God disciplines His children for the purpose of keeping them safe and close to Him.
Along the same lines, Pearl In Oyster (PIO) explains that we should imitate how
God disciplines His children.
Not exact matches
God is love, but love does involve
discipline (think
children, boundaries, etc.) Christians do acknowleged that
God does have emotions.
With the freedom of the
children of
God we embrace whatever structures and activities are needed to serve the aims and ideals of the Movement, within the obedience of faith and the
discipline of our Holy Mother the Church.
So does
God STILL support slavery and beating helpless
children with rods for
discipline?
In that world
God was present, direct and inexorable; his messages to parents were everywhere: from flour spilled on the floor (that
child needs more
discipline) to the tragic death of an infant (confirmation that
God had better things in store for them, in another world).
I've heard some theologians explain it like this:
God is like a father,
disciplining his
children.
I suggest that ultimately this can be met by
God, just as a parent
disciplines their
child.
They are obligated to
discipline the
children and teach them about
God.
Just like any sport or action, people can turn it into something that is not
God - pleasing; however, the sport, with the rules that support it and are designed to prevent injury, is fantastic and a great way for
children to develop self -
discipline.
This passage affirms our eternal security because it is a passage about the
discipline that
God gives to his own
children when they fall away from him.
Sabi
God is not surprised by our actions disappointed maybe just like in a family when the fathers
children do the wrong thing.The amazing thing with
God is that is sovereign and all the mistakes we make he uses them to build up our faith or if we refuse to listen he will
discipline us for our good.
Just as a father gives warning to his
children before he spanks them,
God the Father warns His
children before he
disciplines them.
If good parents are not evil for deliberately bringing
children into this world and inevitably having to
discipline them in some fashion or another then neither is
God (who is better than any earthly parent could ever be) for creating man.
(followed closely by: - «I have a personal relationship» with «
God / Jesus» and - «If you are a good parent, don't you
discipline your
children when they misbehave?»
I am (a) A victim of
child molestation (b) A r.ape victim trying to recover (c) A mental patient with paranoid delusions (d) A Christian The only
discipline known to often cause people to kill others they have never met and / or to commit suicide in its furtherance is: (a) Architecture; (b) Philosophy; (c) Archeology; or (d) Religion What is it that most differentiates science and all other intellectual
disciplines from religion: (a) Religion tells people not only what they should believe, but what they are morally obliged to believe on pain of divine retribution, whereas science, economics, medicine etc. has no «sacred cows» in terms of doctrine and go where the evidence leads them; (b) Religion can make a statement, such as «there is a composite
god comprised of God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit», and be totally immune from experimentation and challenge, whereas science can only make factual assertions when supported by considerable evidence; (c) Science and the scientific method is universal and consistent all over the World whereas religion is regional and a person's religious conviction, no matter how deeply held, is clearly nothing more than an accident of birth; or (d) All of the abo
god comprised of
God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit», and be totally immune from experimentation and challenge, whereas science can only make factual assertions when supported by considerable evidence; (c) Science and the scientific method is universal and consistent all over the World whereas religion is regional and a person's religious conviction, no matter how deeply held, is clearly nothing more than an accident of birth; or (d) All of the abo
God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit», and be totally immune from experimentation and challenge, whereas science can only make factual assertions when supported by considerable evidence; (c) Science and the scientific method is universal and consistent all over the World whereas religion is regional and a person's religious conviction, no matter how deeply held, is clearly nothing more than an accident of birth; or (d) All of the above.
I'm so glad that I can mother through breastfeeding —
God has given us such a gift in being able to nourish, nurture, teach, and even
discipline (setting boundaries, etc) through nursing our
children!
We are very kind, respectable, loving and honest people.Im a good mother, have a trying at times but great son who respects me and understands im his mother not his bff, And in my opinion the problem is ppl who do nt understand why
god wants us to correct our
children by not sparingthe rod... sure, some moms do nt wan na be the bad guy and «spank» bc
god forbid their kid grows up to be violent - yet today most of society refuses to spank - and yet today we live in a world filled with so much murder, stealing, and crimes that i honestly believe if they had parents following
gods word and
disciplining like they did back in the day when older generations knew what they were doing we would live in a better world.
«I can find no statement in scripture where
God tells, or allows, husbands to physically
discipline their wives (odd, because He doesn't seem to have forgotten to tell parents to
discipline their
children.)
Every discussion I've ever read or participated in that involves Christians and spanking, someone eventually says that spanking is the
God - ordained method of
disciplining our
children.
My thoughts on parenting always, always go back to individual parents praying and seeking
God's wisdom for how to
discipline and teach their own
children.
The hierarchy is:
God above Man, Man above Nature, The
Disciplined (Strong) above the Undisciplined (Weak), The Rich above the Poor, Employers above Employees, Adults above
Children, Western culture above other cultures, America above other countries.
And ofcourse
God rebukes and
disciplines a
child He loves.
I Would love to have a woman who obviously loves
children, someone who knows how to treat a man good and appreciates all the
God Given Values in men, A Honest, Caring, Generous, Understanding and Self
Disciplined Woman who is willing to give it all in a Relationship... A Honest Woman who wants to...