“Is discipline the same as punishment?” a young woman asked me. She was troubled by the idea of God wanting to “get even.” I gave her 1 Corinthians 11:32 (NEB) “When…we do fall under the Lord’s judgment, He is disciplining us, to save us from being condemned with the rest of the world.” God’s “punishment” of His children is never retribution, but rather correction. We know that we are indeed His beloved sons, sharing in the discipline that all sons share – for a high purpose, namely that we may some day share in His holiness, “attain life.”
— Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015), Missionarin, Bestsellerautorin und Vortragsrednerin
Related Bible passage: 1CO.11.32
Topics: Growth & Character, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Guilt & Forgiveness
Occasions: For Reflection
Elisabeth Elliot
Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015) war eine US-amerikanische evangelikale Missionarin, Autorin und Radiomoderatorin, die in den 1950er-Jahren in Ecuador und danach über Jahrzehnte in den USA wirkte. Bekannt wurde sie durch ihren Dienst unter den Waodani nach der Tötung ihres Mannes sowie durch Schriften über unbedingten Gehorsam, Leidensbereitschaft und christliche Lebensführung. Heutigen Bibellesern vermittelt sie praktische Impulse zu Glaubenstreue und Trost in Krisen, während ihre rigide Theologie der Geschlechterrollen und ihr Einfluss auf die „Purity Culture“ umstritten bleiben.
All quotes by Elisabeth Elliot (30)
When we pray, the circumstances often remain the same, but we become different.
Oswald Chambers
Discipline is choosing what you want most over what you want now.
Craig Groeschel
Humility is so shy. If you begin talking about it, it leaves.
Tim Keller
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson
Being a Christian is not a 'do-it-yourself' affair.
Jerry Bridges
Christ accepts us as we are, but he does not leave us as we are.
Ingrid Trobisch
John Newton
Charles Haddon Spurgeon