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1 We can see consequences of permissiveness in... Families Schools Prisons Graveyards Happy well-adjusted children have parents (not “friends”) who practice tough love when necessary True love may hurt, but it never harms

2 I I Biblical Discipline Is True Love Pro.3:11-12, Lord’s work Pro.12:1, covet correction Consistency Pro.15:10, life-saver Pro.23:13-14 Your children will forgive you of everything except lack of discipline

3 Hb.12:5-11 1. Forms, 5: (Pro.3:11-12) 2. Advantages, 6: Discipline hurts, but it is… love a sign of love receive a means by which God can receive us 3. Characteristic, 7: Discipline is training (not an accident to make us miserable)

4 4. Gravity, 8-9: w/o it, illegitimate Pro.29:15 5. Precision, 9a: perfect discipline 6. Blessings: life, 9b: (future: we shall live) Ep.6:1-3 for our profit, 10 partake of His holiness (1 Pt.1:16; 2 Co.4:17)

5 7. Pain, 11a: for the present. Cf. Jesus, 5:8-9. 2 Co.4:17 8.Gain, 11b: peaceable fruit Peace in God and in conscience The f ruit of righteousness is enjoyed in peace after the conflict The f ruit of righteousness is enjoyed in peace after the conflict

6 The gain of discipline 1.Teaches horror of sin, 1 T.1:20 2.Produces sense of shame, 2 Th. 3:14 3.Destroys love for works of the flesh, 1 Co.5:5 4.Helps to escape from the snare of the devil, 2 Tim.2:25-26

7 II II A Tale Of Two Fathers Eli Eli : indulgent father of corrupt sons 1 Sm.2:22-25 mildness / mercy out of place by this time; 29 1 Sm.3:11-14 sons’ deaths, 1 Sm.4:4, 11, 17 own death, 1 Sm.4:18

8 Paul, 1 Th.2:11 Paul’s Affectionate love: Paul’s Affectionate love: 1 Thes. 2:7 2:8 2:17 2:19-20 3:6-8 His life is bound up in their faith Theirhim Their faith sustains him

9 Paul’s Loving Discipline: 1 Th.5:14; 2 Th.3:6-15 – 6, in name…withdraw 6, 11, walking disorderly 12, one last attempt to restore... 14, those who will not listen... Pro.27:6 Paul is no Eli


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