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For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps
Deut 32:31-33
aging and sickness in this world drives us to look forward to and long for heaven
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. John 8:44
This blows away the false newage concept of the “universal fatherhood” of God, meaning that God is everyone’s father. To the contrary, we are all born into sin and only those who are reborn and become “sons of God” can call God our Father which art in heaven.
And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. Luke 11:2
Revelation 22:19 – And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book
Jeremiah 27:20; 28:4 – Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim (Eliakim)
(note that Jeconiah is the son of Jehoakim, Jehoakim is the son of Josias)
Jeremiah 36:23 – And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
(Jehoiakim cut up and burned the scroll of Jeremiah’s recording of the word of the LORD)
Matthew 1:11 – And Josias begat Jechonias (Jeconiah) and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon
(Note that Jehoiakim’s name is missing from the geneology…)
No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day – John 6:44
And he said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.” – John 6:65
God is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance – 2Peter 3:9
Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 1Tim 2:4
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life – John 3:16
God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith – Romans 12:3
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. – John 5:25
it is true when they say that they all worship the same “god” (2Cor 4:4)
but it is NOT the one true living God
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Colossians 3:21
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4
Correction of children is a good thing. A child may not like correction, and they may even get angry when corrected, but this is not talking about this kind of anger.
However, emotionally manipulating children to get them to do something or change behavior does not accomplish intended results. Moreover, instead of training a child in the right way to go, it discourages the child from desiring to doing the right thing.
Emotional manipulation includes snarky comments, put-downs, name-calling, demeaning, humiliation, yelling/screaming, profanity, provocation, guilt, pleading, threatening, etc…
Children should feel conviction to do the right thing, and sorry/contrite for having done wrong – but not chided and have excessive guilt pushed on them.
Children should be embarrassed by their behavior, but not publicly humiliated and demeaned.
Children should be advised of consequences, but not screamed at with emotional threats that are never carried out.
As adults, we have to face consequences for our mistakes and bad behavior.
While parents should “buffer” consequences for children so that they are not permanently scarred, children should still experience consequences for bad behavior so that they learn this principal in a safe way. If they fail to learn the lessons while they have their parents as a covering, they stand to learn the lesson in a costlier way later on, even costing their life or the life of another.
Firm follow through on consequences is the nurturing response.
It actually makes children feel secure when children know their boundaries and know that their parents follow through in a measured controlled response without the unpredictability of emotional chaos and moving targets.
Not following through “rewards” and reinforces the bad behavior.
Children do not have to be taught bad behavior. They are born with it.
Children have to be trained in good behavior.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Prov 22:6
Training involves consistency and repetition. At first training may involve continual oversight and follow up, then eventually as the good behavior becomes a habit you can back off and trust them more and more.
Trust before training leads to disaster. Train first, then trust.