“Identity Of True Sons”
Friday, April 11, 2025Key Verse
“But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.” Hebrews 12:8
Text — Hebrews 12:5-11
Message
Salvation experience gives us the privilege to be called sons and daughters of God; and as such we have the right to all provisions in God’s kingdom. However, our Bible passage uses the word bastard to describe children of God who do not behave as real sons and daughters in God’s family; such children hate correction and discipline. A bastard is a stranger to the family of God and has no right in His kingdom.
Our earthly parents show that they truly love us by correcting or discipling us whenever we go wrong. They control and limit our freedom because they want us to become good adults in future. The same way, our heavenly Father corrects us through His word, ministers, godly parents and other Christians. Although the corrections may be painful most of the time, we should cheerfully and joyfully bear them as real children and not bastards. We should also be ready to suffer little persecutions that come our way as a result of our love for Jesus. Our Saviour and Lord Jesus suffered during His earthly work.
As the Lord is moulding your life through many opportunities, He will give you the grace you need to submit yourself to His instructions, corrections and control.
Further Reading
Deuteronomy 23:1,2
Prayer for today
O Lord, please help me to take to correction with joy and cheerfulness.
About Author - Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
