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they don't understand the concept of

discipline and chastening. You know,

sometimes you've got to quit speaking to a

child and get out the rod. You can't always

reason with a child, and, you know, sometimes

God can't always reason with us. He has to

get His rod out and work on us a little bit.

Again, Hebrews 12:6, “For whom the Lord

loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every

son whom he receiveth.” It’s proof that God

loves us when He chastens us.

Sometimes our sickness is used to

prepare us. So, first of all, God will

sometimes bring sickness into our life to

chasten us. The second reason that God will

bring chastening into our life is to just

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