Divine Discipline Isaiah 30 A study of Isaiah’s God & His servants

God’s Response to our Sin He Convicts

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God’s Response to our Sin He Convicts Through His Word Deuteronomy 17:16 Moreover, he [Israel‘s king] shall not multiply horses for himself, nor shall he cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, since the Lord has said to you, ‘You shall never again return that way.’

God’s Response to our Sin He Convicts Through His Word Through His Spirit 1 Corinthians 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God...

God’s Response to our Sin He Convicts Through His Word Through His Spirit Through our Conscience Romans 2:14–15 For when Gentiles who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves, in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them

God’s Response to our Sin He Convicts Through His Word Through His Spirit Through our Conscience Hebrews 3:13 But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called “Today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

God’s Response to our Sin He Convicts He Warns

God’s Response to our Sin He Convicts He Warns He Disciplines Deuteronomy 8:5 Thus you are to know in your heart that the Lord your God was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.

God’s Response to our Sin He Convicts He Warns He Disciplines Hebrews 12:10 For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.

God’s Response to our Sin He Convicts He Warns He Disciplines Withholds protection Sends distress Breaks fellowship between the sinner & God

God’s Response to our Sin Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear. He Convicts He Warns He Disciplines Withholds protection Sends distress Breaks fellowship between the sinner & God

God’s Response to our Sin Matthew 18:15–17 If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother. But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every fact may be confirmed. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. He Convicts He Warns He Disciplines Withholds protection Sends distress Breaks fellowship between the sinner & God between the sinner & God’s people

God’s Response to our Sin 1 Corinthians 5:6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough? 1 Timothy 5:20 Those who continue in sin, rebuke in the presence of all, so that the rest also will be fearful of sinning. He Convicts He Warns He Disciplines Withholds protection Sends distress Breaks fellowship between the sinner & God between the sinner & God’s people

God’s Response to our Sin 2 Corinthians 7:9 I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, so that you might not suffer loss in anything through us. He Convicts He Warns He Disciplines Withholds protection Sends distress Breaks fellowship between the sinner & God between the sinner & God’s people

God’s Response to our Sin He Convicts He Warns He Disciplines Withholds protection Sends distress Breaks fellowship between the sinner & God between the sinner & God’s people

How do we Escape Discipline? REPENT – “to turn, change your direction” Result: Restored fellowship (v20) Spiritual growth (v21-22) Blessing & healing (v23-26)