100% Right All The Time

[Revelation3:20]

Does you children have to be 100% right all the time with you to be in a right relationship with you?

Of course they are still your child and you love them no matter what, but if they are being disobedient they aren't in a right relationship with you, if they were always in a right relationship with you there would never be a need for for you to discipline them. The same applies with God and his children.

[Annie]

Of course they are still your child and you love them no matter what, but if they are being disobedient they aren't in a right relationship with you, if they were always in a right relationship with you there would never be a need for for you to discipline them. The same applies with God and his children.

I'm not sure we're on the same page with our definitions of "right relationship." I feel like I have a "right relationship" with my children always, as long as their hearts are open, tender, and teachable. Part of that "right relationship" is the interaction we have together, whether that interaction is of a disciplinary or fellowship/enjoyment nature. Now, if my child's heart were rebellious constantly, and my attempts at teaching/discipline were having no effect on him/her, then we would not have a "right relationship." I don't look at a "right relationship" as something that changes on a whim, several times daily, when one of us blows it. Now, when one of my children lies to me, that does damage our joy/fellowship and must be addressed, but it doesn't affect my "right relationship" with him/her. As long as I am humbly and lovingly communicating and teaching and disciplining, and my child is responding positively and enjoying my love, we have a "right relationship." It takes more to damage that relationship than just an isolated sin.

[trc123]

I'm not sure we're on the same page with our definitions of "right relationship." I feel like I have a "right relationship" with my children always, as long as their hearts are open, tender, and teachable. Part of that "right relationship" is the interaction we have together, whether that interaction is of a disciplinary or fellowship/enjoyment nature. Now, if my child's heart were rebellious constantly, and my attempts at teaching/discipline were having no effect on him/her, then we would not have a "right relationship." I don't look at a "right relationship" as something that changes on a whim, several times daily, when one of us blows it. Now, when one of my children lies to me, that does damage our joy/fellowship and must be addressed, but it doesn't affect my "right relationship" with him/her. As long as I am humbly and lovingly communicating and teaching and disciplining, and my child is responding positively and enjoying my love, we have a "right relationship." It takes more to damage that relationship than just an isolated sin.

Thank you, someone actually gets it!