Most pro-spanking parents believe that children are born in original sin and thus need to be punished accordingly. I myself do believe children have flaws and are imperfect, but that's where it ends, as any flaws are sin, as the direct opposite of sin is perfection, which exists in no human being, and exists only in Jesus Christ, or to any one of the elect chosen by God, once leaving this world...Parents must be perfect, not in this world, but the next.
Parents are depraved, entitled beings that are guilty for their mere existence in relation to God, and in relation to children, with their child being in place of God. Parents themselves are extensions of Christ, and are to sacrifice for their children, just as Christ sacrificed everything for His children. Parents to submit to their children as their enemy, just as mankind is the enemy of God, yet has to sacrifice in order to be saved from sin...Parenting, in the gentle parenting Christian sense, is not just sacrificing, but sacrificing for the person who you don't understand, and never will fully, due to their child status.
How should parents discipline? By way of mutual submission. It says in Ephesians 6:1-4 KJV:
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honour thy father and mother, which is the first commitment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long upon the earth. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, lest they become discouraged.
The Greek root word translated "obey" is υπακουο (Latin: hupakouo) and refers to secure, vulnerable rest and attachment, in the form of pro-social pedophilia, with siphon application, meaning all authentic exuberance and energy is channeled to parents by the choice of parents not to punish or control the child. You can then tell parents anything, and expect to be listened to, and not punished for anything.
Child discipline in the Bible is all about positive encouragement. This is different from positive reinforcement, as the intent a "pat on the back" and not "a cookie as a token". The Greek root word translated "nurture" is παιδεία (Latin: paideia) and refers to self-discipline and chastening oneself up in the vicinity of a child, in exemplary format. The Greek root word translated "admonition" is νουθεσία (Latin: nouthesia) and refers to a figurative understanding of the rod of correction, which most understanding was in the biblical context, and ALL was in the Christian context. The rod of correction was understood then, in families, as a form of non-binding fork judgment, with the wider prong favoring pleasant perceptions about the child, and finding ways to encourage good behavior, and be encouraging, period. Occasionally, parents had to say "no", but that was as far as they went, as punishment of a child was the moral crime of kidnapping, meaning holding a child hostage as an antisocial "teaching" device...Admonishing one's child then meant mainly pointing out with a smile things they did right, not ordering children around in a militaristic or overbearing way.
The depraved and entitled parents will not inherit the Kingdom of God! Let them perish in fire and torrents designed for them! Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! I will never be perfect in this life, but can be in the next, if I work at it.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Any comment that
1. Endorses child abuse (including pornography of such)
2. Imposes want to the point of imposition, meaning entitlement.
3. Contains self-entitled parent rhetoric, to the point of self-victimization
will not be published. Flexible application. Debate is allowed, but only civil arguments that presume the best of intentions in their opponent, on both sides.