TOPIC on Discipline
Welcome to Hymnslab.com. We want to talk about one of the most frequently used words - discipline. Discipline is the word used in workplaces, schools, families, and in churches. In this post, we want to look at its various definitions and bring out its features.
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We shall take our Bible text from 1 COR. 4:14 - 21 and 5:1-5
14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
15 For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
TOPIC on Discipline
1 COR. 5:1-5
It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,
4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
Discipline - meaning
What is discipline? It is the act of making one to realise his/her error or weakness and helps one to turn away completely from them. It is a gradual process. There is discipline without admonition, rebuke or punishment. 1 Cor. 5:21. Discipline comes from a superior 1 Cor. 4:15. There are two types of discipline, they are: internal and external. Here we are talking about discipline in Christianity.
From the two Bible references we shared, we shall take out the true features of Discipline from them.
Features of discipline
1) It is a precious virtue Rev. 3:19: it is not meant for everyone. It is only the person they love that they caution.
2) Discipline is a gift of love: 1 Cor. 4:14
3) Discipline comes with a model: what they are expecting. 1 Cor. 4:16-17
4) Discipline is a deflator vs.18.
5) Discipline scars away sin and immoral life.
6) Discipline shrinks or kills Mr. flesh: 1 Cor. 5:5
7) Finally, discipline is wholistic: it is physically, spiritually wholistic.