![]() ![]() “They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt, wonderous works in the land of Ham, awesome things by the Red Sea” ( Ps. ![]() We tend to think that forgetting is a reasonable excuse, whereas in Scripture it is an additional offense. The parents must respond, “In God’s book, complaining and grumbling and whining were not permitted,” and then the child must be disciplined for it. ![]() Because of our connection to Adam, children will start grumbling as soon as they figure out how. God disciplined the Hebrew children in the wilderness for their grumbling. The long-term result of discipline is the peaceful fruit of righteousness. Hebrews 12:11 says it this way: “Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.” Short-term discipline is painful. The first thing to note is that effective discipline is painful. ![]()
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