“Though He were a Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered.” Heb. 5:8.
12. In perfecting character, what must come to all?
“And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord; nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him: for whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth.” Heb. 12:5, 6.
13. Is this chastening a pleasant experience?
“Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.” Verse 11.
14. What courage and strength, therefore, should come to us even in the hour of affliction?
“Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees.” Verse 12. See also Job 4:3, 4; Isa. 35:3.
15. What did Job say in the midst of his afflictions?
“Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.” Job 13:15.
16. What is God called in the Scriptures?