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.

What assurance is given concerning the unfailing power of the Creator?
What loss do those sustain who do not accept Him?
How was He treated?
In whose name should everything be done?
What did the people say when they saw these things?
How will the righteous ever afterward appear?
Upon whom was the name Israel first bestowed?

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