If you endure chastening, God dealeth
with you as with sons; for what son is he
whom the Father chasteneth not?
But if ye be without chastizement,
whereof all are partakers, then are
ye not bastards, and not sons?
Furthermore we have had fathers of
our flesh which corrected us, and we
gave them reverence: shall we not
much rather be in subjection unto
the Father of spirits, and live? For
they verily for a few days chastened
us after their own pleasure; but He
for our profit, that we might partakers
of His holiness. Now no chastening
for the present seemeth to be joyuous,
but grievous: nevertheless afterward
it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of
righteousness unto them which are
exercised thereby.
Hebrews 12:7-11
God chastens those Whom He loves! May not seem that way during the chastenizing but it is for our good and that good is to return us to the truth in our words, deeds, thoughts, our worship to God. Left by ourselves we would not what to come back to God because we left Him in the first place thinking that we had a better way, a better understanding. We have examples how God chastizes His people, the curse uoon Adam and Eve, the Great Flood, the imprisonment of Jacob who through His chastizening endured albeit it was not due to his unbelief. The 430 years where the Hebrew people were slaves and even their refusal to worship God and believe God losing their right to enter into the promised land. There are many more examples that could be cited showing that when man does not heed the chastizing of God there are consequences that they had ot face. In every case there is an element of unbelief by either parth and consequences that each had to face due to not allowing this chastizing to cause a renewal of faith.
In today's culture children are seldom chastized for their actions. "Boys will be boys" is a cry often heard given some excuse for a reason why a boy has done something considered wrong. Girls are often given a pass due to their being a girl, again an excuse but not a reason for their actions. Children are given freedoms that they have not earned or are given them to soon as they are not yet mature enough to handle consequences that arise. What is not being done is for parents to teach their children right from wrong and then inspect what they expect. Parents must be proactive or there is a great chance that things will not go well for their children who are under their supervision. Look at our prison, full, overlowing and much due to little or no parenting .
Parents make their own excuses why they do not have the time to teach their children. Really?? The truth is: you do not make time. If we are Authentic Christians we do what our God has instructed us to do in regards to our spouses, our children, our workers, and has given us examples how He handles this problem of rejection to His word. WE CHOOSE! God does not take away our ability to choose. God has provided a way to faith, a way to salvation and all that is required is that a person heed the call of God and choose Him, and The Only Begotten Son and allow the Holy Spirit to lead and not to be led by our own desires and lusts.
I am writing this without glasses as my nose and forehead are a big long incision and I cannot see well so if I have mispelled, please excuse me. I am healing and will get better for God has provided man and women who are skill doctors, medicines as we never had before. Now, I must choose what God has allowed to be provided for my health. Choice it is is ours to choose.
But the salvation of the righteous
is of the LORD: He is their strength
in time of trouble. And the LORD shall
help them, and deliver them: He shall
deliver them from the wicked, and save them,
because they trust in Him.
Psalm137:39-40
Train up your children in the Lord
Richard L. Crumb
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