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“Discipline” can be a really vague concept. “Christian Discipline” or “Biblical Discipline” can be just as vague or confusing. If you’re lost in the landscape of opinions surrounding it out there, you’re not alone. Asking a hundred parents how they discipline their children and what motivates them could result in a wide range of responses. But here’s the good news:
God’s Word Is Pretty Specific About This Subject
Since the Bible is always more reliable than opinion surveys — a good principle for any issue in life, by the way — let’s take a look at what God says through the writer of Hebrews.
Hebrews 12:4-11
Table of contents
- God’s Word Is Pretty Specific About This Subject
- Hebrews 12:4-11
- 1. The Need for Discipline (v.4)
- Angry Kids
- The Expression of Love
- 2. The Means of Discipline – Actions and words (v. 5)
- 3. The motive in discipline: to express love (vv. 6-9)
- What They Say
- 4. The goal of discipline: to teach obedience (v. 9).
- 5. The result of discipline: short-term pain and long-term gain (vv. 10–11)
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