Temptation: A Test
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Genesis 22:1-14
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said to him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
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Deuteronomy 8:2,5
And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, and to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or no.
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Deuteronomy 13:1-3
If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder,
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2 Chronicles 32:31
However, in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
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Job 1:8-22
And the LORD said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that fears God, and eschews evil?
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Job 2:3-10
And the LORD said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that fears God, and eschews evil? and still he holds fast his integrity, although you moved me against him, to destroy him without cause.
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Psalm 66:10-13
For you, O God, have proved us: you have tried us, as silver is tried.
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Daniel 12:10
Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
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Zechariah 13:9
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
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Hebrews 11:17
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
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James 1:2,3,12
My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into divers temptations;
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1 Peter 1:6,7
Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, you are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
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Greek
3986. peirasmos -- an experiment, a trial, temptation
... context). The positive sense ("test") and negative sense ("temptation") are
functions of the context (not merely the words themselves). ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3986.htm - 7k
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Whether the Temptation of God Consists in Certain Deeds, Wherein ...
... from that which it needs to avoid." From this it would seem that the temptation
of God ... I answer that, Properly speaking, to tempt is to test the person tempted ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the temptation of god.htm

Consecration.
... While in prayer she thought of faithful Abraham's trial regarding Isaac, and she
felt that God was just as able to carry her through temptation or test, if she ...
/.../byrum/the value of a praying mother/chapter v consecration.htm

Youthful Strength
... God has given us in His Word familiar to His mind and within easy reach of His hand,
has therein an armlet against all possible temptation, a test that will ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture ephesians peter/youthful strength.htm

D. The Temptation of Jesus. Ch. 4:1-13
... King. Luke, however, mentions last the temptation of Jesus to cast himself
from the pinnacle of the Temple and thus to test God. It ...
/.../erdman/the gospel of luke an exposition/d the temptation of jesus.htm

And Bring us not into Temptation but Deliver us from Evil
... impossible, it appears to me to deserve consideration in what sense we are bidden
to pray not to enter into temptation when all human life on earth is a test. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/origen/origen on prayer/chapter xix and bring us.htm

Love Never Tests.
... Every test of God starts with a question, a doubt, a misgiving of God. Jesus'
answer to the second temptation is: love never tests. It trusts. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks about jesus/love never tests.htm

Whether it is a Sin to Tempt God?
... stated above [3123](A[1]), to tempt a person is to put him to a test. Now one never
tests that of which one is certain. Wherefore all temptation proceeds from ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it is a sin 2.htm

The Temptation
... In man's behalf, Christ conquered by enduring the severest test. ... But the
glory departed, and He was left to battle with temptation. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 12 the temptation.htm

Our Fellow.
... Adam was an innocent, unfallen man up to the temptation. Jesus was a virtuous
unfallen man. The test with Him changed innocence to virtue. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks about jesus/our fellow.htm

The Social Test of Religion
... of the Sabbath must have social value; this is the essential test even in ... He settled
with it on principle in his desert temptation; he would not leap from the ...
/.../rauschenbusch/the social principles of jesus/chapter ix the social test.htm

Resources
Why is idol worship such a powerful temptation? | GotQuestions.org

What was the meaning and purpose of Jesus' temptations? | GotQuestions.org

How does Satan tempt us? | GotQuestions.org

Temptation: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Temptation

Temptation of Christ

Temptation: A Test

Temptation: Abimelech

Temptation: Abraham Leads Pharaoh

Temptation: Achan

Temptation: Always Conformable to the Nature of Man

Temptation: Balaam

Temptation: Balak Tempts Balaam

Temptation: Blessedness of Those Who Meet and Overcome

Temptation: Christ is Able to Help Those Under

Temptation: Christ Keeps Faithful Saints from the Hour of

Temptation: Christ: Endured, from the Devil

Temptation: Christ: Endured, from the Wicked

Temptation: Christ: Intercedes for his People Under

Temptation: Christ: Overcame

Temptation: Christ: Resisted by the Word of God

Temptation: Christ: Sympathises With Those Under

Temptation: Comes From: Covetousness

Temptation: Comes From: Lusts

Temptation: David

Temptation: Does not Come from God

Temptation: Eve

Temptation: Evil Associates, the Instruments of

Temptation: General Scriptures Concerning

Temptation: Gideon Leads the People of Israel Into Sin

Temptation: God Cannot be the Subject of

Temptation: God Enables the Saints to Bear

Temptation: God Knows How to Deliver Saints out of

Temptation: God Will Make a Way for Saints to Escape out of

Temptation: God Will not Suffer Saints to be Exposed To, Beyond Their

Temptation: Has Strength Through the Weakness of the Flesh

Temptation: Jeroboam

Temptation: Jeroboam Leads the Northern Kingdom (Israel) Into

Temptation: Joseph

Temptation: Leading Into: Prayer Against Being Led Into

Temptation: Mere Professors Fall Away in Time of

Temptation: Often Arises Through: Poverty

Temptation: Often Arises Through: Prosperity

Temptation: Often Arises Through: Worldly Glory

Temptation: Often Ends in Sin and Perdition

Temptation: Often Strengthened by the Perversion of God's Word

Temptation: Paul

Temptation: Permitted As a Trial of Disinterestedness

Temptation: Permitted As a Trial of Faith

Temptation: Peter

Temptation: Resistance To

Temptation: Saints May be in Heaviness Through

Temptation: Saints should Avoid the Way of

Temptation: Saints should not to Occasion, to Others

Temptation: Saints should Pray to be Kept From

Temptation: Saints should Resist, in Faith

Temptation: Saints should Restore Those Overcome By

Temptation: Saints should Watch Against

Temptation: The Devil is the Author of

Temptation: The Devil Will Renew

Temptation: The Old Prophet of Beth-El, the Prophet of Judah

Temptation: To Distrust of God's Providence

Temptation: To Presumption

Temptation: To Worshipping the God of This World

Temptation: Yielding to Achan

Temptation: Yielding to Adam and Eve

Temptation: Yielding to Balaam

Temptation: Yielding to David, to Commit Adultery

Temptation: Yielding to Hezekiah

Temptation: Yielding to Isaac, to Lie

Temptation: Yielding to Jacob, to Defraud Esau

Temptation: Yielding to Peter

Temptation: Yielding to Sarah, to Lie

Temptation: Yielding to Solomon, to Become an Idolater Through the Influences of his Wives

Temptation: Yielding to The Prophet of Judah

Temptation: Yielding to To Count the Nation of Israel

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