Intro

A man raising several sons once told our Sunday school class, "I don't know what we'd do at our house without spankings."  I was relieved to hear someone courageous enough to say something like this in public.  I can't imagine what my brother and I would have turned out to be if my dad and mom had just given us time out or put us in a corner or sent us to our rooms.  We were bad enough even with a steady dose of spankings, so I can't imagine what evil things we would have done without the language that all children understand--pain.  Just as the knee bone is connected to the leg bone, so the butt cheek is connected to the brain and heart.

At times my daughter has a sweet disposition, but I realize what Scripture tells me about her heart (Jeremiah 17:9).  She's cute, but she is not a cute little girl growing into an angel.  Sin reigns in her heart and she will grow up to be an enemy of God if she doesn't understand now that God has firm rules, and when they're violated, there are serious consequences to pay.  When done in love by a parent in control, spankings are judgments that equal love.  Just as some unrepentant church members cry "cruel and unjust" treatment when the discipline of Matthew 18 (see sermon) is meted out on them, so some people will cry the same in our day about spankings.  Yet, it is God's plan and no one has ever discovered a better way to raise a child. 

Coming soon…

Part 2 Scripture Speaks

Part 3 Modern Minds Speak

Part 4 Depravity Reeks