Thematic Bible: Spiritual Tests
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spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » Divine delays test men's courage and patience
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
How long, O Lord? Will Youforget me forever?
How longwill You hide Your face from me?
How long, O Lord? Will You
How long
Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains.
So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Do not delay, O my God.
My
Martha then said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
Verse Concepts
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » Other examples of
By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was offering up his only begotten son;
so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
When He entered the house, the blind men came up to Him, and Jesus *said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They *said to Him, “Yes, Lord.”
And He was saying to her, “Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
and others experienced mockings and scourgings, yes, also chains and imprisonment.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By giving opportunities for choice
You have visited me by night;
You have
I have
Even in the matter of the envoys of the rulers of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone only to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart.
And the one who loves violence His soul hates.
For the righteous God
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By leading men in a difficult way
you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the Lord your God is testing you to find out if you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » Final
Verse Concepts
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spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » process
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will
And I will
I will say, ‘They are
And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may present to the Lord offerings in righteousness.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By demanding great sacrifices
Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Him may remain with you, so that you may not sin.”
Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By proposing hard tasks
So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was.
Therefore Jesus, lifting up His eyes and seeing that a large crowd was coming to Him, said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, so that these may eat?" This He was saying to test him, for He Himself knew what He was intending to do.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting men to suffer when in the pathway of duty (paul and silas)
When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to guard them securely; and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By demanding the last morsel of bread
Then Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go, do as you have said, but make me a little bread cake from it first and bring it out to me, and afterward you may make one for yourself and for your son.
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring dependence upon a poor widow
“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » Faith tested, examples of
He said, “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.”
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting temptation
Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring extensive preparation with no blessing in sight
Then he said, “Go, borrow vessels at large for yourself from all your neighbors, even empty vessels; do not get a few.
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring, what appeared to be, useless work
spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » inward life
You have visited me by night;
You have
I have
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By a strange plan of campaign
You shall march around the city, all the men of war circling the city once. You shall do so for six days.
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By reducing a general's army
The Lord said to Gideon, “I will deliver you with the 300 men who lapped and will give the Midianites into your hands; so let all the other people go, each man to his home.”