God's Word Rebukes: Love That Calls Us Home

``See, that's Jesus on the cross. Jesus going to the cross to rebuke all the lies of Satan. Jesus going to the cross to suffer and die for you and me to rebuke our sin, to cast it out, to take away your punishment, to take away what you deserve, to take away what I deserve for the things that I've done. Jesus took it all upon himself, and there he rebuked Satan. [00:51:57] (30 seconds)  #CrossRebukesSatan

And the religious leaders of the day, when they're going off the rails, he rebukes them. He tells, you are whitewashed tombs. You are you are losing your way. You can't do this. Jesus, every now and then, got angry. And when the whole of the society and the temple was going off the rails, when they made worship of God about money and things like that, he made a whip, and he went and he cracked it. And he yelled at them. He rebuked them. [00:43:55] (34 seconds)  #RebukeHypocrisy

And so sometimes, a rebuke is a good thing. He also he also rebuked here in in in Mark chapter four. There was there there there was a time when he was out on on the Sea Of Galilee with his disciples, and they're going across the sea, and he's asleep in the boat, and all of a sudden, a huge storm comes up, wind and waves, and it's just rolling, and every other disciples think they're gonna die. They wake Jesus up, and Jesus rebukes the storm. Peace. Be still. And a massive storm that took fishermen and made them fearful for their lives goes away in a heartbeat. Jesus has that power. He's not afraid to rebuke nature. [00:44:29] (47 seconds)  #PeaceBeStill

He also rebuked the enemy again and again. In in Luke chapter eight, we have Jesus there, and there's this man who has got so many demons possessing him that when Jesus asked the name, the demons say legion for we are many. He was overcome by all of this stuff, and Jesus says, come out of him. And even the demons must obey. The absolute enemies of God cannot stand before him. He rebukes them. [00:46:23] (33 seconds)  #DemonsMustObey

And I believe he's saying to me and you that as children of God, we're called to do the same thing, to rebuke the things that are wrong in this world. But to do it the right way because that's the next question. How did Jesus do it? Always, always out of love. Jesus always rebukes in order to lift people up. He always rebukes to lift people out of their sin. He always rebukes to take them to the cross and to the hope that is found there. [00:46:56] (36 seconds)  #RebukeWithLove

In the last couple weeks, I I looked at social media. I I've been spending too much time on it lately, but something I've seen over and over again are people that I love, Christian people, rebuking others, saying things to others that they would never say in person. Putting stuff out there and attacking people. I mean, just vitriol. And I'm talking about from both sides of the aisle yelling at each other and doing it somehow in the name of Jesus. [00:41:53] (33 seconds)  #StopChristianVitriol

The Christian Bible Society did a study on it. Those who are active in God's word, though Gen z right now is dealing with more anxiety and depression and fear than any of the other generations by far when they're in the age group that they are in. The ones who are in God's word, 50% less fear, depression, and anxiety. 50% less. Why? Because this word brings life. And I'm asking you, are you in it? [00:50:57] (30 seconds)  #ScriptureReducesFear

But he also says this, and I love you too much to let you live in it. My word will rebuke you. And God is good at rebuking. We aren't. [00:41:21] (15 seconds)  #LoveRebukes