To The Utmost of Your Power (5): Am I Using All My Power In Conformity With My Vow?

Johnny was naughty again today. The rod had to be taken down from the place where it is kept, and Johnny felt its sting. Johnny walked away crying, and only too often, with nothing less than an increased degree of fear for his father or mother. His fear of the Lord had not increased at all. What is wrong with the above description of Johnny's experience with the rod? Surely we are not advocating the sparing of the rock The fear of the Lord is never taught that wav, "Spare the rod and spoil...