Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflictions » Chastisement, a mark of the father's love
have you forgot the exhortation which is address'd to you, as to children? "my son, despise not thou the chastning of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him.
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but when we are punished, we are chastised by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
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as many as I love, I rebuke and chastise: be warm therefore with zeal, and repent.
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every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he takes away: as for the branch that bears fruit, he prunes it clean, to make it more fruitful.
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Chastisement » The lord chastening
if you are to endure chastisement, God treats you as his children: for where's the son whom his father does not chastise? but if you were exempted from that discipline which others are subject to, then are you bastards, and not sons. when our natural parents corrected us, we gave them reverence: is it not much more reasonable to be in subjection to the father of spirits, in order to have life? read more.
their discipline was temporary, and the effect of humour; whereas God chastises us for our advantage, to make us partakers of his holiness.
their discipline was temporary, and the effect of humour; whereas God chastises us for our advantage, to make us partakers of his holiness.
Knowledge » Those that do not know the lord
Consider what proof the father has given us of his love, in allowing us to be called the sons of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it knew him not.
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they shall expel you out of the synagogues: yea, the time is coming, when it will be thought an agreeable sacrifice to God for any one to take away your lives. and thus will they treat you, because they have not known the father, nor me.
and that you, who are distress'd, should obtain your repose, together with us, when the Lord Jesus, with his angels, the ministers of his power, shall descend from heaven, in flaming fire, to take vengeance on those, who know not God, and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: the Lord shall punish them with everlasting destruction, when he shall appear in the glory of his power,
Trials » Chastisement, a mark of the father's love
have you forgot the exhortation which is address'd to you, as to children? "my son, despise not thou the chastning of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him.
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but when we are punished, we are chastised by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
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as many as I love, I rebuke and chastise: be warm therefore with zeal, and repent.
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every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he takes away: as for the branch that bears fruit, he prunes it clean, to make it more fruitful.
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