Many parents believe in behaviorism, particularly left-wing abusive parents like mine were. Most liberal parents in the United States are not gentle parents, but behaviorist parents, meaning rewards and punishments. The idea is to basically click a clicker, or snap fingers, and children do exactly what you want them to do, which is a domestic abusers' fantasy...THEY need behaviorism, for themselves, as it can be self-imposed.
It says in Hebrews 12:5-11 KJV:
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord. For whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement,. whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, not sons. Furthermore we had fathers of our flesh that corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live. For they verily for a few days chastened us up after their own pleasure, but he for our profit, and we might be partakers of his holiness. Now no chastening seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterwards it yieldeth the fruit of righteousness.
The Greek root word denoting "chastisement" is παιδεία (Latin: paideia) refers to a specific type of discipline, that involves self-applied behaviorism in parents, meaning not punishing and rewarding children, but punishing and rewarding oneself for how you wear your emotions as a parent, towards your child. It is an objective form of self-discipline, that doesn't let childhood behaviors offend and get under the skin of parents. This means that when a child says anything to "talk back", bite the bullet and don't get so easily offended at your child's normal, developmentally appropriate behavior.
The language about scourging is denoted by the Greek root word μαστιγόω (Latin: mastigoo) and refers figuratively to the rod of correction, which was a tree branch or switch used to correct criminals convicted by the Sanhedrin, or Jewish criminal court, in the Old Testament. Trials were very rare, as society was kept orderly and safe by traditional conviction of Jewish beliefs. It usually was spoken of as a symbol for moral accountability, linked to self-discipline. The moral legal system of the Christian churches did not use any sort of physical punishment in church discipline, but rather collective shunning judged by collective gaslighting. A parent was rebuked for their abusive acts towards children, and commanded by a church elder to repent for their sins. In the Old Testament, the PARENT would have been whipped for kidnapping before being hung in a blood-letting light. Kidnapping in the Bible is any damaging act that holds the victim hostage, in any way possible, outside of the law.
The idea behind the chastening of the Lord is to come to the conclusion of "I am evil" gaslighting, meaning you are telling yourself that you are evil, and that in order to become good, you must repent for that nature, and do good for your fellow man, to the degree that you are able to. It is hourglass conditioning, meaning you are charred, and then you do the right thing, change your ways, and feel good about that progress.
It says in Ephesians 6:4 KJV:
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
The Greek root word translated "nurture" is the same as the language denoting Christian chastisement in Heb. 12:5-11, and is παιδεία (Latin: paideia) and refers to passing down such discipline to children by example, meaning not punishing a child, but being strict with yourself and modeling such strict, non-entitled attitudes to children by way of co-regulation. Parenting then was attachment-based, and children remained in close range with their mother, and co-slept with their mother until age 6 with boys (when the father started religious instruction) and until age 12 with girls. Think a mother holding her 2-year-old child on her back in a papoose bag. Punishment of children was illegal, as was punishment of other adults outside the realm of the legal system.
The depraved and entitled parents will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Being a parent and controlling, punishing, and/or spousifying your child will never be acceptable, even if the bulk of it is accepted and lawful. Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!
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