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 exhortation is based upon Christ's love for us?
What concrete example makes clear the meaning of this doctrine?
Why did the apostle say this duty was so imperative?
How should our children be taught?
9. What prophetic period extends to the time of the cleansing of the sanctuary, or the investigative judgment?
In connection with what historical event was the old covenant made?
In what one promise are all these promises summed up?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle