Thematic Bible: Spiritual Tests
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spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » Divine delays test men's courage and patience
Be patient, then, brothers, till the coming of the Lord. Behold the farmer who waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it gets the early and the latter rains.
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However, when he heard that he was ill,
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Then Martha said to Jesus. "Master, had you been here my brother would not have died;
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The Lord does not loiter over his promise, as some men esteem loitering; but he is longsuffering toward you, not purposing that any should perish, but that all should pass on to repentance.
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » Other examples of
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
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By faith Abraham, when he was put to the test, was on the point of offering up Isaac; yes, he who had received the promise was about to offer up his only son,
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These are in order that the test of your faith, more precious than gold that is perishable and yet is tested by fire, may redound to praise and glory and honor, at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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because you know that the testing of your faith is working out endurance.
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And when he had gone indoors, they came to him. "Do you believe that I can do this?" asked Jesus. "Yes, Lord," they answered.
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"Let the children be filled first," he said to her. "It is unseemly to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
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Others again bore trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, even of chains and imprisonment.
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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 Day will disclose it, for it dawns in fire, and the fire will test each man's work, of what quality it is.
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Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life which the Lord 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
However, when he heard that he was ill,
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he said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?" He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he intended to do.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting men to suffer when in the pathway of duty (paul and silas)
had many lashes inflicted upon them, and put them in prison, with a charge to the jailer to keep them safe. On receiving so strict an order he cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast 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
My brothers, when you are beset by various temptations, count it all joy, because you know that the testing of your faith is working out endurance.
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 is building a house who digged and went deep and laid a foundation upon rock. And, when a flood came, the torrent dashed against that house, but could not move, because it had been founded upon rock.
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