“Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?” (Lamentations 3:30)
Red Skeleton, the comedian, came into our homes by radio many years ago, prior to television. He did a number of characters including “The Mean Little Kid.” He would say, “If me do this I gonna get a spankin. Me do it anyway.” The radio audience used their imaginations to see The Mean Little Kid disobey, get caught and then scream and cry begging his mother not to punish him, knowing he deserved it.
That skit was funny and it made us laugh. On a much more serious note, people disobey God, knowing we are disobeying Him, knowing we are deserving of His chastening rod and complain because of the chastisement. Jeremiah asked, “Why do living men complain for their punishment for their sins?”
If you are a Christian, a child of God, He loves you too much to allow you to stay on a wayward path. We should thank Him for His corrections and chastisements. Otherwise we might have reason to question whether or not we are really His. One more thing: “If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us of all unrighteousness.” (I John 1:9)
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