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DPI #60 Child Discipline According to the Creator: Should Parents Spank?
Category: Religion & Spirituality
Duration: 03:20:20
Publish Date: 2010-10-24 19:01:18
Description: In Proverbs 22:15 it says "Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child: but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him." The word "rod" in this passage is translated in the original Hebrew as "a branch from a tree" or a wooden stick. # 7626 shebet shay'-bet from an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan:--X correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe. The "rod" is what a shepherd uses to lovingly guide his sheep away from evil. If a lamb is about to stray off to where he is susceptible to danger or being eaten by a wolf, then the shepherd must beat the lamb with his shepherds staff in order to deter him from straying again. The little lamb must feel pain in order to understand the severity of disobeying his shepherd. It could cost him his life if he does not obey the shepherd, so the shepherd must allow him to "feel pain" as a strong enough deterrent that would prevent him from repeating the same foolish behavior again. If the shepherd simply gives the lamb a verbal warning, the lamb will once again be tempted to stray and he could be eaten by a wolf!The rod is also symbolic of the cross (stauros) where our Messiah Yahu'shua (Jesus) was crucified. # 4716. stauros stow-ros' from the base of 2476; a stake or post (as set upright), i.e. (specially), a pole or cross (as an instrument of capital punishment); figuratively, exposure to death, i.e. self-denial; by implication, the atonement of Christ:--cross. # 4717. stauroo stow-ro'-o from 4716; to impale on the cross; figuratively, to extinguish (subdue) passion or selfishness:--crucify. Notice that the Greek word for "cross" means self-denial and it also means to subdue the passions and selfishness of the flesh. As human beings, we are all born with an "evil inclination" to sin. Because Adam & Eve sinned in the garden, consequently, all humans have been born with a fallen nature. All other forms of discipline (other than spanking a child on the buttocks) with the "rod of correction" will always fail to produce the desired result in the long run. Other forms of discipline such as "time out" or "having a talk with your child" or distracting him with another activity, or taking away privileges does not purge the "evil inclination" from their soul!Unless we apply the "rod of correction" to the buttocks of a child (when he is willfully disobedient or has a rebellious attitude), then we will not be able to teach him to "crucify" his sinful nature: Romans 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. Galatians 5:24 And they that are Messiah's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. The cross (stauros) that our Messiah was nailed upon was made from a tree, and thus a "rod of correction" is a branch that comes from a tree. The curse can only be broken from tree: Galatians 3:13 Messiah has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree:
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