Providence and the Believer
Chastening
Providence · 6 verses
Divine providence includes fatherly discipline of believers through trials and afflictions designed to correct, instruct, and mature them in holiness. This chastening demonstrates covenant love, distinguishes children from bastards, and produces the peaceable fruit of righteousness in those properly exercised thereby.
Scripture References
“For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with 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, and not sons. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.”
“My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.”
“As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.”
“Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:”
“Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;”
“Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.”