Despise, Faint, or Endure

DESPISE, FAINT, OR ENDURE Dealing with correction is one of the hardest things the human ego must learn to ENDURE . Fortunately, Hebrews 12 addresses that issue… quoting Proverbs 3:11-12. “My son, DESPISE NOT the chastening of the Lord, NOR FAINT when you are rebuked by Him; for whom the Lord loves He chastens, and scourges every son whom He receives." (Heb12:5-6) The author dissects, examines, and then pieces back together how our soul reacts… and then should react… to chastisement - correction, instruction, rebuke, and reproof... training . Verse 1 starts right off explaining how we are running a race and must lay aside everything weighing us down… as well as the particular sin which so EASILY BESETS US - [properly, a serious hindrance that " encircles " (hampers) someone who desperately needs to advance. ...