I heard a minister say that God was not a disciplinarian,I suppose the word disciplinarian gives the impression,as it has a sense of unloving severity.that's a worldly discipline It may give the impression that God is standing over us, ready to beat us the moment we step out of place,which He is not .In Proverbs 13 v24 we read,'Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them'. Here we have a biblical,or godly discipline,as it mentions the word love, Loving discipline is good,but sometimes as Christians we can be to austere, with our children.,Ernest Hemingway's parents were very strict ,he had a mother who was domineering, and religious,and he lived under a cloud of judgement .Of course children need discipline,it was Luther who said,''Spare the rod and spoil the child,that is true,but have an apple to give them when they do well''.Having said that we may get into serious trouble if we use a rod on our children in the times we live in,but they do need discipline of some sort, but make it loving discipline, for that's the way our loving heavenly Father treats us His children.
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