Thematic Bible: Spiritual Tests
Thematic Bible
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » Divine delays test men's courage and patience
To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Till when, O Jehovah, Dost Thou forget me? -- for ever? Till when dost Thou hide Thy face from me?
Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain -- early and latter;
Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, 'When doth it comfort me?'
when, therefore, he heard that he is ailing, then indeed he remained in the place in which he was two days,
And I am poor and needy, The Lord doth devise for me. My help and my deliverer art Thou, O my God, tarry Thou not.
I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God.
Martha, therefore, said unto Jesus, 'Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;
the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » Other examples of
By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;
By faith Abraham hath offered up Isaac, being tried, and the only begotten he did offer up who did receive the promises,
that the proof of your faith -- much more precious than of gold that is perishing, and through fire being approved -- may be found to praise, and honour, and glory, in the revelation of Jesus Christ,
knowing that the proof of your faith doth work endurance,
And he having come to the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus saith to them, 'Believe ye that I am able to do this?' They say to him, 'Yes, sir.'
And Jesus said to her, 'Suffer first the children to be filled, for it is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast it to the little dogs.'
and others of mockings and scourgings did receive trial, and yet of bonds and imprisonment;
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By giving opportunities for choice
Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.
and so with the ambassadors of the heads of Babylon, those sending unto him to inquire of the wonder that hath been in the land, God hath left him to try him, to know all in his heart,
In Gibeon hath Jehovah appeared unto Solomon, in a dream of the night, and God saith, 'Ask -- what do I give to thee?'
Jehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated,
Let, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By leading men in a difficult way
and thou hast remembered all the way which Jehovah thy God hath caused thee to go these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble thee to try thee, to know that which is in thy heart, whether thou dost keep His commands or not.
thou dost not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of the dream, for Jehovah your God is trying you, to know whether ye are loving Jehovah your God with all your heart, and with all your soul;
spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » Final
of each the work shall become manifest, for the day shall declare it, because in fire it is revealed, and the work of each, what kind it is, the fire shall prove;
Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.
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spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » process
And I have brought the third into fire, And refined them like a refining of silver, And have tried them like a trying of gold, It doth call in My name, and I answer it, I have said, 'My people it is,' And it saith, 'Jehovah is my God!'
And he hath sat, a refiner and purifier of silver, And he hath purified the sons of Levi, And hath refined them as gold and as silver, And they have been to Jehovah bringing nigh a present in righteousness.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By demanding great sacrifices
And Moses saith unto the people, 'Fear not, for to try you hath God come, and in order that His fear may be before your faces -- that ye sin not.'
And it cometh to pass after these things that God hath tried Abraham, and saith unto him, 'Abraham;' and he saith, 'Here am I.'
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By proposing hard tasks
when, therefore, he heard that he is ailing, then indeed he remained in the place in which he was two days,
Jesus then having lifted up his eyes and having seen that a great multitude doth come to him, saith unto Philip, 'Whence shall we buy loaves, that these may eat?' -- and this he said, trying him, for he himself had known what he was about to do.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting men to suffer when in the pathway of duty (paul and silas)
many blows also having laid upon them, they cast them to prison, having given charge to the jailor to keep them safely, who such a charge having received, did put them to the inner prison, and their feet made fast in the stocks.
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By demanding the last morsel of bread
And Elijah saith unto her, 'Fear not, go, do according to thy word, only make for me thence a little cake, in the first place, and thou hast brought out to me; and for thee and for thy son make -- last;
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring dependence upon a poor widow
Rise, go to Zarephath, that is to Zidon, and thou hast dwelt there; lo, I have commanded there a widow woman to sustain thee.'
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » Faith tested, examples of
And He saith, 'Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou hast loved, even Isaac, and go for thyself unto the land of Moriah, and cause him to ascend there for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains of which I speak unto thee.'
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting temptation
All joy count it, my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold; knowing that the proof of your faith doth work endurance,
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring extensive preparation with no blessing in sight
And he saith, 'Go, ask for thee vessels from without, from all thy neighbours -- empty vessels -- let them not be few;
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring, what appeared to be, useless work
spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » inward life
Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By a strange plan of campaign
and ye have compassed the city -- all the men of battle -- going round the city once; thus thou dost six days;
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By reducing a general's army
And Jehovah saith unto Gideon, 'By the three hundred men who are lapping I save you, and have given Midian into thy hand, and all the people go, each to his place.'
spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » storm
he is like to a man building a house, who did dig, and deepen, and laid a foundation upon the rock, and a flood having come, the stream broke forth on that house, and was not able to shake it, for it had been founded upon the rock.