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 Davidic psalm.Lord, how long will You forget me?
Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
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Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
Therefore, brothers, be patient until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth and is patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains.
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looking for what You have promised;
I ask, “When will You comfort me?”
So when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was.
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the Lord thinks of me.
You are my helper and my deliverer;
my God, do not delay.
my throat is parched.
My eyes fail, looking for my God.
Then Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.
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The Lord does not delay His promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » Other examples of
By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and went out to a place he was going to receive as an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he was going.
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By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He received the promises and he was offering his unique son,
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so that the genuineness of your faith—more valuable than gold, which perishes though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
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When He entered the house, the blind men approached Him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I can do this?”
“Yes, Lord,” they answered Him. Verse Concepts
“Yes, Lord,” they answered Him. Verse Concepts
He said to her, “Allow the children to be satisfied first, because it isn’t right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”
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and others experienced mockings and scourgings, as well as bonds and imprisonment.
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spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By giving opportunities for choice
You have examined me at night.
You have tried me and found nothing evil;
I have determined that my mouth will not sin.
When the ambassadors of Babylon’s rulers were sent to him to inquire about the miraculous sign that happened in the land, God left him to test him and discover what was in his heart.
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At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream at night. God said, “Ask. What should I give you?”
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He hates the lover of violence.
but establish the righteous.
The One who examines the thoughts and emotions
is a righteous God.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By leading men in a difficult way
Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these 40 years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commands.
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do not listen to that prophet’s words or to that dreamer. For the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul.
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spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » Final
each one’s work will become obvious, for the day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire; the fire will test the quality of each one’s work.
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A man who endures trials is blessed, because when he passes the test he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
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spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » process
I will refine them as silver is refined
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
and I will answer them.
I will say: They are My people,
and they will say: Yahweh is our God.”
He will be like a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the Lord in righteousness.
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spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By demanding great sacrifices
Moses responded to the people, “Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, so that you will fear Him and will not sin.”
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After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!”
“Here I am,” he answered. Verse Concepts
“Here I am,” he answered. Verse Concepts
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By proposing hard tasks
So when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was.
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Therefore, when Jesus looked up and noticed a huge crowd coming toward Him, He asked Philip, "Where will we buy bread so these people can eat?" He asked this to test him, for He Himself knew what He was going to do.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting men to suffer when in the pathway of duty (paul and silas)
After they had inflicted many blows on them, they threw them in jail, ordering the jailer to keep them securely guarded. Receiving such an order, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By demanding the last morsel of bread
Then Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid; go and do as you have said. But first make me a small loaf from it and bring it out to me. Afterward, you may make some for yourself and your son,
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring dependence upon a poor widow
“Get up, go to Zarephath that belongs to Sidon and stay there. Look, I have commanded a woman who is a widow to provide for you there.”
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » Faith tested, examples of
“Take your son,” He said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.”
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spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting temptation
Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience 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 and borrow empty containers from everyone—from all your neighbors. Do not get just a few.
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring, what appeared to be, useless work
So King Joram marched out from Samaria at that time and mobilized all Israel.
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spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » inward life
You have examined me at night.
You have tried me and found nothing evil;
I have determined that my mouth will not sin.
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By a strange plan of campaign
March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.
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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 hand the Midianites over to you. But everyone else is to go home.”
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