Proverbs
Appreciating Correction
Discipline + Correction
Discipline – The act of training people to obey rules using the method of punishment to correct disobedience.
Correction – A change that makes an error or inaccuracy right.
Retributive Justice vs. Restorative Justice
Retributive Justice – Idea of justice centered on punishment to punish behavior that violated law.
Restorative Justice – Idea of justice centered on restoring every party involved in a crime that was committed against a person or community.
Biblical Examples of Discipline + Correction
1. Adam and Eve
2. Israel's 40 Years of Wandering
3. Paul Correcting Peter
4. Correction within the Church
Joshua 5:6
Galatians 2:11-14
Matthew 18:15-17
Galatians 6:1
Proverbs 13:18
Why Do We Refuse Correction?
1. We have pride.
2. We have blind spots.
3. We have satisfaction in the wrong path.
2 Samuel 16:5-14
Hebrews 12:4-7
Series Information
There are certain words of wisdom that stay with you for a lifetime that create plumb lines you live by. Proverbs is filled with such statements. Each speaker will be speaking out of a text in Proverbs that has guided them in life. Wisdom that can show you the way when all else seems unclear.