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The chastening and disciplining is actually meant to uplift us from righteousness to holiness. God first justified us to make us righteous in Christ. Then comes sanctification, to be made holy. Righteous is according to God's way of doing things outwardly, (precepts) but to be holy is to match God's nature inwardly. (principles) Going on from righteousness to reach holiness would serve to show ourselves holy in righteousness.
I’m adding this from another thread to emphasis the difference between principle and precepts.
Is the Sermon on the Mount for Today?
The chastening and disciplining is actually meant to uplift us from righteousness to holiness. God first justified us to make us righteous in Christ. Then comes sanctification, to be made holy. Righteous is according to God's way of doing things outwardly, (precepts) but to be holy is to match God's nature inwardly. (principles) Going on from righteousness to reach holiness would serve to show ourselves holy in righteousness.
Hebrews 12:5-11
5 and you have forgotten the encouragement that addresses you as sons and daughters:
My child, don’t make light of the Lord’s discipline
or give up when you are corrected by him,
6
because the Lord disciplines whomever he loves,
and he punishes every son or daughter whom he accepts.[a]
7 Bear hardship for the sake of discipline. God is treating you like sons and daughters! What child isn’t disciplined by his or her father? 8 But if you don’t experience discipline, which happens to all children, then you are illegitimate and not real sons and daughters. 9 What’s more, we had human parents who disciplined us, and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live? 10 Our human parents disciplined us for a little while, as it seemed best to them, but God does it for our benefit so that we can share his holiness. 11 No discipline is fun while it lasts, but it seems painful at the time. Later, however, it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness for those who have been trained by it.
Proverbs 3:11-12
11 Don’t reject the instruction of the Lord, my son;
don’t despise his correction.
12 The Lord loves those he corrects,
just like a father who treats his son with favour.
5 and you have forgotten the encouragement that addresses you as sons and daughters:
My child, don’t make light of the Lord’s discipline
or give up when you are corrected by him,
6
because the Lord disciplines whomever he loves,
and he punishes every son or daughter whom he accepts.[a]
7 Bear hardship for the sake of discipline. God is treating you like sons and daughters! What child isn’t disciplined by his or her father? 8 But if you don’t experience discipline, which happens to all children, then you are illegitimate and not real sons and daughters. 9 What’s more, we had human parents who disciplined us, and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live? 10 Our human parents disciplined us for a little while, as it seemed best to them, but God does it for our benefit so that we can share his holiness. 11 No discipline is fun while it lasts, but it seems painful at the time. Later, however, it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness for those who have been trained by it.
Proverbs 3:11-12
11 Don’t reject the instruction of the Lord, my son;
don’t despise his correction.
12 The Lord loves those he corrects,
just like a father who treats his son with favour.
I’m adding this from another thread to emphasis the difference between principle and precepts.
Is the Sermon on the Mount for Today?
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