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Such a response in children is a form of fellowship which is to a Christian parent both humbling and a cause of deep gratitude for God’s grace seen already in early years. Such response in life can grow with the years. How thankful parents can be when their children resist and rebuke the sinful word
Are we willing to listen and to make whatever correction may be necessary in our lives? Young people, if you have recently made confession of faith, you promised that you would place yourself under the discipline of the elders if it became necessary. We need to realize that rebuke is for our profit
One wrong response to chastisement is anger. Our anger during chastisement is directed not only against a human authority that administers the consequences but necessarily God-ward as well. This despising of chastening grows into a hidden but ugly "root of bitterness" that troubles many today (see
Rather, our reaction must be the same as God’s. And God’s reply to this rebellious questioning is, “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent” (Rev. 3:19). Stronger still are God’s words in Proverbs 3:11 and Job 5:17, both of which are quoted in Hebrews 12:5: “Despise
We are tempted to respond to discipline, even though rightly administered, with weariness and fainting (v.3), with hands which hang down and feeble knees (v. 12). In the midst of our disciplining, God must say to us, “For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth
Are we gentle and kind with our children? When we rebuke them, is it with humility rather than rage, acknowledging that we also sin and that discipline is not punishment but love? STEP 2: TRAINING BY INSTRUCTION. When our children show sinful anger themselves, how do we react? Do we ignore their ang