Thematic Bible: Spiritual Tests
Thematic Bible
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » Divine delays test men's courage and patience
How long? LORD, will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
So be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious crop from his land, being patient with it until it receives the fall and the spring rains.
My eyes grow weary with respect to what you have promised I keep asking, "When will you comfort me?"
Yet, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed where he was for two more days.
But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think about me. You are my help and deliverer. My God, do not tarry too long! To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.
I am exhausted from calling for help. My throat is parched. My eyes are strained from looking for God.
Martha told Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some people understand slowness, but is being patient with you. He does not want anyone to perish, but wants everyone to repent.
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » Other examples of
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered Isaac he who had received the promises was about to offer his unique son in sacrifice,
so that your genuine faith, which is more valuable than gold that perishes when tested by fire, may result in praise, glory, and honor when Jesus, the Messiah, is revealed.
because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
When he had gone into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus asked them, "Do you believe I can do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord!"
But he kept telling her, "First let the children be filled. It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the puppies."
Still others endured taunts and floggings, and even chains and imprisonment.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By giving opportunities for choice
When you probe my heart, and examine me at night; when you refine me, you will find nothing wrong, for I have determined that I will not transgress with my mouth.
Later on, envoys came from the princes of Babylon to inquire about the miracle that had happened in the land. God left Hezekiah to himself, so that he might make known what was really in Hezekiah's heart.
The LORD appeared to Solomon one night in a dream and told him, "Ask me for whatever you want and I'll give it to you."
The LORD examines the righteous, but the wicked and those who love violence, he hates.
Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous. For you are the righteous God who discerns the inner thoughts.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By leading men in a difficult way
Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way these 40 years in the desert, to humble and test you in order to make known what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
you must not listen to the words of that prophet or that diviner of dreams. For the LORD your God is testing you, to make known whether or not you'll continue to love the LORD your God with all your heart and soul.
spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » Final
the workmanship of each person will become evident, for the day of judgment will show what it is, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person's action.
How blessed is the man who endures temptation! When he has passed the test, he will receive the victor's crown of life that God has promised to those who keep on loving him.
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spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » process
And I will bring that surviving third through, testing them as if through fire, purifying them like silver, assaying them like gold. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, "This is my people,' and they will say, "The LORD is my God.'"
he will sit refining and purifying silver, purifying the descendants of Levi, refining them like gold and silver. Then they'll bring a righteous offering to the LORD.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By demanding great sacrifices
Moses told the people, "Don't be afraid, for God has come to test you, so that you may fear him in order that you don't sin."
Sometime later, God tested Abraham. He called out to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am!" he answered.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By proposing hard tasks
Yet, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed where he was for two more days.
When Jesus looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming toward him, he asked Philip, "Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?" Jesus said this to test him, because 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 giving them a severe beating, they threw them in jail and ordered the jailer to keep them under tight security. Having received these orders, he put them into the inner cell and fastened their feet in leg irons.
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By demanding the last morsel of bread
But Elijah told her, "You can stop being afraid. Go and do what you said, but first make me a muffin and bring it to me. Then make a meal for yourself and for your son,
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring dependence upon a poor widow
"Get up, move to Zarephath in Sidon, and stay there. Look! I've commanded a widow to sustain you there."
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » Faith tested, examples of
God said, "Please take your son, your unique son whom you love Isaac and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him as a burnt offering there on one of the mountains that I will point out to you."
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting temptation
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring extensive preparation with no blessing in sight
He told her, "Go out to all of your neighbors in the surrounding streets and borrow lots of pots from them. Don't get just a few empty vessels, either.
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring, what appeared to be, useless work
spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » inward life
When you probe my heart, and examine me at night; when you refine me, you will find nothing wrong, for I have determined that I will not transgress with my mouth.
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By a strange plan of campaign
March around the city, all the soldiers circling the city once. Do this for six days,
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By reducing a general's army
Then the LORD told Gideon, "I'm going to deliver you with the 300 soldiers who lapped by giving the Midianites into your control. Send everyone else back to their own homes."
spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » storm
They are like a person building a house, who dug a deep hole to lay the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the floodwaters pushed against that house but couldn't shake it, because it had been founded on the rock.