God Chastens [Corrects] His Own

 

Today's Verse is Deuteronomy 8:5

Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

    Often the question is asked after hearing of God’s Free Gift of Salvation and its Eternal Nature: So, then, I can go out and sin freely howsoever I wish. To which Paul answers: God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? But, and if [when] we do, we find ourselves on the “darker” aspect of Love. For love seeks the betterment of the one that is Loved, and we have already seen, that to disobey God, can only be done to our own hurt, even before God actively Judges. So, to mitigate, God will chasten those He calls His own, though as painful as the chastening may be, will save those He chastens from the greater Harm. Therefore, when we are chastened (for surly we will be) let us seek Repentance soonest, that we might receive all the Blessings He has prepared for us, at the Due Time. Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Deuteronomy 8-10

Tomorrow’s reading will be Deuteronomy 11-13