Today,
reply is on divine chastisement, respect, and student responses to
teacher autonomy and behavior to continue a formal atmosphere for
learning. Lessons that fit us for eternal life are acquired on a
regular basis through many of our ordinary, daily routines. Even so,
Christian teens and young adults may express angry feelings of being
unfairly imposed on in school settings, and may mistakenly receive
assignments, discipline, practice, and study as detention, penalties,
persecution, or punishment. Some are overly quick to complain and
label as malicious the necessary requirements for instruction and
classroom order. These may even attribute and label confiscation of
their Bible, interruption of their time for prayer and praise, and
restriction of proselytizing as malicious, and “from the devil.”
Discernment of spirit content from GOD must be developed; and it is
correct to acknowledge Hebrews 12: 1-8, King James Version (KJV): 1
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of
witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so
easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is
set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our
faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross,
despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne
of God. 3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of
sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 5 And
ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto
children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor
faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he
chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye
endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is
he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be without
chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and
not sons. A fighter in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on
Religion and Spirituality, who uses the ID “Anonymous” (no
profile is shown) posted the following:
My
teacher took away my Bible?
We
were in class today during study hall. The teacher took away a
Muslims book and then my Bible. She said no religious books, do it at
home. Can I sue this old bat?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to
do of his good pleasure. Do all things without murmurings and
disputings: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God,
without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among
whom ye shine as lights in the world; (Philippians 2: 13-15, King
James Version, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: How GOD Is Communicating (10/31/2018); Those Apt To
Teach? (06/20/2018); Opposing The Divine Will (03/30/2018); Proper
Training For Belief? (01/10/2018); The Spirit of Meekness
(12/15/2017); Discernment, Focus and Meekness? (07/07/2017);
Discipline and The Cross (06/16/2016); Divine Discipline?
(12/24/2015)
“Anonymous”,
developing and mature Christian believers all have begun as sinners,
and as those in need of transformation, guidance, sacred
knowledge, and spiritual training (we also say, discipline).
Multiple sacred operations must be completed that establish
fellowship and joining among those entering covenant relationship
with divinity, who eventually will appear as part of a community or
household of faith; and there must be divinely provided opportunities
and possibilities for discovery, gradual growth, continuous learning,
practice, and unselfish service. Believers who are “born again”
also must “grow up again” to become mature (balanced; complete;
consistent; ripe; stable) for harvest by the Lord at his appearing
(Advent; the Rapture; the Second Coming). Through the sacred
operations of baptism that depict death of ones inborn spirit and
rebirth from divine DNA so to speak, believers receive fresh
endowments of life essence (breath; spirit; word) from the
makeup of divinity. Included are faith, holiness, impartiality,
longsuffering, lovingkindness, meekness, personhood, purity,
restraint, wisdom, and wrath against sin. Increasingly, believers
show themselves willing to be held accountable and “teachable”
during the period for mastering skills and preparing to minister to
others. Often for priests and kings, there are unwanted yet
unavoidable challenges, duty, hardship, service, and suffering that
will draw upon their inseparable deposits of godly strength.
Consider again the following that uses language from the Bible:
(1.)
Zephaniah 2: 2-3, King James Version (KJV): 2 Before the decree
bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the
fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before
the day of the LORD’s
anger come upon you. 3 Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth,
which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness:
it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’s
anger.
(2.)
1st Peter 2: 1-3, KJV: 1 Wherefore laying aside all
malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil
speakings, 2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word,
that ye may grow thereby: 3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is
gracious. 4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone,
disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, 5
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy
priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by
Jesus Christ.
(3.)
1st Peter 2: 19-25, KJV: 19 For this is
thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief,
suffering wrongfully. 20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be
buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye
do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is
acceptable with God. 21 For even hereunto were ye called: because
Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should
follow his steps: 22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his
mouth: 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he
suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that
judgeth righteously: 24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own
body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto
righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 25 For ye were as
sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop
of your souls.
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, (4.) Romans
13: 1-8, KJV: 1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers.
For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of
God. 2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the
ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves
damnation. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the
evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is
good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: 4 For he is the
minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil,
be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the
minister of God, a revenger to execute
wrath upon him that doeth evil. 5 Wherefore ye
must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience
sake. 6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s
ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. 7 Render
therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is
due; custom to whom custom;
fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. 8 Owe no man any thing,
but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled
the law.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be
it unto you according to your faith.
THE
BLACK PHOENIX
Washington,
DC
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