3. Walk and worship of the Christian - Hebrews 12:1-29; 13:1-25
(E) Book of 2 Peter
1. Characteristics of our faith - 2 Peter 1:1-21
2. Signs of the coming apostasy - 2 Peter 2:1-22
Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. (Hebrews 12:4)
resisted - G478 - From G473 and G2525; to set down (troops) against, that is, withstand.
striving - G464 - From G473 and G75; to struggle against (figuratively), (“antagonize”).
sin - G266 - From G264; sin (properly abstract).
O how wicked this flesh is - wanting to have its way - have we yet striven to blood to resist the lure and enticement that the mortal body craves? Nay. Not one drop of blood has been shed either by wound or sweat. Sometimes it is a terrible battle daily to deny this flesh its wants, wills and desires.
1Jn 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
O Lord, give us the ability to stand to Your command, to not be conformed to this world, but to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. Help us Lord to desire to spend time with you daily. Help us to not give into the temptation, but to remember that You always give a way of escape.
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 are rebuked of him: for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. (Hebrews 12:5-6)
forgotten - G1585 - Middle voice from G1537 and G2990; to be utterly oblivious of.
exhortation - G3874 - From G3870; imploration, hortation, solace.
despise - G3643 - From a compound of G3641 and ὤρα ōra (“care”); to have little regard for, that is, to disesteem.
chastening - G3809 - From G3811; tutorage, that is, education or training; by implication disciplinary correction.
faint - G1590 - From G1537 and G3089; to relax (literally or figuratively).
rebuked - G1651 - Of uncertain affinity; to confute, admonish.
loveth - G25 - Perhaps from ἄγαν agan (much; or compare [H5689]); to love (in a social or moral sense).
chasteneth - G3811 - From G3816; to train up a child, that is, educate, or (by implication) discipline (by punishment).
scourgeth - G3146 - From G3148; to flog (literally or figuratively).
receiveth - G3858 - From G3844 and G1209; to accept near, that is, admit or (by implication) delight in.
Scourgeth = flog. That is quite a graphic word. Flog - in my initial understanding, flail, reminds me of what they did to Christ Jesus. Paul was also flogged.
Though we may endure the correction of Father, we take heart in this:
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. (Hebrews 12:11)
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