Thematic Bible: Spiritual Tests
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spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » Divine delays test men's courage and patience
So be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer keeps on waiting and waiting for the precious crop from his land; how he keeps up his patience over it until he gets the early and late rains,
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But when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed over for two days in the place where He was.
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Then Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
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The Lord is not slow about His promise, in the sense in which some think of slowness, but He is really dealing patiently with you, because He is not willing for any to perish but for all to have an opportunity to repent?
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » Other examples of
By faith Abraham, on being called, obeyed in starting off for a country which he was to receive as his own, and he did it in spite of the fact that he did not know where he was going.
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By faith Abraham, when he was put to the test, offered Isaac as a sacrifice; that is, he who had received the promise was starting to offer as a sacrifice his only son,
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so that the genuineness of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even after it is shown by the test of fire to be genuine, may result in your praise and glory and honor at the unveiling of Jesus Christ.
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for you surely know that what is genuine in your faith produces the patient mind that endures;
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After He had gone into the house, and the blind men had gone up to Him, Jesus said to them, "Do you really believe that I can do this?" They said to Him, "Yes, Lord."
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But He was saying to her, "Let the children first eat all they want, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it out to the house dogs."
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Still others stood the test of taunts and tortures, and even chains and prisons.
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spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By giving opportunities for choice
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By leading men in a difficult way
spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » Final
the character of each one's work will come to light, for the judgment day will show it up. This is so, because that day will show itself in fire, and the fire will test the character of each one's work.
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Blessed is the person who endures trial, for when he stands the test, he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love Him.
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spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » process
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By demanding great sacrifices
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By proposing hard tasks
But when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed over for two days in the place where He was.
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So Jesus looked up and saw that a vast crowd was coming toward Him, and said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?" He was saying this to test him for He knew Himself 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 flogging them severely, they put them into jail, and gave the jailer orders to keep close watch on them. Because he had such strict orders, he put them into the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By demanding the last morsel of bread
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring dependence upon a poor widow
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » Faith tested, examples of
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting temptation
You must consider it the purest joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials, for you surely know that what is genuine in your faith produces the patient mind that endures;
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring extensive preparation with no blessing in sight
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring, what appeared to be, useless work
spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » inward life
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By a strange plan of campaign
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By reducing a general's army
spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » storm
He is like a man who was building a house, who dug deep, and laid its foundation upon the rock; and when a flood came, the torrent burst upon that house but it could not shake it, because it was well built.
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