Thematic Bible: Test
Thematic Bible
Service » Test » Timely
She has done what she could; {she has anointed my body beforehand} for burial.
And he touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve him.
But I considered [it] necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, but your messenger and servant of my need,
May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord in that day! And how much he served [me] in Ephesus you know very well.
Now I rejoice over the arrival of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because these make up for your absence,
who used to follow him and serve him when he was in Galilee, and many other [women] who went up with him to Jerusalem.
And [when I] was present with you and was in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my need, and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will keep [myself from being a burden].
Service » Test » Undivided, required by the lord
And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, "If with all your heart you [are] turning to Yahweh, remove the foreign gods and Ashtoreths from your midst. Commit your hearts to Yahweh and serve him alone. Then he will deliver you from the hand of [the] Philistines."
No domestic slave is able to serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and will despise the other. You are not able to serve God and money."
And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they swore with all their heart. And they sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and Yahweh gave rest to them all around.
Then Jesus said to him, "Go away, Satan, for it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"
Service » Test » It was established in israel
And now, Israel, what [is] Yahweh your God asking from you, except to revere Yahweh your God, to go in all his ways and to love him and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
Service » Test » It will be applied in determining man's final destiny
For I was hungry and you gave me [something] to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me [something] to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me as a guest, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you cared for me, I was in prison and you came to me.'
Service » Test » King saul was condemned by it
Then Samuel said, "Is there [as much] delight for Yahweh in burnt offerings and sacrifices as [there is] in {obeying} Yahweh? Look! {To obey} [is] better than sacrifice; to give heed than the fat of rams.
Service » Test » It excludes mere professors of religion from the kingdom
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Service » Test » Christ applies it in the parable of the good samaritan
So he said, "The one who showed mercy to him." And Jesus said to him, "You go and do likewise."
Service » Test » It reveals the quality of love
He said to him a third [time], "Simon [son] of John, do you love me?" Peter was distressed because he said to him a third [time], "Do you love me?" and he said to him, "Lord, you know everything! You know that I love you!" Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep!