The Cross And Displine In His Sons

Summary:

How do we view the cross of Christ in our life? Is there a difference between the cross of Christ in our life and the discipline that the Father puts every son through? Christ was disciplined by the Father through the things that He suffered and then finished the cross once for all and now we too are to have that same discipline and cross experience in our lives as we walk in the steps of our Lord.

Show Notes:

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  How do we view the cross of Christ in our lives?

  
  


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  The cross must be a real and living experience in each believer's life.

  
  


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  The cross is a one time experience, but it is expandable.

  
  


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  There is a discipline that the Father puts each of His sons through to do the will of God.

  
  


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  Our approach to one another is to be connected, to have a greater fellowship, to do the will of God in our lives.

  
  


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  We have claimed the fullness of the cross of Christ in our lives and now we walk in the steps of our Lord as our Father disciplines and scourges every son whom He receives.

  
  

Quotes:

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  You can look at the cross and say, oh, man, I'm dying. Or you can take a look at the cross and say, I'm coming alive because of the cross.

  
  


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  It has to be an experience, a real living experience that no one can talk you out of. It's not a doctrine.

  
  


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  Do you want something that you can never lose? We can have an altar call right now. And as you walk down that aisle, and you accept salvation, walk down that aisle and say, Lord, I accept your cross...

  
  


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  I think after the cross, there comes a discipline, in our own spirit, to do the will of God.

  
  


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  We're still in need of a greater revelation of it is finished. Are we walking in what's been finished? Are we becoming fully what's been finished? Do we realize how far down the road we are?

  
  

Scriptural References:

John 19:28-30

28 After this Jesus, knowing that all things are now finished, that the scripture might be accomplished, saith, I thirst. 29 There was set there a vessel full of vinegar: so they put a sponge full of the vinegar upon hyssop, and brought it to his mouth. 30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.

Hebrews 12:6-7

For whom the LORD loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives.” If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?

Take Away:

Today the sons whom God is raising up have experienced the cross of Christ in their life. As they walk on in their love relationship with the Father, they too experience the Father's discipline as the cross of Christ keeps expanding in their life.