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F.E. Marsh :: 48. Chastisement

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THE purposes of chastisement are many, but they may be classified under the following seven heads:

  1. Illuminative. To discover faults and failings. “I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement” (Deut. 11:2).
  2. Preventative. To keep from failure and self exaltation. “God hath seen mine affliction, and the labour of my hands, and rebuked (chastened) thee yesternight” (Gen. 31:42).
  3. Instructive. To cause us to know His way and will. “The prophecy his mother taught him” (Prov. 31:1).
  4. Curative. To prevent us from failing, where we have failed before. “Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver…thus she was reproved” (Gen. 20:16).
  5. Corrective. To drive away that which is not helpful. “Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him” (Prov. 22:15).
  6. Illustrative. To let others see the divine grace and patience exemplified in us. “Happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty” (Job 5:17).
  7. Punitive. To punish for misdeed or disobedience. “To deliver such an one unto Satan” (1 Cor. 5:5).




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