Oh let the Son of God and found you with his spirit and his life,

let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you

whole. you home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible Teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire

Bible. And on today's edition of the Word for today,

Pastor Chuck continues with the chastening of the Lord as we pick up in Amos chapter 4 verse 5 and now with

today's message here's pastor Chuck.

God oftentimes uses what we call judgments or chastisements in order to turn us from our

path of destruction whom the Lord loveth he chasten it.

Now as long as you're a child you don't understand that.

It's not until you become a parent that you understand it.

I thought my dad was just feeding me the biggest line when he'd say,

son, this hurts me more than it hurts you.

I did not believe that. I thought my dad was just putting me on until I became a dad and I

understood exactly what he meant.

The hurt that you feel when it is necessary to punish your child,

but you know you must for their own sake and for their own good chastise them or else they could

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