Both in the secular world and in the church, our characteristic approach to human frailty is
not chastisement and dire threats, but understanding; not calling people to repent their sins, but teaching people the gentle arts of self - acceptance; not an ethic of cross-bearing, but an ethic based on the value of self - actualization.
Not exact matches
Takeaway for me is that the pain / suffering / rejection we experience in this life does
not equal rejection by God — even if it does serve as a
chastisement / correction for sin / failure in our lives — it reveals God's love and personal concern for our development, reminding us of our mortality and need to rely upon him... In short, the wounds / scars we receive are God's way of branding / choosing us as his own...
even if it does serve as a
chastisement / correction for sin / failure in our lives — well, yes, often I guess this is so — but
not always I think.
I don't know about
chastisement..
The
chastisement of The Lord is definitely
not a pleasant experience when it is happening but it is to train us in the way we should go and bring us back on the right path if we have strayed.
He says up front that the second man was in need of «love and forgiveness,»
not «
chastisement and the fear of hell» (as was the case with the first man).
He was a genuine Christian,
not in need of
chastisement and the fear of hell, but in need of love and forgiveness.
This is done in order to bring about
not only
chastisement for their sin, but ultimately for the repentance of His people (See Ezekiel 16).
Alvarado cites the example of German Calvinist political theorist Johannes Althusius, who defined the discipline of morals as «the inquisition into and
chastisement of those morals and luxuries that are
not prevented or punished by laws, but which corrupt the souls of subjects or squander their goods unproductively.»
Heb 12:8 But if ye be without
chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and
not sons.
The Kenyan President stood up to the American President after his
chastisement, and pointed out that Kenyans do
not agree with the enlightened superiority of the superpower in question, and are concerned with much more basic aspects of civil society, and affirmed their right to govern their own nation.
If they desist
not from their word (of blasphemy), verily, a grievous
chastisement will befall the disbelievers among them.
Furthermore, when he inflicts
chastisement on man, God himself suffers it, for he does
not withdraw from even the worst of men.
If your view on roles were correct, Paul's greetings in his letters would have been full of
chastisements of these women for stepping outside of their roles,
not the laudations which he gives them for their great work within the faith.
036.018 SHAKIR: They said: Surely we augur evil from you; if you do
not desist, we will certainly stone you, and there shall certainly afflict vou a painful
chastisement from us.
There is, therefore, no reward for such among you as do this, except disgrace in the present life; and on the Day of Judgment they shall be driven to a most severe
chastisement; and surely, Allah is
not unmindful of what you do.
And by disbelief I do
not mean some sort of brave rejection of the doctrine, some defiant demand flung at heaven for possession of one's own soul; I mean merely the impotence of an imagination that finds the very notion of sin incomprehensible, the conscience of a man who is sure that, whatever sin might be, it surely lies lightly upon a soul as decent as his own, and can be brushed off with a single casual stroke of a primly gloved hand; I mean an habitual insensibility to the illuminations and
chastisements of beauty, a condition of being wholly at home in a world from which mystery and sin and glory have all been banished, and in which spiritual wretchedness has become material contentment.
HE «must keep silence and
not question»... «because it always results in
chastisement».
The threatened population had
not been humbled by that historical
chastisement.
First, as the idea of God was heightened into nobler meanings, nothing for which he was responsible could be conceived as aimless and, therefore, the suffering which he brought on men and nations could readily be thought of,
not as retribution merely, but as purposeful discipline and
chastisement.
She must keep silence and
not question her captors because it always results in
chastisement.
And grieve
not if your soul into Sheol has descended in grief, And that in your life your body fared
not according to your goodness, But wait for the day of the Judgment of sinners And for the day of cursing and
chastisement.
And whereas, it is the duty of nations as as well as of men, to owe their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess their sins and transgressions, in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord: And, in so much as we know that, by His divine law, nations, like individuals, are subjected to punishments and
chastisements in this world, may we
not justly fear that the awful calamity of civil war, which now desolates the land, may be but a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins, to the needful end of our national reformation as a whole People?
The
chastisement will
not fall while Ahab lives.
Where however the preaching of the gospel is reverently heard and the sacraments are
not neglected, there for the time being no deceitful or ambiguous form of the church is seen; and no one is permitted to spurn its authority, flout its warnings, resist its counsels, or make light of its
chastisements — much less to desert it and break its unity.
In yet another, a pastor heard verbal
chastisement by one parent toward teh other for her lack of spirituality for demand - feeding her infant... Concern led to a personal examination of the material; I was struck by the legalistic tone and lack of concern for developmentally appropriate psychological growth and health... Newborns are to be taught self - discipline by learning they are
not the center of the universe.
She notes in a recent article for a professional journal that at least one GFI publication she has reviewed advised parents to avoid spanking their children in public, to be careful about neighbors hearing their children's cries in apartment buildings and «to instruct one's children
not to tell anyone — even the child's other parent in a divorce situation — about occurring
chastisement (GFI's euphemism for corporal punishment), due to potential «misunderstandings.»»
Though the
chastisement from the Board of Ethics wound up the current Zatz administration on a sour note, the year's last Town Board meeting did
not end without a round of applause from the audience and some warm words of appreciation for the outgoing public officials.
He also said he's
not concerned that his
chastisement of NYSUT will cost him politically down the road, saying he believes his support among Erie County teachers is firm.
This can manifest as self - blame,
chastisement, and the stories of «
not being good enough.»
But this expectation is
not met, and violent
chastisements inevitably ensue.
Soon now a book of mine could be remaindered also, Though
not to the monumental extent In which the
chastisement of remaindering has been meted out To the book of my enemy, Since in the case of my own book it will be due To a miscalculated print run, a marketing error — Nothing to do with merit.
Reading their thoughts we would recognize self
chastisement such as «Oh, this is ridiculous feeling like this over a Cocker Spaniel» or «I can't believe loosing a cat would wreck my entire life!»
I don't care to bring my site online for any traditional or self - aggrandising or financial reason, definitely agree with your
chastisements of the «industry» (which I don't care to be a part of per se)... Besides the fact that I've accumulated many written stories and accompanying photos over the years, I actually don't have a reason to start a blog.
The court also stated earlier in Stiles v. Workers Compensation Board of British Columbia, (1989), 38 B.C.L.R. (2d) 307 (C.A.) at p. 311 that special costs should
not be awarded unless there is some form of reprehensible conduct, «either in the circumstances giving rise to the cause of action, or in the proceeding, which make such costs desirable as a form of
chastisement.
In Stiles v. Workers Compensation Board of British Columbia (1989), 38 B.C.L.R. (2d) 307 (C.A.) Justice Lambert stated that full indemnity for legal fees should
not be awarded unless there is some form of reprehensible, scandalous or outrageous conduct in the circumstances giving rise to the cause of action, or in the proceedings themselves that warrants
chastisement.
First off, I willingly accept your rebuke and
chastisement for
not being prepared for the overwhelming (and unexpected) response from the podcast.