✝ Daily Encouragement (12/3/25) "The Discipline Of Rebuke"
Published: Wed, 12/03/25
Updated: Wed, 12/03/25
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(Click refresh or reload for current message) Wednesday, December 3, 2025 
This
1954 Chevy
3100 pickup
truck has a
nice parking
spot under the
barn overhang
on a farm
along
Pinkerton Road
south of Mount
Joy. The truck
is the same
model year as
I am and
appears to
still be in
use!
Click on photo to
enlarge
"The
Discipline Of
Rebuke"
Message summary: Today, consider that the rebuke of our God is an evidence of His love and let us rejoice in the "word of encouragement that addresses you as sons". Listen to our message on your audio player. "Better is open rebuke than hidden love" (Proverbs 27:5). “And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons: ‘My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when He [the Lord] rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines those He loves, and He punishes everyone He accepts as a son’” (Hebrews 12:5-6).
Have
you ever been
rebuked? I
sure have and
I needed it on
more than one
occasion. Can
you
recall a
specific time
when you were
admonished,
reproved, or
rebuked (they
all mean the
same thing)?
As you read
our message
today, you
will likely
recall a
time(s) when
you were
rebuked by a
relative,
supervisor,
church leader,
friend, etc.
It was painful
at the time
but beneficial
and even
necessary for
your character
development.
When
we've been
corrected for
our poor
attitude or
unacceptable
behavior in a
light-hearted
manner, we may
not stop to
think of the
seriousness of
the matter. It
doesn't get
our attention
in the same
way as that of
a person who
has taken the
troubling
situation very
seriously,
even putting
their
relationship
at risk when
approaching us
about a matter
that needs to
be corrected.
The rebuke may
be firm. And
more than
likely that
experience
will stay in
your memory
and change you
for the better
the remainder
of your life,
if you respond
properly.
Most
would consider
the words
"rebuke" and
"encouragement"
as mutually
exclusive.
Just the word,
“rebuke” can
set your heart
on edge and
very few would
consider the
act of being
rebuked as
encouraging!
But let’s read
a perspective
from Scripture
today and
consider the
blessing of
rebuke.
In the daily verse the writer of Hebrews is actually quoting from Proverbs 3:11,12. Let us consider the phrase, “Do not lose heart when He rebukes you”.
I’ll
be completely
honest: I much
prefer
commendation
over rebuke.
Commendation
makes me feel
warm inside,
kind of like
the setting at
a dining room
table when the
colorful
Thanksgiving
feast is
piping hot,
ready to be
dished up.
Commendation
is like
getting a pat
on the back
telling us,
“Don’t make
any changes.
Keep on doing
what you’re
doing.”
On
the other hand
“rebuke” makes
me
uncomfortable,
sort of like
being sent to
the
principal’s
office or like
a throbbing
toothache that
won’t go away:
rebuke that
stops us in
our tracks
forcing us to
do an internal
search which
also brings
about humility
and needed
change.
We
like
commendation
because it’s
easier. But we
also need
rebuke to grow
us and bring
about needed
disciplines,
conforming us
to be more
like Christ.
The rebuke spoken of in our text is from the Lord , “Do not lose heart when He [the Lord] rebukes you”. The Greek word for rebuke in this passage is “elegcho”. This is the same Greek word used in John 3:20 that is translated "exposed": “Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.” Why do people prefer darkness rather than light? It seems to me at least a part of the answer lies in our response to God’s rebuke (conviction and exposing of sin). The one loving darkness hates the light which exposes sin. Those of us who love the Lord respond to the disinfecting qualities of light with confession, repentance, and change even though it can be a very uncomfortable experience! That’s why Solomon and later the writer of Hebrews cautions us, “Do not lose heart” at His [the Lord's] rebuke. The rebuke from our Lord may come through His Word, an inner conviction by His Holy Spirit or through another person such as Nathan’s rebuke to King David (2 Samuel 12) or Paul’s rebuke to Peter (Galatians 2:11). Today, consider that the rebuke of our God is an evidence of His love and let us rejoice in the "word of encouragement that addresses you as sons". Be encouraged today! Hebrews 3:13 Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
 This photo was taken at the same farm south of Mount Joy as the truck photo above. It has stayed cold and the light snow coating in our area remains and probably will for several days with projected temps. Click on photo to enlarge  Also along Pinkerton Road I passed the Rocky Acre Farm Bed and Breakfast. This place always catches my attention with the stone retaining wall and windmill next to the house. Click on photo to enlarge
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