Is this, for the time being, a source of pleasure?
Answer
"Now no chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yields the
peaceable, fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby." Verse 11.
NOTE -- 'Many of the sweetest joys of Christian hearts are songs which have been learned in the
bitterness of trial." "Many a cold, icy nature is made warm and tender by the grief that crushes it.'! -"Week-Day Religion," by J. R. Miller, D.D., pages 91,93.
In what way is this comparison further explained?
How then do all become children of God?
After bringing Him to the place of crucifixion, what drink was offered Christ to stupefy Him?
By what was the third universal empire symbolized?
Who did He say would be called great in the kingdom?
How is sin defined?
For what did Christ reprove the Pharisees and Sadducees?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle