"Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent." Revelation 3:19 (NIV)
During his vision John was told to write the church in Laodicea, the lukewarm church, about their shortcomings. He was also told the write that God rebukes and disciplines those that He loves, and that they should be earnest and repent.
God will chastise and punish us for doing wrong to correct us and to get us to do right because He loves us. Just as our earthly parents spanked us when we were wrong because they loved us and wanted us to do right in the future. Sometimes God allows bad things to happen to us because of our disobedience. He loves us and wants us to repent and turn from our sinful ways.
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