Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.Folly is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of discipline drives it far from him.Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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… but Proverbs 22, 15 says, foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child. But look at this, the rod of correction will drive it far from him. By the way, It is not against the law in Maryland for you to discipline your kids. Thank you. Y'all see the people clapping. They got kids that they been whipping. That verse is profound. Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction will drive it far from him. That's amazing. Here's another verse. Just jot it down. It's not going to come up on the screen. Proverbs 13, 24 says, He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him promptly. I'm giving you permission. because some of y'all don't you think it's you you shouldn't whip your kids now there's a there's a right way and there's a wrong way yeah you don't discipline your children in anger Amen. And notice, now this is true. This is Bible study. …
… Do you want her dead or disciplined? In chapter 22, verse 15, foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child. Some of it's cute. Some of it's not. But it's foolishness. This is bound up in the heart of a child. The rod of discipline will remove it from him. That is a promise, folks. Get out the rod. They need to associate pain with misbehavior. Chapter 23, verse 13, do not hold back discipline from the child. What do you mean by that? Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die. You shall strike him with the rod and rescue his soul from Sheol. Do you understand? Take your kids and save them from hell? Wow! And even in chapter 29, a couple of verses, verse 15 and 17, 29 and 15, the rod and reproof give wisdom. But a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother. Verse 17, correct your son, he'll give you comfort. He will also delight your soul." So what do you do? …
Remember, however, that as threshing is a sign of the impurity of the wheat, so is affliction an indication of the present imperfection of the Christian. If you were no more connected with evil, you would be no more corrected with sorrow. The sound of a flail is never heard in Heaven, for it is not the threshing floor of the imperfect, but the garner of the completely sanctified. The threshing instrument is, therefore, a humbling token and, as long as we feel it, we should humble ourselves under the hand of God, for it is clear that we are not yet free from the straw and the chaff of fallen nature. On the other hand, the threshing instrument is a prophecy of our future perfection. We are undergoing from the hand of God a discipline which will not fail—we shall, by His prudence and wisdom, be delivered from the husk of sin. We are feeling the blows of the staff, but we are being effectually separated from the evil which has so long surrounded us and, for certain we shall one day be pure and perfect! Every tendency to sin shall be beaten off. "Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him." If we, being evil, yet succeed with our children by our poor, imperfect chastening, how much more shall the Father of Spirits cause us to live unto Himself by His holy discipline? If the corn could know the necessary uses of the flail, it would invite the thresher to his work! And since we know whereunto tribulation tends, let us glory in it and yield ourselves with cheerfulness to its processes! We need threshing—the threshing proves our value in God's sight! And while it marks our imperfection, it secures our ultimate cleansing! In the next place I would remark that— …