Thematic Bible: Spiritual Tests
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spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » Divine delays test men's courage and patience
Will you for ever put me out of your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever be turned away from me?
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Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.
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My eyes are full of weariness with searching for your word, saying, When will you give me comfort?
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So when the news came to him that Lazarus was ill, he did not go from the place where he was for two days.
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Though I am poor and in need, the Lord has me in mind; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O my God.
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I am tired with my crying; my throat is burning: my eyes are wasted with waiting for my God.
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Then Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.
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The Lord is not slow in keeping his word, as he seems to some, but he is waiting in mercy for you, not desiring the destruction of any, but that all may be turned from their evil ways.
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » Other examples of
By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going.
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By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body,
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So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
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Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;
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And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, Have you faith that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord.
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And he said to her, Let the children first have their food: for it is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.
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And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons:
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spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By giving opportunities for choice
However, in the business of the representatives sent by the rulers of Babylon to get news of the wonder which had taken place in the land, God gave up guiding him, testing him to see what was in his heart.
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In Gibeon, Solomon had a vision of the Lord in a dream by night; and God said to him, Say what I am to give you.
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The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.
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O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.
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spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By leading men in a difficult way
And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.
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Then give no attention to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God is testing you, to see if all the love of your heart and soul is given to him.
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spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » Final
Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work.
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There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.
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spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » process
And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
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He will take his seat, testing and cleaning the sons of Levi, burning away the evil from them as from gold and silver; so that they may make offerings to the Lord in righteousness.
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spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By demanding great sacrifices
And Moses said to the people, Have no fear: for God has come to put you to the test, so that fearing him you may be kept from sin.
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Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.
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spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By proposing hard tasks
So when the news came to him that Lazarus was ill, he did not go from the place where he was for two days.
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Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people? This he said, testing him: for he had no doubt what he himself would do.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting men to suffer when in the pathway of duty (paul and silas)
And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely: And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet.
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By demanding the last morsel of bread
And Elijah said to her, Have no fear; go and do as you have said, but first make me a little cake of it and come and give it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son.
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring dependence upon a poor widow
Up! go now to Zarephath, in Zidon, and make your living-place there; I have given orders to a widow woman there to see that you have food.
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » Faith tested, examples of
And he said to him, Take your son, your dearly loved only son Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah and give him as a burned offering on one of the mountains of which I will give you knowledge.
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spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting temptation
Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort; Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring extensive preparation with no blessing in sight
Then he said, Go out to all your neighbours and get vessels, a very great number of them.
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring, what appeared to be, useless work
At that time, King Jehoram went out from Samaria and got all Israel together in fighting order.
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spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » inward life
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By a strange plan of campaign
Now let all your fighting-men make a circle round the town, going all round it once. Do this for six days.
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By reducing a general's army
And the Lord said to Gideon, By those three hundred who were drinking with their tongues I will give you salvation and give the Midianites into your hands; let the rest of the people go away, every man to his place.
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spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » storm
He is like a man building a house, who went deep and put the base of it on a rock; and when the water came up and the river was driving against that house, it was not moved, because the building was good.
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