5 . And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: Hebrews 12:5-6
6 . For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth , and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth . Hebrews 12:5-6
Correction is Protection, Not For Destruction
1. Correction is a mark of God’s love.
6 . For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth , and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth . Hebrews 12:6
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Revelations 3:19
Open rebuke is better than secret love. Proverbs 27:5
2. Correction Protects Us from Greater Pain
………… thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Psalm 23:4
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. Proverbs 16:25
3. Correction Shapes us for Greater Purpose
16 . All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 2 Timothy 3:16-17
17. That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. 2 Timothy 3:16-17
But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. Isaiah 64:8