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 writings are specifically mentioned as containing some things difficult to understand?
What is God's attitude toward the sinner?
Why have all been reckoned under sin?
What is said of those who love God's law?
For how long a time was the seventh-day Sabbath observed in the Christian church?
How universal is the worship of this power to become?
Why did God give His only begotten Son to the world?

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