Thematic Bible: Spiritual Tests


Thematic Bible









Then Martha said to Jesus. "Master, had you been here my brother would not have died; Verse ConceptsBlameDivine DelaysThe Presence Of ChristNot DyingDeath Preventedlazarus


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. Verse ConceptsAbrahamFaith, Nature OfExamples Of FaithCommitment, to GodReceiving An InheritanceHistoryAbraham, New Testament ReferencesAbraham, Calling And LifeCalling, Of IndividualsDestinationsExploits Of FaithNot Knowing Where




And when he had gone indoors, they came to him. "Do you believe that I can do this?" asked Jesus. "Yes, Lord," they answered. Verse ConceptsAbility, Of ChristDrawing Near To ChristEntering HousesAssentingBlindness

"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." Verse ConceptsBeing FirstPeople Providing FoodSalvation For IsraelGood ChildrenFamily FirstKidsPetsFeeding The Poor

Others again bore trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, even of chains and imprisonment. Verse ConceptsFloggingChainsPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRidicule, Objects OfIron ChainsBeating Believerstrails















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.

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.




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.






"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. Verse ConceptsFoundations Of BuildingsStones For Protection