V3-12 Persecution and Discipline
Walking Talking Bible Project
What is the difference between persecution and discipline? Why does God discipline those He loves? How should we respond to this discipline? These are just some of the questions to consider in this week’s edition of the Walking Talking Bible Project.
Bible Passages
The following Scripture quotations from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB) are provided for your convenience. Please feel free to use the Bible and translation of your choice.
Memory Passage: Romans 8:18
Romans 8:18
18 I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.
Connection Passage #1: Hebrews 12:4–6
Hebrews 12:4–6
4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
Connection Passage #2 Hebrews 12:11
Hebrews 12:11
11 No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.
Connection Passage #3: 1 Peter 5:1–4
1 Peter 5:1–4
1 As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:
2 Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
3 not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB).