December 3, 2022 -- Proverbs 3:11-12 -- A Journey to Christmas through Proverbs and Luke

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My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline
or be weary of his reproof,
12 for the LORD reproves him whom he loves,
as a father the son in whom he delights.
Proverbs 3:11-12 ESV

If you are on day three of reading through the Proverbs and Luke, then you’ll encounter the genealogy of Luke 3. Many people sigh and struggle to read through the names in such lists. A few things to note when you read these lists.

  • Think about faithful fathers and mothers who raised their children in the discipline of the LORD—that teaching what is good and right and redirecting children from wrong paths

  • Though the wages of sin is death, God in His great mercy gave a faithful line of people from Adam and Eve to Joseph and Mary. His mercy is found in every generation. That is worth pondering.

  • Every single generation God, by His Spirit, restrained the sinfulness of His people and guarded them for Christ. It is so today as well. The LORD our God is blessing His people because of Christ and guarding His people in the way of salvation. People are not saved because of their good deeds or kind acts, but because of the righteousness of Jesus Christ—He is the joy of every heart and the song of every redeemed soul.


Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your Name. Thank You for Your great faithfulness to every generation. Thank You for fathers and mothers, granddads and grandmas, aunts and uncles, who showed the love God and modeled the way of salvation. Thank You for those in my life who are showing me the way of salvation. Mighty God, help me to be a believer with integrity who teaches peers and teaches the next generation the way of the LORD's discipline and the joy of living in His great love. May Your Name be praised, and Your glory declared in every generation and in ever greater measure until Jesus returns to bring His Spirit led people to Himself in eternity. Amen.

https://youtu.be/LmC421TzqcE (Alex Stephens “For God So Loved the World”

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