{"content":[{"text":"them to Christ as you verbalize the gospel. The rod should be used ﬁrmly, on the rear end so that it’s not visible to \n others. Proper use of the rod should not leave bruising. Parents should not discipline with the hand because a child \n should never grow up to associate a parent’s hand with pain. The hand of the parent should always be a comforting, \n loving, providing, and protecting hand. The rod, however, should be something the parent uses while calm and never \n angry. So, use the rod ﬁrmly, swiftly, carefully, and always in private -- never in public. Always inﬂict the rod on the \n child’s rear end with ﬁrmness, compassion, tenderness, and shrouded with love.","bbox":{"left":0.035294,"top":0.060586,"width":0.912391,"height":0.10578499999999999}},{"text":"6. Express tender love. Immediately when the corporal punishment is ﬁnished, you as the parent should \n scoop up the child in his arms or on his lap and express how much you love your child. This afﬁrms to the little one \n that his parents are not just angry, mad, mean, and violent. But it shows them that you have disciplined them because \n you love them so very much. Verbalize this to them with the words: “I love you very much.”","bbox":{"left":0.035294,"top":0.183955,"width":0.916627,"height":0.07585099999999997}},{"text":"7. Give the gospel. Now the greatest opportunities exist for presenting Christ and His gospel. When your \n child has sinned, you’ve brought the discipline, and expressed your genuine love for them, you must lead them to \n Calvary and show them their sin before God, God’s anger over sin, and God’s solution for man’s need in the person \n of Jesus Christ. You might say: “Do you know why I’ve done this? It’s because God is perfect and we are not. And sin deserves \n God’s punishment. But God sent Jesus…” Keep it simple. Don’t get too theologically verbose with jargon. Explain how \n God has given one door to heaven, one way to escape eternal ‘discipline’ and that is through faith alone in Jesus \n Christ. Call your children to repent of their sin (turn) and to believe in Jesus Christ alone (trust). Do this often, \n regularly, daily, diligently, patiently, winsomely, and persuasively. Don’t just rehash the same words time and time again. \n Vary the gospel call! Use different Scriptures! Show them different facets of Christ and His redemptive glories and \n unspeakable beauties. But parent, whatever you do: give them the gospel! Lead them to Christ. Do it every time. \n Whenever you discipline, lead them to the only One who can deliver their soul from God’s eternal punishment: the \n Lord Jesus Christ and His redemption. Be careful not to give your children assurance too young or too quickly if \n they merely ‘profess faith’ in Jesus Christ. Be happy and express excitement over their desire to follow Jesus. But \n afﬁrm them in their desire and explain to them that over time their faith will show itself to be real or not. But \n encourage them along the way to pursue Christ!","bbox":{"left":0.035294,"top":0.277389,"width":0.9247879999999999,"height":0.27029499999999995}},{"text":"8. Pray with them. When all is done, while still holding and loving your child, pray with them. Bring God into \n the event (again)! You want your child to leave the discipline room remembering that mommy or daddy disciplined \n me (and, yes, it may have hurt) but they also prayed with me and for me. You want to pray that God would do the \n great soul-work, redemptive work, regenerating work for His glory, for your child’s eternal welfare, and for the good \n of your family. So you pray for your child and then you hug them, move on, and don’t keep a record of their sins.","bbox":{"left":0.035294,"top":0.565268,"width":0.922796,"height":0.09352700000000003}},{"text":"May this serve as a helpful template, or a pattern, or an overview of what parents can do in the discipline room with \n their children as you seek to honor God in the faithful discipling and disciplining of your children. May God use the \n rod to drive out foolishness from our children and through our faithful evangelization may God redeem them from \n His eternal punishment in hell and may He bring them safely and gloriously into His heavenly Kingdom! May God use \n parents and their faithful and diligent proclamation of the gospel as the means to convert the children!","bbox":{"left":0.035294,"top":0.676748,"width":0.924974,"height":0.08810799999999996}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}