PARENTS ARE COMMANDED TO DISCIPLINE / CHASTISE CHILDREN (1)

(Message by Tanny Keng)

1. Parents

a) Most things come with an instruction book.  Your car has a manual and before you drive a car you even get a “learner’s permit”. Then you must study and pass a couple tests before you are allowed to legally drive that car. The microwave, the television, the cell phone, the stereo – they all come with instruction manuals. But what about parenting, do you have a book that tells you how to do that?  Well of course you do!  

b) As Christians we can look to the Bible for a full set of instructions on how to be parents.  It is important to read the Bible to glean what it has to say about the awesome opportunity we have to be parents.  As believers we must keep a Biblical worldview instead of a humanistic worldview in order to maintain a Godly culture in our homes which then impacts our community. 

c) The Bible reminds us that children are precious to the parents. It also tells us how to teach, train and discipline them.  

2. Parents Are Commanded To Discipline / Chastise Children 

Proverbs 13:24 
Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.

Proverbs 19:18 
Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death.

Proverbs 22:15 
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. 

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