"I can do whatever I want because my grandpa is the preacher." That was the end of the conversation I overheard my granddaughter having with the greeters one Sunday morning outside the church gym. Although only a young child, she quickly learned her assumption was wrong; she could NOT do anything she wanted BECAUSE her grandpa was the preacher.
God is our heavenly Father, and our thinking is faulty if we
think we can do whatever we want, or God will let sins “slide” because we are
of the Royal Family, a child of the King. We will quickly find out how wrong we
are! It is BECAUSE our Father is God, the righteous King, that we CAN NOT do as
we please.
Punishment from our earthly parents was not something we
looked forward to but dreaded. If called for, it was needful for teaching us
right from wrong and molding our character because they loved us, although sometimes
they may have acted hastily and unfairly out of emotions. God takes notice of
our faults. He shows His parental love by correcting us when we need discipline
because we belong to Him, and He never makes hasty decisions or acts with wrong
motives. We owe Him due respect because His corrections are always for our good,
developing uprightness in us (Heb 12:7–11).
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