圣经的重要信息：管教--神的管教方法
罗马书八章8至17、28、29节
8而且属肉体的人不能得神的喜欢。
9如果神的灵住在你们心里，你们就不属肉体，乃属圣灵了。人若没有基督的灵，就不是属基督的。
10基督若在你们心里，身体就因罪而死，心灵却因义而活。
11然而，叫耶稣从死里复活者的灵若住在你们心里，那叫基督耶稣从死里复活的，也必借着住在你们心里的圣灵，使你们必死的身体又活过来。
12弟兄们，这样看来，我们并不是欠肉体的债去顺从肉体活着。
13你们若顺从肉体活着，必要死；若靠着圣灵治死身体的恶行，必要活着。
14因为凡被神的灵引导的，都是神的儿子。
15你们所受的，不是奴仆的心，仍旧害怕；所受的，乃是儿子的心，因此我们呼叫：阿爸！父！
16圣灵与我们的心同证我们是神的儿女；
17既是儿女，便是后嗣，就是神的后嗣，和基督同作后嗣。如果我们和他一同受苦，也必和他一同得荣耀。
28我们晓得万事都互相效力，叫爱神的人得益处，就是按他旨意被召的人。
29因为他预先所知道的人，就预先定下效法他儿子的模样，使他儿子在许多弟兄中作长子。
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然而神的儿女中，确实有部分有这个倾向。因此，神的引导便是要祂所有的儿女改变，让他们的生命被模造成基督的模样。
神用甚么方法引导祂的儿女呢？首先，祂已经为我们树立了榜样（来十二2）。就让我们定睛在耶稣身上！
其次，就是借着祂的话语来教诲。正如诗人说：「你的话是我脚前的灯。」（诗一一九105）
此外，还有圣灵的内住和教导。「祂要引导你们明白一切的真理。」（约十六13）而且，神使用各种方式，使万事互相效力，叫我们得着益处和长成神儿子的模样。
那么，我们的痛苦经历呢？它是不是神管教我们的方法之一？是的，神确实会借着苦难来管教我们，但并非所有苦难都是为了管教。
有些苦难是一种特权和荣耀，例如为主殉道，或为主受苦。
我们若要身体健康，就要遵循某些规则，否则便会引发种种病痛。
有些苦难能够展示神的恩典，让信徒借此向人见证神的保守大能。
是的，神的慈爱管教有时使我们感到痛苦。当神要带我们返回正道时，许多人有此经历，神有时使我们身体衰弱，以致我们能静心聆听祂的管教（参诗卅二1-7）。
但我们必须紧记，神的每个行动都是出于对我们的爱。在天父心中，每个儿女都同样宝贵。我们应该为此而感恩。
GREAT WORDS OF THE BIBLE: CHASTENING - God's Method of Discipline
Romans 8:8-17 and 28, 29
8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.
13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”
16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Message
God may have some who tend to be like that. But the very purpose of His training is to change and mould the life of every one of His children into the recognizable likeness of Christ.
What is involved in God's child-training? First, there is the example of his Son's life. (Hebrews 12:2) Let us fix our eyes on Jesus!
Then there is the instruction of God's Word. 'Your word is a lamp to my feet.' (Psalm 119:105)
There is also the guidance of the indwelling Holy Spirit. 'He will guide you into all truth.' (John 16:13) Plus many other ways in which God wants to make everything work together for our good so that we might be conformed to the likeness of His Son.
What about suffering? Does God ever use it as a means of discipline? He does, but not all suffering is for that reason.
Some suffering is a privilege and honour, for example, the martyrs who have died or been tortured for their faith.
There are rules of health, which if you break them, will in turn cause you problems.
Some suffering brings about an exhibition of God's grace and is an example to others of God's sustaining power.
Yes, there is suffering that is part of God's loving discipline. Many have experienced it as God seeks to correct us. Sometimes He has to bring us low physically in order for us to listen to Him spiritually. (Look at Psalm 32:1-7)
But remember His every action is motivated by love and we ought to be very thankful that He is our loving Father to whom every child is exceptionally precious.