I discretized the following ODE using central finite differences for 1st and 2nd derivatives: $$u''-bu'=f(u), x\in (0,1)\\u(0)=1, u'(1)=0\\ b>0, f:\mathbb{R_{\ge 0}}\to \mathbb{R}_{\ge 0}$$
The function $f$ here satisfies a Lipschitz condition (i.e. $|f(u_1)-f(u_2)| \le K|u_1-u_2|$) for some $K\ge 0$. So I got
$$\left(1-\frac{hb}{2}\right)u_{i+1}-2u_i+\left(1+\frac{hb}{2}\right)u_{i-1}=h^2 f(u_i)$$
Now I want to see if this equation satisfies a discrete maximum principle.
If my understanding is correct then I need to show that
$$\frac{1}{h^2}\left[\left(1-\frac{hb}{2}\right)u_{i+1}-2u_i+\left(1+\frac{hb}{2}\right)u_{i-1}\right]\le 0$$or $$\frac{1}{h^2}\left[\left(1-\frac{hb}{2}\right)u_{i+1}-2u_i+\left(1+\frac{hb}{2}\right)u_{i-1}\right]\ge 0$$
for all $x\in (0,1)$.
But I don't see how to approach this problem using the Lipschitz condition given for $f$ or otherwise. Would appreciate some hints.