Monday, May 11, 2009

Disciplined

Monday, May 11, 2009: 1 Corinthians 11:30–32
For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep. For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
Why does God allow illness? If we don’t discipline ourselves, God has to, as a loving father.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009: Hebrews 12:9–10
Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness.
Do fathers discipline their children for the child’s profit? No, not always: fathers have a tendency to provoke their children.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009: Hebrews 12:11
Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
If discipline is for our own good when sent from above, why do we whine? We want everything to be perfect for us even though we are imperfect and in need of correction.

Thursday, May 14, 2009: Luke 23:20–22
Pilate, therefore, wishing to release Jesus, again called out to them. But they shouted, saying, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!”
Then he said to them the third time, “Why, what evil has He done? I have found no reason for death in Him. I will therefore chastise Him and let Him go.”
What should the person applying discipline be mindful of? Fairness.

Friday, May 15, 2009: Romans 2:20–21
an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and truth in the law. You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?
Why should we look at ourselves first before we discipline others? We might have the same uncorrected faults.

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