32 He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding. • Pr. 9:8 “rebuke a wise man and he will love you” • Pr. 12:1 “Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.” • Pr. 15:5 “A fool spurns his father's discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.” • Pr. 17:10 “A rebuke impresses a man of discernment more than a hundred lashes a fool.” • Pr. 19:25 “Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke a discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.” • Pr. 21:11 “When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; when a wise man is instructed, he gets knowledge”
Benefits of Receiving Rebuke • Draws you out of sin & closer to Christ • Brings abundant life • Makes you wise • You’ll be blessed & honored
Job 5:17 "Blessed is the man whom Godcorrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.” • Ps. 94:12 “Blessed is the man you discipline, O LORD, the man you teach from your law” • Pr. 13:18 “He who ignores discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored.”
Benefits of Receiving Rebuke • Draws you out of sin & closer to Christ • Brings abundant life • Makes you wise • You’ll be blessed & honored • You receive treasure from God
Psalm 141:5 “Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness; let him rebuke me—it is oil on my head. My head will not refuse it.” • Pr. 25:12 “Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man's rebuke to a listening ear.”
Benefits of Receiving Rebuke • Draws you out of sin & closer to Christ • Brings abundant life • Makes you wise • You’ll be blessed & honored • You receive treasure from God • Fulfills necessary function in body of Christ
2 Tim. 4:2 “Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.” • 1 Tim. 5:20 “Those who sin are to be rebuked publicly, so that the others may take warning.”
How to Receive Rebuke • Get in Word daily. • Listen in humility. • Don’t defend yourself or make excuses. • Seek correction. Be open to it. Be teachable.
Q: Are you hungry for God? • Q: Do you love truth (Jesus, the Truth) more • than you love your sin? • Q: Are you willing to let God speak into your • life no matter what the cost?