Thursday, August 30, 2007
For the Moment
Two passages in Hebrews 12 bring out a couple of timeless lessons.
All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who
have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.
Hebrews 12:11
Every action produces some result, and all accompanying consequences. Discipline,
if properly accepted, produces desirable results. It may not enjoyable, but it is
profitable.
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
Proverbs 12:1
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That there be no immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright
for a single meal. For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit
the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he
sought for it with tears.
Hebrews 12:16-17
Hasty, ill-advised actions produce, for the moment, immediate gratification. But
afterwards one must deal with the undesirable consequences. One may experience
remorse and regret, yet there is no way to undo what was done.
The foolishness of man ruins his way, and his heart rages against the Lord.
Proverbs 19:3
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POSTSCRIPT
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great
and bitter cry, and said to his father, "Bless me, even me also, O my father!"
Genesis 27:34
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