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.

Why was He to be named Jesus?
By what may we know that we have passed from death unto life?
How, then, did the Lord prove the people (verse 4) whether they would keep His law, or not?
What class only have part in the first resurrection?
What takes place under the seventh plague?
4. What, according to the prophecy of Daniel, was to befall the people of God down through the ages?
How does God anticipate the needs of His children?

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