We need to appreciate the fundamental nature of our relationship with God, and we need to consider what we think that relationship is. Many atheists and secularists see God as an enemy or a tyrant. Many religious people see Him as a master. When we come to Christ we become children of God. In his teaching Jesus repeatedly spoke of God as Father, not just His Father, but our Father. Now, particularly in our dysfunctional society, we need to be careful of interpreting what it says here through the lens of our society's views of fathers and families. Children were loved with affection, but there was also discipline. The two go together. We tend to focus on the affection without the discipline and this gives a wrong view. Some have focused just on the discipline without the affection. If we are to appreciate the nature of our relationship with God we need to understand both the affection and the discipline (Heb 12:7-11).
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