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For whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; Even as a father the son in whom he delights.
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Discipline as Proof of Love
All commentators agree that God's discipline is not a sign of His anger or abandonment, but profound proof of His fatherly love. John Gill explains that it is precisely because God loves and delights in His children that He corrects them, just as a human father corrects a beloved son. This reframes suffering from a punishment to a loving, corrective action.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The first distinct utterance of a truth which has been so full of comfort to many thousands; it is the summing up of all controversies () as to the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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There is not a greater enemy to the fear of the Lord in the heart than self-conceit of our own wisdom. The prudence and sobriety which religion tea…
