1A.  WHAT WE HAVE FIRST IS A DOCTRINE

“Wherefore rebuke them sharply.”

2A.  AS WELL, THE DOCTRINE IS LINKED TO A WHOLESOME DESIRE

“Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith.”

3A.  ALLOW ME TO NOW PUT SUCH STRONG REBUKES ON DISPLAY

1B.  First, with those who are lost (Gen 4.3-6; Matthew 12.34; 23.33; Acts 8.20-24; 13.9-10)

2B.  But there are Christians, too, who need sharp rebukes (Titus 1.13; Gal 2.11; 1 Cor 4.18-21)

4A.  Finally, A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A REBUKE IS SHARP (Hebrews 4.12)