1. Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher - Jim Rickard www.GraceDoctrine.org Sunday, April 6, 2014

2. Prov 3:5, “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding.”

3. Proverbs Chapter 13 Section 4: Vs 20-25. The Importance of Discipline!

4. Verse 23:

5. Verse 23: The Lord promises and gives logistical grace blessings to all his children / believers.

6. An abundance of spiritual food, Bible Doctrine, is made available to all believers. See food analogies for Scripture in Ex 16; Deut 8:2; Psa 19:10; 119:103; Isa 55:10; Mat 4:4; Heb 5; Rev 10:10.

7. Sometimes God’s Word is swept away due to injustice, lawless people who are without God’s Word in their soul.

8. Pastors who are not teaching the Bible, or from the Bible, deprive their congregation of its rich food.

9. Least Bible - Minded Cities - 2013 1. Providence, R.I./New Bedford, Mass. 2. Albany, N.Y. 3. Boston 4. San Francisco 5. Cedar Rapids, Iowa 6. Buffalo, N.Y. 7. Hartford/New Haven, Conn. 8. Phoenix 9. Burlington, Vt. 10. Portland, Maine

10. Seeking wisdom is the path to righteous living and reward; cf. Prov 8:17; 11:27; 13:24.

11. Those who do not honestly seek it will not find it, Prov 1:28. Those who do not teach it will not see its fruits in their students.

12. Verse 24:

13. Verse 24: An emphasis on discipline for the rebellious child who does not have the wisdom of Bible Doctrine in his soul.

14. The Bible is also called a “rod” in Psa 23:4; Rev 11:1-2, as it is our #1 discipline of study in life that also leads us to a disciplined life unto God.

15. He who withholds physical discipline from a rebellious child in essence “hates” them because he does not care if the child acts righteously or wickedly, and receives the consequences of either.

16. If the Pastor withholds teaching the Bible from his congregation, in essence he hates his congregation, because It is necessary for “correction and reproof” in the spiritual life, 2 Tim 3:16-17.

17. 2 Tim 3:16-17, “All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.”

18. The Contrast!

19. The Contrast! The loving parent or Pastor disciplines their children.

20. The loving parent – child relationship: The parent will provide the appropriate measure of discipline at the appropriate time.

21. The loving Pastor – student relationship: The Pastor will diligently teach God’s Word, to his congregation.

22. Gal 4:19, “My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you.”

23. 3 John 1:4, “I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.”

24. The loving church - congregation relationship: The church will apply the appropriate discipline to the reversionistic congregant.

25. Communion

26. Remember!

27. ἀ ν ά μνησις (a-nam-na-ses ) A remembering, a recollection. Not “ in memory of " but in an affectionate calling of the Person Himself to mind. - Vine’s Expository Dictionary

28. Colossians 2:11-15 (Message) When you were stuck in When you were stuck in your old sin-dead life, you were incapable of responding to God. God brought you alive—right along with Christ! Think of it! All sins forgiven, the slate wiped clean, that old arrest warrant canceled and nailed to Christ’s cross.

29. Hebrews 2:12 (Amplified) Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. He, for the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

30. THE LORD’S SUPPER

31. Grace Offering 2 Cor 9:6-8, “He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed.”

32. Grace Fellowship Church Sunday April 6, 2014 Lesson # 14-033 Proverbs Chapter 13 The Importance Of Discipline James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2014 Grace Fellowship Church Sunday April 6, 2014 Lesson # 14-033 Proverbs Chapter 13 The Importance Of Discipline Prov 13:23-24; 2 Tim 3:16; Gal 4:19; 3 John 1:4 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2014