Chastening Keeps Overcomers Spiritually Healthy 

The Lord also goes to each church with words of challenge and chastening (repent or else). There is a focused desire the Lord has for us that we stay on track and live out what He designed us to do and to be. This final word for Christ to His Church is so consistent with the constant message His apostles had already taught and written about in all the other books on the New Testament. God Only Chastens His Own Children