Consider carefully now:
The New Testament has a general principle of going beyond the OT, just as the New Covenant goes beyond the Old Covenant, and in parenting this appears again to be the case.
"And, ye parents, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord." (Ephesians 6:4, AKJV modified)
"Parents, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged." (Colossians 3:21, AKJV modified).
"And, ye parents, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord." (Ephesians 6:4, AKJV modified)
"Parents, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged." (Colossians 3:21, AKJV modified).
Christ was gentle toward children and prioritized them highest. He did not teach through violence. He did not beat the disciples and apostles, for example.
God Himself -- the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit -- chastize forcefully, according to the Holy Bible and corresponding experience. Let God take such actions, while Christian parents heed the direct and explicit warnings to them: Do not infuriate your children, do not provoke your children.
Christians ought to be spending enough time to understand what those two parental commandments to them actually mean. Even a few moments' reflection indicate that what God's Word in the New Testament is saying for parenting in the New Covenant through Christ, is almost completely different from the parenting that is "standard", "normal", "usual", etc.
Consider that as a parent, you are commanded not to infuriate or provoke your child. This means that tremendous love is needed, to sympathize with one's child, to work out solutions for conflict situations that 100% respect the child's heart.
(Here we see again the reason to baptize children into Christ at the first possible instance: setting them free from sin-slavery, teaching them faith in God, and enabling them to be filled with the Holy Spirit.)
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30, AKJV)
"But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple." (Matthew 12:6, AKJV)
"But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea." (Matthew 18:6, AKJV)
“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!" (Matthew 18:6-7, NKJV)
"But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, 'Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.'" (Mark 10:14, AKJV)
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AKJV: KJV reproduced by permission of Cambridge University Press, the Crown’s patentee in the UK.
NKJV: Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Christians ought to be spending enough time to understand what those two parental commandments to them actually mean. Even a few moments' reflection indicate that what God's Word in the New Testament is saying for parenting in the New Covenant through Christ, is almost completely different from the parenting that is "standard", "normal", "usual", etc.
Consider that as a parent, you are commanded not to infuriate or provoke your child. This means that tremendous love is needed, to sympathize with one's child, to work out solutions for conflict situations that 100% respect the child's heart.
(Here we see again the reason to baptize children into Christ at the first possible instance: setting them free from sin-slavery, teaching them faith in God, and enabling them to be filled with the Holy Spirit.)
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30, AKJV)
"But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple." (Matthew 12:6, AKJV)
"But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea." (Matthew 18:6, AKJV)
“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!" (Matthew 18:6-7, NKJV)
"But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, 'Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.'" (Mark 10:14, AKJV)
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AKJV: KJV reproduced by permission of Cambridge University Press, the Crown’s patentee in the UK.
NKJV: Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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