Just a little thought .... I went to church recently and enjoyed a little clarification..sometimes bad things happen to people and they can be tempted to wonder.."is that God punshing me? after all i am not perfect and I make lots of mistakes etc" and I would normally say "No, .....I dont ..think so!"
But it was clarified for me that for His children, those who have received His son into their lives, there is no such thing as "punishment" any more.
Punishment looks back in to the past at what you have done; chastening or training looks into the future into what God is making you into.
Because Jesus took our punishment for us, we are no longer under punishment. But we are in training and anything that happens to us is for a purpose and a reason , a part of His love for us and an investment for the future! Nice huh?
"He suffered and endured great pain for us,but we thought his suffering was punishment from God. He was wounded and crushed beacuse of our sins; by taking our punshiment he made us completely well.
All of us were like sheep that had wandered off . We had each gone our own way, but the Lord gave Him the punishment we deserved." Isaiah 53
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