God’s Representatives Why does God want those in authority to discipline us when we disobey them?

Question #1 When are we guilty of sinning against those in authority over us? When are we guilty of sinning against those in authority over us?

1 Samuel 2: Kings 2:23-24 Numbers 16:12-15 Key Point #1 1 Samuel 3:13 Proverbs 13:24 2 Timothy 4:2 Key Point #2 disobey themdishonor themanger them rebuke and instruct us punish us when necessary discipline with patience and careful instruction falling under God’s punishment in hell ask us to do something contrary to his word) Proverbs 23:13-14 Hebrews 10:26-31 Acts 5:29 Key Point #3 Key Point #4

1 Samuel 2:22-25 Now Eli, who was very old, heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they slept with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. So he said to them, "Why do you do such things? I hear from all the people about these wicked deeds of yours. No, my sons; it is not a good report that I hear spreading among the LORD's people. If a man sins against another man, God may mediate for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who will intercede for him?" His sons, however, did not listen to their father's rebuke, for it was the LORD's will to put them to death.

2 Kings 2:23-24 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some youths came out of the town and jeered at him. "Go on up, you baldhead!" they said. "Go on up, you baldhead!" He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.

Numbers 16:12-15 Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab. But they said, "We will not come! Isn't it enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the desert? And now you also want to lord it over us? Moreover, you haven't brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? No, we will not come!" Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, "Do not accept their offering. I have not taken so much as a donkey from them, nor have I wronged any of them."

Key Point #1 We ___ against those whom ___ places over us when we ______ them, _______ them, or _____ them. sin God disobey dishonor anger

Question #2 What does God want his representatives to do when we sin?

1 Samuel 3:13 For I told him that I would judge his family forever because of the sin he knew about; his sons made themselves contemptible, and he failed to restrain them.

Proverbs 13:24 He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him.

2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage–with great patience and careful instruction.

Key Point #2 God wants his ____________ to stop us from ______, using __________ when necessary combined with ______ and ______ _________. representatives sinning punishment patientcareful instruction

Question #3 How can loving discipline serve as a blessing for us?

Proverbs 23:13-14 Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish him with the rod, he will not die. Punish him with the rod and save his soul from death.

Hebrews 10:26-31 If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much more severely do you think a man deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God under foot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Acts 5:29 Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than men!

Key Point #3 ________ can serve as a _______ for us by keeping our ____ from falling under God’s __________ in ___. Discipline blessing souls punishment hell

Question #4 When only does God want us not to obey those whom he places over us?

Key Point #4 God does ___ want us to ____ those whom he places ____ us when they ask us to do something _______ to his ____. not obey over contrary Word

What I’ve Learned God wants those whom he places over me to discipline me so I stop sinning and so my soul won’t be lost in hell.