Busted! Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Busted! ----------------------- Date: 9/8/1999 Keywords: "discipline" "love" "rebuke" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Hebrews 12:4-6* 4. In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 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 rebukes you, 6. because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son." Questions 1. According to this passage, what can you expect from a loving God?   2. How are you reacting to God's discipline in your life?   Practical help Have you been surfing porn sites in secret? Do you have all your guards in place? Monitor doesn't face the door. Check. Test the quick-key sequence to minimize the browser. Check. Make sure everyone else is busy with something or in bed. Check. Sound card volume is turned down. Check. Safe to surf, so you do. Then on to bed. The next day your wife (or child or roommate or friend) uses the computer before you do, and it turns out you forgot to erase the most recently visited sites. As quick as that, it's discovered where you spent your last hours on the computer. Busted! How do you feel about a God that let that happen? The writer of Hebrews gives you an interesting perspective on what to feel. Try this: Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Remember, you weren't busted because you're bad. You were busted because you're loved. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 1999 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version, © Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.