Heb 12:5-8 | PNT | STEP | Ye have forgotten the exhortation . Surely they must have forgotten, or they would bear their tribulations more cheerfully. My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord . This is quoted from . See also . The thought is, Do not murmur at God's reproofs and chastenings.

Hebrews 12:5-8

Ye have forgotten the exhortation. Surely they must have forgotten, or they would bear their tribulations more cheerfully.

My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord. This is quoted from Job 5:17-18. See also 2Sa 6:7-10. The thought is, Do not murmur at God's reproofs and chastenings. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth. The chastening hand does not show the anger of God, but his love. Every child is chastened and reproved for its good. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons. If you are called on to suffer, it shows that God is treating you as his children. If ye be without chastisement . . . then are ye bastards, and not sons. Instead of that being a fact for congratulation, it only shows that God does not regard you as children. You may call yourselves God's children, but you are not true sons.