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 triumphant chorus will mark the end of the reign of sin?
What different results attend the covering and the confessing of sins?
What is proved by any attempt to be justified by the law?
From what statement do we learn that these ordinances related to the sacrificial system?
What was Satan's design in thus persecuting the church?
What will God's faithful servants be doing at this time?
What does the Apostle Paul say concerning this?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle