Is this chastening a pleasant experience?

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.

Did Christ know beforehand the treatment He was to receive?
According to the New Testament, what day immediately precedes the first day of the week?
In what words did He foretell its destruction?
19. How will Christ's coming overtake those evil servants who say in their hearts, \"My Lord delays His coming\"?
Are the righteous freed from afflictions in this world?
Before he was afflicted, what did he do?
What therefore follows?

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