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.

How does God regard those who walk in His law?
How is sin defined?
Were the Ten Commandments a distinct and complete law by themselves?
Was the ceremonial law a complete law in itself?
From what statement do we learn that these ordinances related to the sacrificial system?
What is Peter's testimony regarding it?
Whom does Paul say the saints are to judge?

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