PERMIT ME TO DEMONSTRATE FOR YOU HOW TO SPANK YOUR CHILD. ADRIAN?
(SCREAMS IN BACKGROUND) ALRIGHTY THEN. LET'S JUST USE OUR
IMAGINATIONS. YES, CHRISTIAN PARENTS ARE INDEED TO USE A ROD
OF CORRECTION. DON'T LEAVE MARKS. THAT'S NOT SPANKING. THAT
IS ABUSE. NEVERTHELESS, WE ARE COMMANDED, IF WE LOVE OUR
CHILDREN, TO SOMETIMES USE A BELT OF CORRECTION. THE QUESTION
IS: HOW DO WE DO THAT? IF YOU RECALL, IN CHAPTER TWELVE OF
THIS YEAR'S NEW BOOK, RESET FOR PARENTS, HOW TO KEEP YOUR KID
FROM BACKSLIDING, DEALS WITH THE ISSUE OF NOT MAKING YOUR CHILD
ANGRY. IT IS A PROHIBITION FROM THE LORD. DON'T DO THINGS THAT
GET UP THE NOSE OF YOUR CHILD. WHY? BECAUSE THEN WE'RE NOT
REPRESENTING GOD CORRECTLY. GOD ISN'T ONE OF THE (GRUMBLES) GET
TO YOUR ROOM! TYPE DEITY. HE'S KIND, AND HE'S BENEVOLENT, AND
HE'S GOOD, AND HE'S LOVING, AND YES, HE WILL DISCIPLINE US, AND
IT CAN BE PAINFUL, BUT HE DOESN'T DO IT IN ANGER. HIS
ANGER WAS ASSUAGED ON THE CROSS WHEN JESUS DIED FOR US SINNERS.
WHEN WE MODEL ANGER, WE'RE NOT MODELING GOD. AND THAT IS A BIG
NO NO. ONE OF THE GREATEST WAYS THAT YOU CAN ANGER YOUR CHILD IS
BY DISCIPLINING THEM HARSHLY. WRONGLY. HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF
YOU JUST GOT WHACKED WITH AN OBJECT WHILE GETTING YELLED AT?
WE CAN'T IMAGINE THAT. THERE'S NOT BOSS IN ANY WORKPLACE
ENVIRONMENT WHO WOULDN'T BE FIRED AND IN THE NEWS IF HE WENT
AROUND JUST YELLING AT THE EMPLOYEES AND SPANKING THEM WITH
A BELT. THAT IS WHY YOU AND I MUST CAREFULLY CONSIDER HOW WE
USE THE ROD OF CORRECTION. FROM CHAPTER TWELVE OF RESET FOR
PARENTS, HERE'S ADVICE NUMBER ONE: OUR GOAL IN DISCIPLINING IS
THE GOSPEL. IF WE DISCIPLINE WITHOUT SATURATING OUR WORDS
WITH THE GOSPEL, WE'RE JUST DOING IT WRONG. WE NEED TO BE
POINTING OUR LITTLE SINNERS TO JESUS. THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS. IF WE JUST WHACK THEM, WE'RE NOT
TEACHING THEM THE GOSPEL. WHICH IS WHY WE ARE ACTUALLY USING A
PAINFUL DEVICE TO TEACH THEM SOMETHING. WHAT? THE ANSWER IS
THAT IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT GETTING THEM TO BEHAVE BETTER.
IT'S THAT THERE IS A CONSEQUENCE. THERE IS A STING
FOR SIN. THERE IS AN ETERNAL CONSEQUENCE IF YOU DO NOT REPENT
AND PUT YOUR TRUST IN JESUS CHRIST. THIS ROD SHOULD TEACH
YOUR CHILD THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN. YOU SHOULDN'T BE PUNISHING
THEM FOR THEIR SIN, BECAUSE JESUS WAS PUNISHED FOR THEIR
SIN. BUT THEY NEED TO GET A TASTE OF WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES
OF REBELLING AGAINST GOD FEEL LIKE. BUT THAT ISN'T WHERE WE
STOP. WE DON'T JUST SAY TO OUR CHILD, ALRIGHT. HELL'S HORRIBLE.
YOU'RE GONNA GET A LITTLE TASTE OF THAT RIGHT NOW! THAT ISN'T
TEACHING THE GOSPEL. YES, WE SHOULD TELL OUR CHILDREN THIS IS
A PAINFUL REMINDER OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN. BUT LET'S
REMEMBER SON/ DAUGHTER, WE HAVE A SAVIOR. HE TOOK THIS TO HIS
BACK WITH A CAT-O-NINE-TAILS. DID YOU KNOW THAT JESUS WAS, IF
YOU WILL, SPANKED WITH A BELT? THAT'S WHAT A CAT-O-NINE-TAILS
WAS, ALTHOUGH ALSO STUCK WITH NAILS AND POTTERY WOVEN IN. WHEN
HE WAS WHIPPED, IT RIPPED HIS SKIN TO SHREDS. WHY? BECAUSE HE
WAS PAYING THE PENALTY FOR OUR SINS, AND IT WAS A PAINFUL
PRICE, AND YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT COST JESUS TO
PAY FOR OUR SINS. FURTHERMORE, WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE
JESUS WAS INDEED SPANKED FOR OUR SINS, YOU AND I DON'T HAVE TO
GET SPANKED. YOU AND I DON'T HAVE TO FEEL THE WRATH OF GOD.
WE HAVE A SAVIOR, SO LET'S DEAL WITH WHAT WE HAVE TO DO RIGHT
NOW, AND LET'S TALK TO THAT SAVIOR TOGETHER. THAT IS
CONNECTING DISCIPLINE WITH THE GOSPEL. AND IF YOU DON'T, YOU'RE
GONNA MAKE THEM ANGRY. NUMBER TWO OF ADVICE: REMEMBER, YOUR
CHILDREN ARE IMAGE BEARERS OF OUR ALMIGHTY GOD, SO HANDLE WITH
CARE. SO PLEASE REMEMBER THAT, IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE THIS. IF
YOU'RE WHOOPING ON THEM, MMMMMM... THEY ARE GOD'S
PRECIOUS CHILD. YOU DON'T BEAT ON YOUR CHILD. THEY ARE IMAGE
BEARERS. HE HAS WOVEN THEM TOGETHER IN THEIR MOTHER'S WOMB.
HE OWNS THEM. THEY ARE HIS PROPERTY. AND HE SAYS, HANDLE
WITH CARE. DO NOT BRUISE. DO NOT BEAT. DO NOT PUNCH. DO NOT LEAVE
MARKS ON YOUR CHILD. THEY'RE AN IMAGE BEARER OF GOD. IF YOU DO
THOSE THINGS, YOU'RE MAKING THEM ANGRY. ADVICE NUMBER THREE FROM
RESET FOR PARENTS: REMEMBER YOUR ROLE. YOU REPRESENT GOD TO YOUR
CHILDREN. WELL, THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR TUNE. IF YOU REMEMBER
BEFORE YOU WALK THROUGH THEIR BEDROOM DOOR WITH THIS OUTSIDE
OF YOUR BELT LOOPS, YOU'RE GOD'S REPRESENTATIVE. WHAT DO YOU WANT
YOUR CHILD TO THINK ABOUT GOD AS YOU ENTER THE ROOM AND DO WHAT
YOU HAVE TO DO WITH YOUR CHILD? YOU WANT THEM TO LOVE HIM. THAT
WILL RADICALLY CHANGE THE WAY YOU ENGAGE WITH YOUR CHILD.
ADVICE NUMBER FOUR: DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN SINS AND
PREFERENCES. A SIN MIGHT REQUIRE CORPORAL PUNISHMENT. A
PREFERENCE CAN BE OVERLOOKED. OUR KIDS, LIKE US- LIKE WE, HAVE
PREFERENCES. AND SOMETIMES IF THEY ACT ON THOSE PREFERENCES,
THEY'RE NOT SINNING. JUST BECAUSE IT ISN'T YOUR CUP OF TEA
DOESN'T MEAN THEY DESERVE TO GET SPANKED. DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN
SINS- WHEN YOUR CHILD, HE VIOLATES A LAW, A MORAL PRECEPT
OF GOD, YOU CAN CONSIDER THAT, POTENTIALLY, AS GROUNDS FOR
THIS. BUT NOT WHEN THEY SIMPLY SAY TO YOU, UM, WE'RE HAVING
THAT FOR DINNER AGAIN? MAYBE THEY'RE TIRED OF HOTDOGS. MAYBE
YOU STILL LOVE THOSE CHICKEN POCKETS AND THEY DON'T. TO
DISCIPLINE THEM FOR A PREFERENCE? MMM MMM MMM.
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