Dict: tcr - TESTS, SPIRITUAL

TESTS, SPIRITUAL @ (A) DIVINE METHODS used for testing believers By Demanding Great Sacrifices- kjv@Genesis:22:1; kjv@Exodus:20:20 By Leading Men in a Difficult Way- kjv@Deuteronomy:8:2; kjv@Deuteronomy:13:3 By Giving Opportunities for Choice- kjv@1Kings:3:5; kjv@2Chronicles:32:31; kjv@Psalms:7:9; kjv@Psalms:11:5; kjv@Psalms:17:3 By Proposing Hard Tasks- kjv@John:6:5,6; kjv@John:11:6 By Permitting Men to Suffer when in the Pathway of Duty (Paul and Silas)- kjv@Acts:16:23,24 By Permitting Temptation- kjv@James:1:2,3 Life Tested, LIFE Chastisement, AFFLICTIONS (B) DIVINE DELAYS, try men's courage and patience- kjv@Psalms:13:1; kjv@Psalms:40:17; kjv@Psalms:69:3; kjv@Psalms:119:82; kjv@John:11:6,21; kjv@James:5:7; kjv@2Peter:3:9 Trial Prolonged, AFFLICTIONS Waiting for God, PATIENCE (C) FAITH TESTED, examples of- kjv@Genesis:22:2 By a strange plan of campaign- kjv@Joshua:6:3 By reducing a general's army- kjv@Judges:7:7 By requiring dependence upon a poor widow- kjv@1Kings:17:9 By demanding the last morsel of bread- kjv@1Kings:17:13 By requiring, what appeared to be, useless work- kjv@2Kings:3:6 By requiring extensive preparation with no blessing in sight- kjv@2Kings:4:3 Other examples of- kjv@Matthew:9:28; kjv@Mark:7:27; kjv@Hebrews:11:8,17,36; kjv@James:1:3; kjv@1Peter:1:7 Life Tested, LIFE Chastisement, AFFLICTIONS