Upon hearing the, now infamous words, "you are not the father;" many guys turn flips, in celebration: Howbeit, angels throw a Holy Ghost party when God flips the script on the devil to reclaim His children. Dispair not . . . CELEBRATE! for once chastened, only then are we 100% legitimate.
For whom the Lord loves, he chastens and scourges EVERYONE whom he receives as a son. If ye endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father does not chasten? But if ye are without chastisement, of which all the sons are partakers, then ye are bastards, and not sons.
In what appeared to be my darkest hour, the devil, loving the taste of my blood, saw my chastenig as an opportunity to destroy, and used many...