Correction is a wonderful thing to have in out lives. It keeps us on our toes. Without correction, we would continue to make the same mistakes.
"Whoever loves instruction and correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is like a brute beast, stupid and indiscriminating." Proverbs 12:1, Amplified
To love instruction and correction is to love knowledge as this verse implicates. The Bible is a tool that the Christian can use for the purposes of instruction and correction. Jesus, in His ministry, corrected the religious leaders on a daily basis, because their hearts were clouded with pride. The Lord does not wish to correct us because He is a tyrant, but rather because He loves us. We need to embrace that correction and instruction.
To hate these things is be stupid. Stupidity comes in many different forms, however, the one that places the soul in jeopardy is the hatred of instruction and correction. To not receives these things keeps our hearts in a misguided walk. Our hearts will never be clean if we do not allow the correction of the Lord. The hardheartedness of the Jews caused the Gospel to go the Gentiles. The hatred of instruction and correction caused the Jews to shout, "His blood be on us and our children!" (Matthew 27:28)
Instruction and correction are designed to make us better people in general. To receive instruction and correction from the Lord makes us better servants.
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