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hdog
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does god punish Christians for their sins? will he ever refuse to help them once he punishes them? will he punish them so they die?
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bzkoss236
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God does not cause suffering, but he allows it.does god punish Christians for their sins? will he ever refuse to help them once he punishes them? will he punish them so they die?
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Aelred_Minor
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God does punish for sins. We Catholics distinguish between eternal punishment, which is the punishment of Hell for those who die in a state of rebellion against God, and temporal punishment which is lesser negative consequences of sin to be experienced either during life or in purgatory. I’m not sure if God sometimes uses death as a temporal punishment. It would seem from the Old Testament that He sometimes has done so.
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MACHIU
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I see God’s punishment so that we would live. We use these strong words, punishment, wrath and damnation as if they mean the same thing.
While we still live in this world, His punishment is what keep us away from death in the eternal life.
Hope this helps
While we still live in this world, His punishment is what keep us away from death in the eternal life.
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Petaro
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Dear Hdog, There you go again! Thinking of God as a punisher. God is your Father, and as a father will sometimes admonish us for our own development and good. But his punishment is always just and bathed in mercy. I would exhort you to crawl up on his lap and put your arms out for a hug.
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Beryllos
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Misfortune falls upon the good and the bad alike.
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TK421
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Does a father punish his child?
Hebrews 12: 1-9
**Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
Consider him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners, so that you may not grow weary or lose heart. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as children—
“My child, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
or lose heart when you are punished by him;
for the Lord disciplines those whom he loves,
and chastises every child whom he accepts.”
Endure trials for the sake of discipline. God is treating you as children; for what child is there whom a parent does not discipline? If you do not have that discipline in which all children share, then you are illegitimate and not his children. Moreover, we had human parents to discipline us, and we respected them. Should we not be even more willing to be subject to the Father of spirits and live?**
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Hebrews 12: 1-9
**Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
Consider him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners, so that you may not grow weary or lose heart. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as children—
“My child, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
or lose heart when you are punished by him;
for the Lord disciplines those whom he loves,
and chastises every child whom he accepts.”
Endure trials for the sake of discipline. God is treating you as children; for what child is there whom a parent does not discipline? If you do not have that discipline in which all children share, then you are illegitimate and not his children. Moreover, we had human parents to discipline us, and we respected them. Should we not be even more willing to be subject to the Father of spirits and live?**
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