(2 Sam 7:14 KJV) I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
Suffering teaches us that somehow we have broken the rules.
When we break the rules either knowingly or unknowingly and are caught, then we are generally chastened. This usually involves some form of punishment, involving one or a combination of either physical pain, mental anguish or emotional detachment (being grounded from the things that you love).
Correction is a requirement for the maintenance of law and order, however correction should be designed to put things back in order, too often it results in things being put further out of order (damaged or broken).
Correction implies that something has been corrected, made right, adjusted or fixed. Punishment does not necessarily bring about correction. Often punishment results in fear, resentment and further wrong action.
In order to correct it is necessary for the thing in question that is wrong to be made right. Since it is impossible to undo a crime, correction focuses on changing the attitude or removing the spirit that is responsible for the behaviour pattern.
Effective correction has to come from a spirit of love since this type of correction has the other person’s welfare at heart.
Sometimes it is possible to correct a child with a facial expression or a word, if that word is understood. Often it is necessary to use a short loud reprimand to let the child know that it has done something wrong. Sometimes it is necessary to use physical force to prevent the child from continuing in the wrong behaviour.
The degree of correction necessary is relative to the sensitivity and responsiveness of the child. Their responsiveness is a response to the amount of love conveyed in the corrective process.
Often when we break the rules, we are shown mercy and not punished at all, but simply told not to do it again.
Correction can only be effective after perfect judgement, since it is not possible to correct something without making a perfect judgement on what needs to be corrected. Imperfect judgement will result in an ineffective corrective process and produce adverse consequences.
When Jesus dealt with a problem, it was finished - because he dealt with underlying root causes in the human spirit, not just the manifestation of physical symptoms.
Discipline is the quality of being able to live life according to the rules of life, not necessarily according to the rules of men. Often the rules of men are designed to control for specific agenda’s, they are not designed to maintain the quality of life for the whole.
(John 5:14 KJV) Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
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