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.

What test should therefore be applied to every professed teacher of truth?
How many are affected by Adam's transgression ?
What was Christ made, to release men from sin?
What great exchange has been wrought for us in Christ?
How are those described who accept this message?
Why. should fathers not provoke their children to anger?
How, then, did the Lord prove the people (verse 4) whether they would keep His law, or not?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle