Thematic Bible: Tests divine methods used for testing believers
Thematic Bible
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By giving opportunities for choice
You have proved my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me, and You will find nothing; my thoughts do not pass beyond my mouth.
But, in regard to the ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon who sent to him to ask about the wonder that was done in the land, God left him in order to try him, to know all that was in his heart.
In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night. And God said, Ask what I shall give you!
Jehovah tries the righteous; but His soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence,
O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » Thirst
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God; I will seek You earnestly; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You, as in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; when shall I come and appear before God?
I stretch forth my hands to You; my soul thirsts after You like a thirsty land. Selah.
Behold, the days come, says the Lord Jehovah, that I will send a famine in the land; not a famine of bread nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the Words of Jehovah.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By leading men in a difficult way
And you shall remember all the way which Jehovah your God led you these forty years in the wilderness in order to humble you, to prove you, to know what is in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.
you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For Jehovah your God is testing you to know whether you love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By demanding great sacrifices
And Moses said to the people, Do not fear, for God has come to test you, and so that His fear may be before your faces, so that you may not sin.
And it happened after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, Abraham! And he said, Behold me.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By proposing hard tasks
Therefore, when He had heard that he was sick, then indeed He remained two days in the place where He was.
Then Jesus lifted up His eyes and saw a great crowd come to Him. He said to Philip, Where shall we buy loaves so that these may eat? And He said this to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting men to suffer when in the pathway of duty (paul and silas)
And after laying on them many stripes, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailor to keep them safely; who, having received such a command, thrust them into the inner prison and made their feet fast in the stocks.
Spiritual » Tests divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting temptation
My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into different kinds of temptations, knowing that the trying of your faith works patience.