OK we all know the 10 Commandments Chuck Heston brought down from Paramount are not the ones in the Bibles. It's not Thou Shalt Not Kill, but Thou Shalt Not Murder. It's not Thou Shalt Not Steal, but Thou Shalt Not Kidnap (still trying to figure out that one).
Now here's another one. I saw reference to this on another website with guys bragging how their old man beat the Hell (literally) out of them and it made them the swell guys they are today. Having felt my father's hand and sharp tongue for the first 11 years of my life, I can only say the only useful thing I learned was, "Look it up", any time I asked him a question. Even my sister, whom he favored (she looked like his side of the family), later said that I was treated rather brutally.
So it was that I came across an alternative view of the old "Spare the rod and spoil the child" wheeze which has gone down in American folklore as how child-rearing (as opposed to parenting) is supposed to be done. The author makes the point, with the help of the 23rd Psalm context of "thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me" where the rod is the shepherd's crook, guiding and protecting, rather than beating.
I have no kids, but I do have several nephews who are like sons to me. I know most of you have grandchildren.I'm hardly one to give advice here, but this struck me. What we say and do in front of the little monsters does have an impact.
Something to keep in mind.
PS Feel free to disagree.
1 comment:
Honestly friend most folks are bible Illiterate. They Hear someone preach one verse and add commentary for the rest of the sermon. Multiply that by the few times they show up for that one verse sermon and that's kind of a starvation diet of Gods message to mankind.
Your example is sadly typical. One verse poorly applied when so many others like:
Colossians 3: 21 Fathers, do not vex your children, to the end that they be not disheartened.
22 Bondmen, obey in all things your masters according to flesh; not with eye-services, as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing the Lord.
23 Whatsoever ye do, labour at it heartily, as [doing it] to the Lord, and not to men;
Tells us to treat your children well, fatherhood (speaking from a grandfather's viewpoint) is a labor of love dedicated to the service of God. Even Paul once called Saul the destroyer of "the way" as Christianity was called back then called himself a "Bond Servant of Christ" after his meeting up with God in acts 9:1-19.
I don't want to flood your site here but please look at this and read the many scriptures there about taking care of your children, wife, family in LOVE as you LOVE your OWN BODY.
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-6.htm
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