Spanking of children

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->>I personally believe, and most others that I know in our ranks agree
->>with me on this, that the New Testament is an addition to the Old
->>Testament, not a replacement for it.  It is like when you get a rider
->>for an insurance policy: everything that used to apply still applies
->>after the rider is issued unless the rider specifically changes it.  
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-> Are we still under the law?  Do you still offer up a sacrifice for
->atonement of sins?  Then why should our children offer up a sacrifice for
->atonement of their sins against usl?  We are no longer under the law but
->under grace.  Should not our children receive the same?

	We are not under the law where we offer up sacrifices because
if you remember Jesus came and fulfillde that by being the ultimate
sacrifice.  Had he not, then I would be looking for all kinds of
animals without spot or blemish...

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->>Could you please show me the scripture(s) from the nt that you feel
->>indicate that spanking should no longer be administered?  If these
->>scriptures do not directly address spanking, please elaborate your
->>chain of reasoning that led to your conclusion.  Thank you.
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->The only scriptures I found do not mention corporal punishment directly but
->say this:
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->Colossians 3:21 
->Fathers, provoke not your children [to anger], lest they be discouraged.
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->Ephesians 6:4 
->And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in
->the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
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	I would have to agree that since the new testament is only a 
*Complementary* section of the bible, and no replacement was made on
how we raise our children - that God would still expect us to chastise
them as they did in the olden days.
	My daughter, age 4, gets spanked but only when she of her own
will refuses to head the warnings (many) of her father and mother.  The
difference in a beating and a spanking is that she is then taken aside 
and explained to why she got a spanking and exactly what was wrong.
I don't condone (sp?) beatings because I do believe that that would
provoke a child to anger.

	Simply my input, 
In The Love of Christ - Bro. Tom