DISCIPLINE
As Taught
In The Bible
DISCIPLINE
Two Types Of Discipline:
Instructive – Deals With Matters
Pertaining To
Education, Training And
Guidance
Corrective – Incorporates Areas
Involved With Punish-
DISCIPLINE
God’s Discipline
* Judgments Against Wicked
* Chastening His Children
Parental Discipline
Societal Discipline
Congregational Discipline
GOD’S
DISCIPLINE
Parental
Discipline
Parental Discipline
The Principle Responsibility
For Teaching, Training And
Disciplining Children Belongs
To The Parents (Deuteronomy
4:9-10; 6:4-9, 20-25; 11:18-21;
Proverbs 22:6; 13:24; 22:15;
Ephesians 6:4; Genesis 18:17-
19; 2 Timothy 1:5; 3:14-15)
Parental Discipline
Fathers Are Singled Out In The
Children’s Training In Ephesians
6:4 (Compare With Eph.6:1-2)
Ephesians 6:4 - And
you, fathers, do not
provoke your child-
ren to wrath, but bring them up in
the training and admonition of the
Lord.
Ephesians 6:1-2 - Children, obey
your parents in the Lord, for this is
right. "HONOR YOUR FATHER
AND MOTHER," which is the first
commandment with promise:
Parental Discipline
Fathers Are Singled Out In The
Children’s Training (Ephesians
6:4; Compare With Eph.6:1-2)
Emphasizes The Father’s Role As
Head Of The House; Therefore,
Spiritual Leader Of The Family
(Eph.5:23-24; 1 Tim.3:4-5, 12)
Does Not Diminish The Mother’s
Role (2 Timothy 1:5; 3:14-15)
Not Provoke Children To Wrath:
Does Not Condemn Spanking…
Favoritism: Showing Preference
Can Result In Bitterness And
Rivalry (Gen.37:3-4; James 2:1-9)
Neglect: Not Just Abuse But Fail-
ure To Give Time And Attention
Unreasonable: Demands & Pun-
ishments Frustrate & Discourage
Bring Up Training & Admonition:
Bring Them Up: Diligent Actions
& Activities Demanded Of Parents
Training: Nurture (KJ); Chasten-
ing (ASV) - Punitive Measures To
Correct Detrimental Behavior
Admonition: “Training By Word”
Through Use Of Words Which
Encourage Or Reprove (Vine’s)
In The Lord: Focus Of Upbringing
Child’s Learning Respect For And
Obedience To Authority, Including
Towards The Lord, Begins In The
Home (Prov.22:6; Eph.6:1-3)
Parents Teach Their Children
Respect For The Lord Through
The Teaching They Provided
And The Example They Set
(Rom.2:21-24; 1 Tim.4:15-16)