I understand that many parents of children are exhausted by the heavy workload, because this era excessively strains people's mental capacity compared to previous eras and therefore they are required to use their time wisely and show greater love for their children. Especially for women as mothers, the demands of this era in paid work and at home are very stressful.
Undisciplined children become cruel rulers
If all parents had really raised their children to respect the Creator and all other people, humanity would have been spared such tyrants as Adolf Hitler, Josif Stalin, Attila the Hun, emperor Caligula, Ivan the Terrible, Timur (Tamerlane), Vlad the Impaler, Idi Amin, to name just a few. Instead of them, equally wicked ones could have ascended to the throne, because all of humanity has become totally corrupted. The following link doesn't tell the whole truth:
What are the benefits of proper discipline?
Many animal populations have a clear hierarchy and strict discipline. This is evident in monkey and wolf packs, and chickens have a clear pecking order. Proper discipline is even a condition for survival in animal populations and is taught as early as the chick stage. The same important fact is more necessary in all human populations, because humans have a greater ability to do evil when undisciplined.
Every person is born wild and self-centered as a child. Therefore, he needs loving advice on what is permissible and what is not. People who are properly instructed in the ways of living happily from childhood often receive praise and compliments from their understanding neighbors. In addition, they are more successful in their studies and in their working life than undisciplined ones.
Wise parents know how to reward their children when they notice that they are even, as it were, surpassing themselves in their efforts to live in a way that takes others into account. Therefore, parents should always be attentive to their children and also guide them on what their children should follow on the numerous channels on social media. Children will understand if the matter is explained to them clearly.
Parents should be very careful about the kind of friends their children spend their free time with. If a child is enticed by older, unruly youth to first use alcohol, then drugs, smoke, steal and have premarital sex, the greatest responsibility always lies with their parents! In schools, children learn to be unruly.
This is because teachers no longer have the legal authority to maintain healthy discipline among their students. Unruliness is also rampant because students in the upper grades of schools try to take advantage of students in the lower grades in various ways by selling them tobacco, drugs and teaching them how to steal products from shops while they are underage.
I remember how, back in the 1970s, a mother was horrified by the words of her preschool-aged, 4-year-old son when she asked him why his clothes smelled like cigarettes. The child replied: "All the kids in the playschool these days smoke!" However, the most shocking incident also happened back in the 1970s when I was handing out Christian flyers on the street in the center of Helsinki in the summer:
A small group of boys came towards me, about 6 children, aged 6...12. They all laughed at me and made fun of me. As I watched them pass by with pity, about 50 m away the youngest of them ran up to me and hugged me, cried and put his arms around my hips and said: "Do I have any hope left, because I have often inhaled thinner and my brain is ruined?"
Oh, how that would tear my heart! I assured the child that there was still hope, because Jesus came into the world to save sinners. I told him that Jesus wanted and could save and heal him too. I advised him to leave that circle of friends and tell his parents about the problem. If they were not interested, I asked him to go to the nearest church to talk to the priest.
The greatest benefit of discipline
Although self-discipline is of great benefit to us during our earthly life, the greater benefit is the ability to adopt a humble attitude of life if the guidance to disciplined living is in accordance with the principles of the New Covenant. Then it provides the prerequisite for learning to know our heavenly Father and our Savior in the right light, that is, as ones who truly loves us.
As the writer of the letter for Hebrews still beautifully teaches us, self-discipline is essential for us New Covenant believers to learn to know our Creator as Holy and to be able to participate in His holiness! The Apostle Paul first wrote about this in verses Hebr. 12:9-10
>>9 Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life? 10 For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.<<
We also read verses that reveal the greatest benefit of a life of holiness: Hebr. 12:11-14
>>11 Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it. 12 Therefore, strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed. 14 Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Adonai.<<
Although self-discipline is of great benefit to us during our earthly life, the greater benefit is the ability to adopt a humble attitude of life if the guidance to disciplined living is in accordance with the principles of the New Covenant. Then it provides the prerequisite for learning to know our heavenly Father and our Savior in the right light, that is, as ones who truly loves us.
>>9 Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life? 10 For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.<<
We also read verses that reveal the greatest benefit of a life of holiness: Hebr. 12:11-14
>>11 Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it. 12 Therefore, strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed. 14 Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Adonai.<<
The benefits of a self-disciplined life for me
I was given the grace to become interested in Christianity as a child and to become a believer. That had an impact on the paths of life that were presented to me. At the age of 15, I entered Oy Strömberg Ab's Mechanical Engineering School, which was a 4-year boarding school. There I learned the basics of a disciplined life in society and therefore, when I continued from there to HTOL (Helsinki Technical School), I did well.
After that, military service in the army was otherwise easy, except that I had already adopted pacifism, i.e. an ideology completely opposed to war. Therefore, soon after the army, I announced to the Helsinki General Staff that if war breaks out and spreads to Finland, I will not participate in armed service due to my religious convictions. They called that my announcement was placed next to my papers folder.
Note: The topic of the next Shabat study: Are believers in Yeshua permitted to wage war according to the NT?
Believers in Adonai Yeshua must practice the struggle of faith daily and constantly. It includes as an inseparable part regular Bible reading, prayer, fasting if necessary and keeping in touch with other believers as well as promoting the spread of the Message of Salvation in the way that is possible for each one. Our Savior's mission command is still valid!
I have been protected from many serious sins and misfortunes through the struggle of faith. In the early years of my religious life, I, like others, made many kinds of mistakes and 'excesses', but it is quite common for believers whose eyes are opened as a result of being born again to see a reality, which is invisible to natural eyes: That we are constantly in a spiritual war!
Songs suitable for the topic
P.S. You can check out the interesting stages of my life from the link below. My life has been a great adventure. There have been successes and setbacks. Adonai Yeshua has always helped me!
Please, note: Our Savior's original name in Hebrew is Yeshua HaMashiach HaNotzri
Wonderful, Merciful Savior
In His TIme
Must I go and empty-handed?
The Narrow Way
We Plough the Fields and Scatter
P.S. You can check out the interesting stages of my life from the link below. My life has been a great adventure. There have been successes and setbacks. Adonai Yeshua has always helped me!
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