Why, then, does God permit the chastening rod to fall?

Answer

"For they [parents] verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but He for our profit, that
we might be partakers of His holiness." Heb. 12: 10.

16. When the prodigal son, in the parable, repented and turned toward home, what did his father do?
For what is all Scripture profitable?
Why did the apostle say this duty was so imperative?
What did the people say when they saw these things?
Whom does the Lord chasten?
Who alone knows the exact day of Christ's coming?
To whom do those things which are revealed belong?

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