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Love and Discipline. No ill effects!. Institute of Human Development, Univ. of California.
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No ill effects! Institute of Human Development, Univ. of California “Occasional, mild spankings of young children are OK and do not cause any lasting harm that carries into adolescence....Such discipline does not hurt youngsters’ social or emotional development....‘A lot of people out there advocate that any spanking at all is detrimental, and that's not what we found' said study co-author Elizabeth Owens.” (Houston Chronicle, 8/25/01, 2A; Presented “at a meeting in San Francisco of the American Psychological Association.”) 2
Love and Discipline are not Mutually Exclusive! • He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly.(Prov. 13:24) • Chasten your son while there is hope, And do not set your heart on his destruction. (Prov. 19:18) 3
What is true of your children is also true of God’s children! • He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly.(Prov. 13:24) • Chasten your son while there is hope, And do not set your heart on his destruction.(Prov. 19:18) 4
Disciplines His Children GOD Out of Love My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD, Nor detest His correction; For whom the LORD loves He corrects, Just as a father the son in whom he delights.(Prov. 3:11-12) Hebrews 12:5-11 5
Disciplines His Children GOD Out of Love • Instruction (God taught Israel) – Psa. 78:5-8 • Punishment (God punished Israel) –Deut. 8:5-6; Psa. 89:30-32 6
Discipline Their Children Parents Out of Love • Instruction – Prov. 4:10-13; Deut. 6:6-9; Eph. 6:4 • Punishment –Prov. 13:24; 19:18; 22:15; 23:13-14; 29:15-17 7
Disciplines His Church Christ Out of Love • Instruction – Matt. 28:20; Eph. 4: 11-12 • Punishment –1 Pet. 4:17; Matt. 18:15-17; 2 Ths. 3:6, 14 (2 Cor. 2:6) Eph. 5:25-27; Rev. 3:19 8
Discipline Guidelines • Never practice discipline… • For personal vengeance, Heb. 12:6-7; 2 Ths. 3:15 • With a self-righteous attitude, Gal. 6:1 • To prove “who’s the boss”, Col. 3:24 9
Discipline Guidelines • Always practice discipline… • -To save the erring child: • Home, Prov. 23:14 (19:18) • Church, 1 Cor. 5:5 (2 Cor. 2:6-8) 10
Discipline Guidelines • Always practice discipline… • -To prevent shame & reproach, & to produce rest: • Home, Prov. 29:15, 17 • Church, 1 Cor. 5:6-7 (Gal. 6:1) 11
Discipline Guidelines • Always practice discipline… • -To honor God & perpetuate His blessings: • Home, Eph. 6:1-4 • Church, 1 Cor. 5:6-8 Hebrews 12:11 12
Spare the Rod Spoil the Child AND When parents do not discipline their children … pain & shame, disrespectful child (Prov. 29:15, 17) 13
Spare the Rod Spoil the Child AND When a church does not discipline erring Christians … pain & shame of a lost soul … Christ is reproached before the world! 14
Loving Discipline • As parents, let us discipline out of love(Prov. 13:24) • As a church, let us discipline out of love(Jas. 5:19-20) “For the Lord disciplines him whom he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.”(Heb. 12:6, RSV) 15