How does God discipline?

[Isaiah55:6]

(Heb 12:6-8) "For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives. It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons."

This verse caught my attention the other day. It says here that God disciplines his children and those he does not discipline are illegitimate children. What do you think Gods discipline looks like? Logically it would have to be something that a non believer would not experience. The only thing I can really think of is perhaps conviction from the Holy Spirit and perhaps the removal of his presence/ fellowship until you repent of your sin. What's your opinion?

 

[RAnonUS19B]

From my own experience yes I deffintly felt his "dicipline" before sense i fell into sin many times. I can easyly tell this is his dicipline. it feels as a guility feeling but worse sorry cant really explain that easyly and Dont really want to.

 

[insurchoftruth]

God can be very strict when he disciplines us, because he wants us to get out of doing the wrong things, and to do the right things, so we can share in his holiness. How does he discipline us? Well we must not try to figure out, how he does discipline us, and put him in a box. God is God, and he can choose to discipline us, in any way he chooses.

 

[ValleyGal]

Discipline is about natural and logical consequences, so one way of disciplining us is to allow us to suffer the consequences of our choices and actions. Sometimes this might be a natural consequence or it might be "logical" - and logical consequence might be suffering guilt, shame, conviction. It is a logical consequence because it drives us to the sorrow that leads to repentance. A natural consequence is just that - something that happens as a result of something you did (have unprotected sex and you might get pregnant or std, for example).

One way God disciplined David was to send the prophet to bring awareness to David about his sin, and then there was a natural consequence - if I recall correctly, David's baby died for the life he took of Bathsheba's husband. A life for a life. In the same way, God sent Jesus to die - his life for my life (and anyone else who believes) so I could live.

 

[grandvizier1006]

I wouldn't be concerned about awaiting "discipline". God certainly does discipline, but if He were to bring disaster upon us for all of our sins--say, a storm per sin--then all of that global flooding the climate experts believe will happen would have happened

God cares more about your repentance than punishment. Some people would argue that this or that social issue or tragedy is a sign of God's wrath, but God's ways are not our ways. So we just don't know.

As for individual sins, well, crimes have punishment. Most criminal acts are sins, at least felonies are--it is also Biblical to obey secular law in most cases. But if you are concerned that God will smite you for having said something mean to someone or something else like that, then don't worry about it. Simply repent and God will forgive you.

Jesus' sacrifice took all of the punishment away, although God may occassionally "discipline" like I explained above.

 

[DiscipleHeLovesToo]

(Heb 12:6-8) "For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives. It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons."

This verse caught my attention the other day. It says here that God disciplines his children and those he does not discipline are illegitimate children. What do you think Gods discipline looks like? Logically it would have to be something that a non believer would not experience. The only thing I can really think of is perhaps conviction from the Holy Spirit and perhaps the removal of his presence/ fellowship until you repent of your sin. What's your opinion?

God never leaves nor forsakes you (Heb 13:5), so He doesn't remove His presence; as a matter of fact, God isn't mad at you when you sin because He's already anticipated your mistakes and has even paid for them ahead of time through Jesus. The Holy Spirit doesn't convict the reborn in Christ of sin (the devil is the accuser Rev 12:10), He convicts us of the righteousness of Christ (John 16:10) because Jesus has paid the price of sin for the whole world for all time (1John 2:2) - He corrects His spiritually reborn children only with His word:

2Ti 3:16-17 KJV
(16) All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
(17) That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

when you read something in His word that sheds light on an area where you've been messing up, it will feel like chastisement - but that's not God, that's your own heart condemning you (1John 3:20); and if you resist this urge to punish yourself by feeling bad when you realized you've been messing up without intending to, your faith kicks in (your 'confidence toward God) to restore you to the throne room of undeserved favor (grace). the author of Hebrews is quoting Proverbs 3:11,12, in verses 12: 5,6 and is referring to correction, not punishment; as all need for punishment has been satisfied by Jesus

 

[Goodbook]

(Heb 12:6-8) "For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives. It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons."

This verse caught my attention the other day. It says here that God disciplines his children and those he does not discipline are illegitimate children. What do you think Gods discipline looks like? Logically it would have to be something that a non believer would not experience. The only thing I can really think of is perhaps conviction from the Holy Spirit and perhaps the removal of his presence/ fellowship until you repent of your sin. What's your opinion?

I think its a lot like that but he does give us a picture of Jesus as our shepherd and guiding us with his rod/staff. Jesus would not beat the sheep up as a bruised reed he will not break. He leads us to green pastures and still waters like psalm 23. He calls us. If we dont listen and go astray he will leave the other sheep and come after us. It is up to us to listen to Him.