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In my opinion, the twisted system is making it harder for parents to do an already almost impossible task, by scaring people out of disciplining their kids.
Good morning and welcome! It has been a few weeks. I've been way too busy to post the sermons for the past several weeks. On August 3rd we had one of our missionaries speak, so I got a break. It was a blessing to have the Joyces with us. I had the honor of meeting Mrs. Joyce this time. I'd like to personally thank the Joyces for a great service and a wonderful time of fellowship!
Then on Sunday the 10th, it was daddy's day care, or should I say, grampa's day care. We had all of the kids that didn't go to camp, plus Philip and Posey's kids, as they went on a get away for their anniversary. Whew! That was fun. I was thankful the baby slept all through the night. Usually the devil pokes the kid all night to make sure we don't get any sleep. At least it seems that way, especially on Saturday night. After all, it has been a while since we've had little ones of our own.
Then on Saturday the 17th, it was Phil and I running around like the galloping meatheads, doing all of the work my employees would have done if they weren't a camp.
August has been an insanely wild month, and September could be almost as wild.
How is everyone here? Well, we are all doing pretty good. Jeannette is doing more that the rest of us, as usual. They don't make women like that today, I don't believe. The girls are snotty as ever. Amber started another part time job and is trying to figure out how she is going to squeeze here college schedule into the time she already doesn't have. I would like to marry the two older daughters off. They need husbands to keep them in line. I don't want them marrying the Antichrist either. It would be nice to have Christian son-in-laws. I have one twenty-five year old daughter and one twenty-three. Sealed bids will be accepted.
We have a wonderful garden this year. The produce has been rolling in. I don't remember ever seeing so much fruit, or eating so much fruit, as far as that goes! It's raspberries, cherries, apricots, peaches, strawberries, blackberries, plums, grapes, currants, and soon it will be apples. You can see fruit literally falling off the trees and rotting. All you have to do is ask. Then there are the tomatoes, green beans, asparagus, sweet corn, and on it goes! God sure is merciful to sinful people!
We still have four of the children from the homeless family. We are so thankful God has allowed us to minister to these “little ones”. They are getting quite an education and plenty of experience feeding animals, planting and weeding the garden, and then seeing and enjoying the fruit of the labor. They are learning patience as they watch the different types of fruit at there different stages, and have to wait for them to ripen.
The other day the little boy was waving for me to come and see something. He was all excited. “Mr. Hansen! Come here! I have to show you something!” When I got over there he was pointing to a tree full of purple plums. He's like, “ look! They're poople!” That's the way you say purple. You didn't know that? I'll have to give you a lesson in proper pronunciation! Cereal is pronounced “seal”. And if you want more seal you say, “can I have “mo”? The Plums weren't quite ready so I told him we'll have to wait about a week. He knew enough not to pick them before they were ready.
The little guys are really doing good. The oldest boy was able to go to camp, and I think that was good for him. He has made several professions. It really goes deep with these guys. They have learned they can't trust anyone because everyone has lied to them. It has taken a while to gain their trust, and I don't know if we are there yet. We need a lot of prayer. More about this later.
Anyway, I was back in the studio Tuesday and wrapped up my part of the “Clips in Time” project. That sometimes seems like the easy part. There is so much to do in getting things ready for packaging, duplication, and distribution.
Well, That's about all the announcements. There's not much to report on the world front. Things are just great. There is no global warming. WTC7 just fell down because of fire and a structural flaw. Yep, it just melted those steel beams like they were butter. The Russians will go home and strange weather is just a cyclical thing. There is no God. Frank can marry Fred. John can move in with Sally and Sally can keep her last name. We can continue to teach evolution as fact and introduce a whole generation to atheism. There are no consequences for spitting in the face on a holy God.
“For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape” (I Thes. 5:3).
I think this verse shows the complacency there will be when the Lord comes back. It is also interesting to notice the key words in this verse, peace and safety. I don't think there is a day that goes by that you don't hear these words.
Do you have your bicycle helmet on? We don't want a bump bump on your little headypoo now, do we? Do you have your booster seat? We must be safe. Hurry, change that diaper! We mustn't get a nasty little rashy on juniors dupa. Please take your shoes off. We want you to be safe.
You hear it everywhere. Sure enough, just as Bible prophecy always come true, so is this passage written approximately A.D. 54.
We consider safety, and that is good, but , as the Bible indicates, the world will be talking safety and peace, while rejecting the God of the Bible. Perhaps they'll escape some of the dangers in this life, but they'll never escape the wrath of God. A society can never get away with ignoring God's principles. There are always consequences for sin.
Hurricane Gustav is heading toward New Orleans. We have satellite technology, and people are being warned in advance. They'll evacuate and perhaps be spared. Then they can return to their casinos and night clubs and strip joints. The sodomites can continue to commit sodomy. The adulterers can continue to live in adultery. The blasphemers can get back to blaspheming God. The fornicators can continue to commit fornication. The false prophets can continue to prophesy falsely.
They may escape Gustav, but they won't escape God's wrath. As we watch Russia positioning itself for what appears to me to be the battle of Gog and Magog, we don't have long to wait. There is only about eight hundred miles between the Russian army and Israel. I guess they don't like Israel selling high tech military equipment to Georgia.
The prophet wrote of an arrogant generation that would be twisted in judgment, and he also wrote of the curse that God would have on them.
“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!” (Isa. 5:20,21).
Today you have a bunch of twisted freaks running around in their blind stupidity thinking they know more than God, and that they somehow are the saviors of the world. There is no future without God, and yet every man is doing what seems right in his own eyes. People lean on their emotions rather than the sound principles taught is God's word. A good example of that can be realized in the melt-down that is taking place in our society. How did we get to where we are today? John stormer, in His book, “Growing Up God's Way” lays it out very well.
“The book was Dr. Benjamin Spock's “Baby and child Care”. It was published in 1945. Nearly one million copies were sold the first year. Since then about thirty-million have come off the press and gone into the hands of anxious young people. Except for the Bible, it is the biggest seller of this century. The book combined a lot of simple medical advice parents wanted with a rather permissive, do-your-own-thing philosophy of child raising. Millions of babies were raised on Dr. Spock in the 1940's, 1950's, and 1960's. They are now raising their own children-and grandchildren- and they don't know how to do it...
The nation was ready for Dr. Spock. In fact, if he had not appeared, the country would probably have invented him. The difficulty is that a nation which is told that it is OK to be easygoing on some things will usually find it impossible to be firm in anything--- and that is what has happened. Parents who followed Spock's easygoing child-raising methods produce the hippie generation.”
Now you have the children of the parents who didn't have a clue, trying to raise their kids, and they are totally clueless. Some of these have become social workers.
It is Sunday, approximately 11 PM. A student is acting up in junior church as in being totally disrespectful. The Youth director attempts to direct the unruly student to a private room for admonition. The student then starts throwing fists at the youth director and echoing what his mother has been telling him all along, “I don't have to listen to you!”
After the Service, the youth director approaches me and informs me of the incident. We agree there must be some discipline, so we bring the 12 year old boy into a private room. All three of us are in the room and I begin to talk to the little guy and tell him that his behavior cannot be tolerated.
Now this little guy has very little confidence in anyone. He was totally bitter when he first came to us. Since then he has been a new kid, and for the most part has been very happy. Things run deep in him though, and you cannot turn around years of abuse on a dime.
His own father won't even claim him, and he has been lied to so many times, he just thought that stealing and lying were things that are normal to do. Just as the communist are taught that anything that promotes communism, is moral, even if that means killing innocent people, many kids are taught by bad parents to do wrong. That's all they know. Anyway, back to the story.
So we prayed with the boy and told him he would have to be disciplined and that two swats were in order. After the swats were administered, we had a long talk and more prayer. He said he was sorry. We asked him if he had anything more to say and he didn't answer.
Now the paddle we used is similar to the paddle that was used on me when I was in school. I never forgot that. Whew did that sting! I am grateful to that teacher to this day for caring enough to try to set me on a straight path.
After we were done, I grabbed the little guy and gave him a big hug and told him I loved him. The youth director did the same. About a half hour later, the little guy came to my office and called for me. He came in and he was crying. He said the reason he didn't answer me was because he was so ashamed. By this time he was crying so hard I could barely understand him. I reached for him and pulled him to my knee and scratched his back and hugged him. I told him that was a good reaction, and I must say, to see that sincere repentance was very refreshing. We told him he was going to be alright. We weren't going to let him fail. Although he has been let down so many times, we were going to be there for him.
Then what happened that night reminded me of something you'd see in the Soviet Union. After the kids were already in bed, a police officer came over and asked to see the boys rear-end. He said he had a report of abuse. We had to get this little guy out of bed for questioning. They took him the bathroom to see his butt. They asked him on a scale of one to ten, how he would describe to pain, and so on.
As it turns out, a women who happened to be visiting the church that day saw us coming out of the room with the little boy and a paddle. Now this women thought it was her duty to call the police. After all, she is such a stellar example of proper parenting, and she is no doubt an expert on child rearing, after having her kids taken away from her and coming out of rehab for a drug addiction. Boy, I just shudder at the thought of what her kids are going to be, and the abuse these kids will go through by never being disciplined.
We've just had two murders in Ontario in the last week or so. Crime is up and we are talking about teachers carrying guns in the schools. Marriages are falling apart because kids raised by these perverts have no character. They simply say “I don't want to do this anymore” and walk away from their commitment and responsibility. We have to have police in the schools. They are adding more officers to deal with the gang violence.
Ah, let me think about this. Oh yes, we must make sure those little hellions are protected from those awful people who might spank them. We must strike fear into all of the hearts of people who love their kids enough to discipline. We must undermine the authority of the parent, and the church, and even God, so these kids know they can count getting the heat on their parents if they even threaten to discipline them. We need more gang members, that's it.
Then the Child Services had to go to the school the check on the little girl that stays with us. They had to make sure that they aren't being abused by those evil Baptists. Well, what does the Bible say:
“The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.” (Prov. 29:15).
It's not the rod that is the problem here, it is the twisted thinking that you somehow love your kid when you don't apply the rod. The next stop will probably be jail for many of these abused kids. The abuse is not disciplining these kids. Don't you understand? A few moments with a sore behind is a lot better than a life-time in jail.
Well, the next day, after they had already determined that the first report was unwarranted, two social workers and a police officer came over with an allegation that children were being beat with a 2 x 4. I wasn't home that day, but my 76 year old mother was. I suppose she was running around beating the kids with a 2x4, even though I don't think there is a 2x4 on the whole property. If there was, I doubt she'd have the strength to swing it around!
I guess they had to bring a police officer along because they were going into such a dangerous place. After all, a Baptist church with followers of that, that , Jesus.
Yep, that Jesus was a rough one alright. He went about healing people and teaching us to love our enemies. Then, when they came to crucify Him for no reason at all, He went willingly to the cross and allowed men to nail him to the cross. The case against Him was based on the lies people told about Him. Hmm, sounds familiar. Oh yes, I almost forgot. He died for you and me.
Wow, when dealing with people this dangerous, they should of brought at least some tanks, machine guns, and grenades!
Then the Bible says:
“Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea he shall give delight unto thy soul”. (Prov 29:17).
The reason we as parents go through so much grief with our children is because we didn't put the time into training and disciplining them we should have.
“The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly” (Prov. 20:30).
Yes, it is true that some would use this verse in association with child discipline. I totally disagree with the assumption that you need to bruise and bloody up a kid to get his attention. Yes some kids are hard cases and I think God outlines the severity of discipline that should be used and when it should be used.
“Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.” (Prov. 19:18).
You want to apply discipline in the child's life early enough, because there comes a time when it is too late. Discipline doesn't always have to be with a rod, but when the offense calls for that, it should sting enough to bring about the desired results. Spanking should not be done out of anger, but I believe it should done out of love, and in a way as to bring the child to repentance. Think about it. When God chastens us, He does it to make us better. In other words, He does it for our own good. Sometimes our chastisement is severe, according to the offense.
“Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he hall not die.
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.” (Prov. 23:13,14).
A good spanking will not kill the child, but it will deliver him from hell. It will make him wise, and he will develop that fear and respect that will help him obey the laws of the land, as well as enable him to have a relationship with his creator one day.
Sometimes there are those who are hard headed and obstinate enough, they need more severe discipline. Never does one need to use a blunt object, their fists, crow bars, baseball bats, or anything like that. I recommend a flat object, wood or plastic, that stings enough to get the child's attention. Pain is associated with doing wrong, and we know when we do wrong, it can be painful. Discipline early enough and discipline properly, and perhaps he won't be beating you up one day, or shooting his school teacher, a police officer, or someone else.
“Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.” (Prov. 22:15).
Every child needs to be disciplined at one time or another. Do you love your kid enough to take the time to do it?
“He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chaseneth him betimes.” (Prov. 13:24).
In my opinion, the twisted system is making it harder for parents to do an already almost impossible task, by scaring people out of disciplining their kids. It's the parents who don't love their kids that should be the focus of societies scorn. According to the Bible, they are those who don't take time to spank their kids.
Now I understand that police officers and social workers were just doing their job, and I have no problem with them. My problem is with the parents who don't have enough guts to discipline their children, and then deceive themselves by calling it love. God has given us instructions for proper child rearing, and if you chose to ignore that, you will permanently scar your child. I wish it was done there, but it is not. These children are the future of our nation. God help us! CP
Created By CyberPastor on 08/31/2008 11:26 AM
Last updated by CyberPastor on 08/31/2008 11:29 AM
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