Faith Won’t Work in an Unforgiving Heart
by Kenneth Copeland
When my grandson Max was a young boy, he did something very unusual. All on his own, he went to the kitchen, found the wooden spoon his parents sometimes used to discipline him, and took it to his mother.
Confessing to her that he’d repeatedly disobeyed her in a certain area, he said, “Mama, I know that’s wrong, but I’ve been doing it anyway, so I need a spanking.”
Max is the only child I’ve ever known who’s done that! He’s the only person I know who figured out at such a young age that submitting to discipline is better than staying stuck in disobedience; that getting corrected (even if it stings a little) is better than allowing yourself to be overtaken by sin.
That’s not an easy lesson to learn. Many people live their whole lives and never learn it, and those who do often tend to forget it—including those of us who are relatively mature believers.
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