Correction ~n~ Proverbs. Proverbs 29:17
The White House Correction Hotline is Now Open! This week on his Fox News program, Glenn Beck debuted his new White House Correction Hotline, a telephone number the White House can call whenever Glenn says something factually incorrect. This morning, he continued the plea to be proven wrong.
What did the wisest man in all the world have to say about correction? Correct your son, and he shall give you rest; yea, he shall give delight unto your soul. Proverbs 29:17
CORRECTION: a bringing into conformity with a standard. To make straight (again), is an action to rectify, to make right a wrong. Other words help to identify the word correction: instruction, chastisement, check, bond, discipline, doctrine, and rebuke.
Correction is needed for an absolute change of direction in which the United States is headed. President Obama has seen the worst poll rating drop in 50 years which the majority believes he is taking this county in the wrong direction. A u-turn fast!
Correction is needed in our homes in our country. 50% of all marriages in America end in divorce. Remarriage divorce rate is worse: 67% of second marriage end in divorcé and a whooping 74% of third marriages end in divorce. Not good!
Correction is needed for the dollar slide and the erosion of America’s reserve currency status. The fallout of this weakens America power status in the world. Buy gold!
Correction is needed in disciplining and rearing our children. The way children behave is the way they are brought up in the home. Wickedness is bound in the heart of a child but the rod of correction will drive this foolishness from him. When done as instructed from the Word, parents will have both rest and delight. When not so, the parents will be embarrassed. Correct your children while you have the time to do so and while there is hope, if not, it will come back to haunt you and your family. Withhold not correction from the child: for if you beat him with the rod, he shall not die. God has padded the anatomy in the right places for the right kind of punishment. They may think they are going to die, but believe me, then won’t!
Correction is needed in our churches. Churches are the reflection of their pastors. When pastors loose their vision, the church begins a decline. Salvation decisions and baptisms become less. Membership begins to drop and foreign mission work suffers. When churches decrease in membership, guess what, so do tithes and offerings.
Correction is needed in the many so-called plan of salvation. Salvation is not in good works, membership, or baptism—it is Christ and him alone. You can not get to heaven because you are a good neighbor; you get to heaven because you have repented of your sin and trusted Jesus to be you’re only Savior…period!
It seems to me if we correct our children, it will give us a good night’s rest in peace.
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