Synonyms: trial, experiment, pilot study, try-out, exam, examination, criterion, proof, indication, yardstick, touchstone, standard, measure, litmus test, barometer, try out, carry out trials on, put to the test, put through its paces, experiment with, pilot, put a strain on, strain, tax, try, make demands on, stretch
Antonyms: conclude
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1. Passing The Test!
Genesis 3:1-24
Sermon
Eric Ritz
... was his duty to go hunt the Wampus Cat. (1) The men of Cades Cove knew how to deal with temptation. They organized it. Our scripture lesson from Matthew has often been called the temptation of Jesus. Dr. William Barclay believes it would be accurately called “the testing of Jesus." You know the story well. Jesus came from Nazareth at the age of thirty to be baptized by John the Baptist in the river Jordan. As he came out of the water, the spirit of God descended upon him and a voice from heaven declared ...
2. Passing the Test
1 Corinthians 10:1-13
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Steven E. Albertin
... handle this? You know your strength and it sure feels like God is now crushing you. It must be your fault. You must be letting God down because God surely wouldn't be laying these burdens on you if he didn't think you were strong enough. This is a test and you are flunking it. There is no way you are ever going to pass it. It is then that God has us just where he wants us. Jolted out of our complacency, pushed to the edge, about ready to collapse, having had everything we thought was so important stripped ...
3. How Did You Do On The Test?
1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Sermon
King Duncan
... only known defense for that move is for your opponent to grab your left arm." Interesting. His opponent could not grab what was not there. With his teacher's help, the boy's biggest weakness had become his biggest strength. (3) The loss of an arm would be a severe test for many of us. Would it occur to us that we could use the loss of that arm to our advantage? Have you ever asked God, when faced with a daunting challenge that you think may be your undoing, to show you the open door so that you might endure ...
4. Testing, Testing
Matthew 22:34-46
Sermon
Chris Ewing
... we go around to each one and tap on it to see if it makes a noise; and then we lean in close and we say, "Test ... test...." We're trying to find out if it works, what kind of sound quality and range we get with it, how wide a field of pickup ... listening to? What would it mean for me to start paying attention to him? And so they come up and tap him and say, "Test ... Test.... Of the 613 commandments given in the Torah, and the hundreds more elaborated by our rabbis1 — out of all these hundreds of precepts ...
Sermon
Mike Ripski
... as a boy at the synagogue: “One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.” Jesus sees what is at stake. Call it the spiritual dimension. Call it the image of God that has been stamped on our very being. This test enables Jesus to gain clarity about his calling. He knows it is possible to have a full stomach and an empty soul. It is possible to gain the whole world but lose your life in the process. It is possible to have everything we want, but not what we really ...
6. When God Tests Us
Exodus 32:1-33:6
Sermon
Argile Smith
... presence among us, we get the impression that we can go our own way and that no one will care or even notice. God’s silence tests our mettle. When he doesn’t seem to be giving attention to us, it presents for us a crisis, a crisis of faith. Will we move ... through the neighborhood had gone extremely well she said with a smile on her face. Her dad smiled, too, because she had passed the test. God gave Moses the keys to the Israelite nation and said, “It’s yours to drive. Ditch it if you want. Trade it in ...
Children's Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
... special way. There are a lot of people who would like for you to believe that they know the real truth about God and that their ideas are special and should be listened to with special care. The Bible says you want to be careful of people like that and test them over and over again to make sure that they are really teaching the way of God and not just their own special way. Some people know a lot about the Bible, but do not believe in it. They use the Bible and some people to get their own way ...
8. The Supreme Test
Genesis 22:1-19
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... want it, but God’s help will be wise, loving, and timely. Old Abraham would always look back on that day at Mount Moriah as the highlight of his life, though at the time he would have called it the most agonizing day of his life. It was his supreme test. On the anvil of a broken heart, God forged a great man of faith. Old Abe was willing to trust God with his dear son Isaac. God gave him back his son and so much more. God made Abraham the epitome of faith, the standard for all future generations. There ...
Sermon
Tony Everett
... good and evil, you will die. And, God’s fifth and final gift to Adam and Eve in our text is a gift of vocation that brings meaning and purpose to life… caring for God’s garden. Hey, Adam and Eve! Listen up now! This will be on the test. In fact here is the actual question: Describe the five gifts God has given you and then present a “show-and-tell” demonstration of how you balance these in daily life. Well, we all know that Adam and Eve failed miserably. They ignored four gifts and concentrated on ...
10. How Did You Do On The Test?
1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Children's Sermon
King Duncan
... in life? [Let the children respond but guide them toward answers like: putting God first, living right (do not lie, steal, cheat, play fair, etc.)] Is it always easy to "pass the test" and live right? No, it isn't. That is what makes this scripture so wonderful! It says, "God is faithful, and He will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing He will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it." God is saying, "I'll be with you. I'll help you through!" I think that ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... teacher about the stuff that would and probably wouldn't be on the final exam? If the students were only partially paying attention, they could still usually figure out that when the teacher said to put a star by a particular point, that it would come up again on the test. Well, listen to this clue and put a big star beside it: "Keep these words in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise. Bind them as a sign ...
Understanding Series
Gerald H. Wilson
... is with God and not the Satan. The Satan poses the question regarding the validity of Job’s righteousness, God carries out the test in its most extreme terms in order to leave no doubt, and now God invites the Satan to agree that the proof is ... , however, is not forthcoming since the Satan, the Accuser, remains true to his role and calls for the most stringent of tests of Job’s integrity—personal physical suffering and the threat of death. In this second major variation from the earlier meeting, ...
Sermon
Robert Allen
... to line up his life with God when everything closes in on him knows something about fellowship with God." All of us have those moments when life closes in on us. All of us have those times when we feel hemmed in by our problems. All of us face those tests in life. And we don’t know where to turn. Ultimately, every one of us reaches this point. Even Jesus reached this point in his life, and he responded not by lashing out. He responded not by giving up. He responded not by trying to laugh off his pain. He ...
14. Testing Time
Luke 4:1-13
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Donald Charles Lacy
... the details of any situation. Our love can be free of arrogance and rudeness, but that does not mean we are filled with genius. Are we able to live in the absence of physical miracles? If we are sons and daughters of the living God, why don't we just test him by showing unbelievers that we shall be miraculously rescued? Maybe we could make a trip to the SearsTower and announce in advance we are going to jump from more than 100 stories. Then, we will be quick to point out that God always comes to the aid of ...
Understanding Series
Thomas F. Johnson
... of God/world, us/them, Christ/antichrist, life/death, righteous/sinful, God/evil one, of God/of the devil, children of God/children of the devil, from God/not from God, believe/deny, Spirit of truth/spirit of error, true God/idols. 4:3 The doctrinal test, then, has an opposite use, as well. It may be applied positively (v. 2) or negatively (v. 3). Every spirit, again, means every person claiming to speak by the Spirit (who may in fact be speaking by another, not-from-God spirit). That does not acknowledge ...
Teach the Text
R.T. France
... 16). So surely God’s Son need not be hungry. The temptation is for him to use his undoubted authority as God’s Son simply to satisfy his personal need. 4:4  Man shall not live on bread alone. Israel’s hunger had been part of God’s scheme of testing (Deut. 8:2–3). Jesus too must keep his priorities clear and accept God’s plan for him rather than use his miraculous power to escape that plan and thus assert his independence. 4:6  It has been given to me. Compare the description of the devil as ...
Understanding Series
Gerald H. Wilson
... “wrongdoing.” Most emendations that scholars have suggested are unpersuasive, and Pope is certainly correct when he concludes that “reproach” or “blame” is the most likely sense in this context (Pope, Job, p. 17). Additional Notes 1:7 We also see the Satan’s role in testing human faith in 1 Chr. 21:1 (see also 2 Sam. 24:1), where he appears to be inciting David to take a census of fighting men (an action for which God punishes Israel later in the chapter). 1:10 Based on the agrarian function ...
Sermon
Richard Gribble
... only to a foreigner, but a woman. His conversation with the Samaritan woman surprised even his apostles, but, as always, Jesus used this incident to teach his apostles the value of being inclusive (John 4:1-42). Again, Jesus demonstrated that he had no specific test that a foreigner must pass in order to gain his attention or help. Jesus reached out to his own people, but most especially those who, for one reason or another, had been brushed aside by the ruling elite. The Pharisees and scribes often accused ...
19. Abraham Tested
Genesis 22:1-19
Understanding Series
John E. Hartley
... in Romans 4:16–25; John 3:16; Mark 1:11; 9:7; and 1 Corinthians 15:4 (“Soteriological Significance,” pp. 65–74). The tie between the command for Abraham to offer up Isaac and God’s offering his own Son on the cross provides insight into why God tested Abraham in this manner. It informs us that God was just in making this request of Abraham, for God asked him to do what God would do in offering up his own Son at Calvary. God displayed justice also in providing a substitute for Isaac. In the case of ...
20. Test Everything
1 Thessalonians 5:21
Children's Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
... drinking? (Let them respond.) No, he doesn't because the labels are all covered up. Of course, the person always chooses the right brand of pop so that the commercial can tell everyone how wonderful it is. Well, today I am going to let you take part in a little test that is something like that one. I have here four different kinds of candy, but without the wrappers. I am going to ask for some volunteers to help me decide which is the best candy bar. When we decide, then we'll get rid of the ones that aren't ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... a supreme intervention of grace. Let’s look at this mighty act, this miracle of the manna from three perspectives: One as a test; two, as a token; and three, as a truth. Though I sat motionless before this scripture for a long time, when the inspiration ... from many a troubled way You must seek Him in the morning If you would have Him in the day. So – to morning was a test. Teaching us about (1) habitual dependence upon God – and (2) yesterday’s manna can’t be stored up for today. Now let’s look at ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... not toying with our life. God is not looking to break us. God is looking to mold us into God's perfect image. If God tests us, it is to bring out the best in us. One of the greatest benefits of reading the Bible through from beginning to end is ... he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?" That kind of good and loving God can be trusted through any test. 1. Biblical Illustrator 2. Biblical Illustrator 3. "In Their Own Words." By Capt. Gordon Sparks, The Asbury Herald, Volume 112, No. 2 & 3, ...
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Alton F. Wedel
... who has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor." Repeatedly across the Holy Scripture, the acid test that God applies to wisdom, or to our faith, or to religion is at the point where "the rich and the poor meet ... no shelter ... or where those who purchase on Fifth Avenue meet those who have to shop at rummage sales and church clothes closets. The acid test of wisdom, faith, religion! What’s the good of it if a brother or a sister is ill-clad, in lack of daily food, without ...
24. Passing The Test!
Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7, Matthew 4:1-11
Children's Sermon
King Duncan
... wrong thing. We might want to hit our sister when we're mad at her. We might want to take something, like a toy, that doesn't belong to us. We might want to lie to keep from getting in trouble. If we do the right thing, we pass the test and make God happy. If we do the wrong thing, then we still have a lot to learn. Let's pray today and ask God to help us deal with temptation, to always do the right thing, so that we can pass the ...
Teach the Text
Grant R. Osborne
... , are part of his messianic community and thus form the new Israel, the final reality of God’s chosen people. As the new Israel, they are called upon to reverse the old covenant people’s failure to trust, and the storm on the lake is sent to test their resolve and faith in God. 2. Spiritual hardness leads to discipleship failure. In 6:45–52 the disciples center on their predicament rather than on the Christ, who provides for needs (6:53–56), and the central problem of an earth-centered rather than a ...
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