ALWAYS REFORMING: A sinner saved by grace alone through faith alone because of Christ alone adhering to Scripture alone to bring about reform personally, for his family, church, and world to the glory of God alone.
Pursuant to a recent conversation I had with some fellow fathers ...Labels: parenting
posted by GUNNY @ 10:11
4 comments
Pastors Providence Church, has taught at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary & dabbles with a Rhetoric PhD. (more)
τὰ γὰρ ὀψώνια τῆς ἁμαρτίας θάνατος τὸ δὲ χάρισμα τοῦ θεοῦ ζωὴ αἰώνιος ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν (Romans 6:23, Greek) 
4 Comments:
I suppose it boils down to one's interpretation of these two phrases. For example, in disciplining "out of anger" is the thought that the parent is angry at the child, and therefore is directing this anger toward him in the course of disciplining him? In such a situation the parent would most likely be operating in the flesh, under the influence of emotion, instead of acting in a godly, wise, appropriate fashion.
But for a parent to discipline "when" he was angry might be legitimate if the emotion has not so influenced the parent that he has stepped outside of his sanctification.
Where there is no anger there is no sin. The Father scourges the sons because he is angry with their sins, not because he is happy with them or apathetic. It takes anger to express love correctly.
Running through my mind has been the admonition be angry and sin not (Eph 4:26).
The other thing about discipline is the timely nature of it. Sometimes it's necessary to administer discipline in the "heat of the moment." Parents must retain self-control, however.
The parent should still discipline for the right reasons, not just to vent his/her anger, but to think that there must be the absence of anger to ever discipline seems a requirement foreign to biblical instruction.
The sooner the better... although, "Wait till your father gets home," works for some.
I am thinking work out your salvation with fear and trembling. There is no doubt we're going to sin, that's life. Or perhaps better, that's the new life.
Post a Comment
<< Home