The text explained that the Christians addressed in this letter had not suffered as much as those before them (Hebrews 12:4). In summary, saved individuals should expect to experience God’s discipline; this may include feeling a sense of conviction when they sin. Those who claim faith in Christ but do not feel any discipline, especially a sense of conviction, may be showing signs of being “illegitimate children.”

Main Text: Hebrews 12:7-9 (ESV)