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God will test all men before they can believe

God will test all men before they can believe. God will always bring forth His people through a series of tests. (Zech 13:9). God will test all men before they can believe.

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God will test all men before they can believe

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  1. God will test all men before they can believe • God will always bring forth His people through a series of tests. (Zech 13:9)

  2. God will test all men before they can believe • Zechariah 13:9 (NKJV) - I will bring the one-third through the fire, Will refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them. I will say, ‘This is My people’; And each one will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’”

  3. God will test all men before they can believe • Why do men respond two ways to the same evidence? (Acts 13:48; 14:1-2; 28:24-29)

  4. God will test all men before they can believe • Acts 13:48 (NKJV) - Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.

  5. God will test all men before they can believe • Acts 14:1-2 (NKJV) - Now it happened in Iconium that they went together to the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude both of the Jews and of the Greeks believed. 2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brethren.

  6. God will test all men before they can believe • Acts 28:24-29 (NKJV) - And some were persuaded by the things which were spoken, and some disbelieved.

  7. God will test all men before they can believe • There were 12 spies but only 2 claimed the land could be taken. (Num 32:12)

  8. God will test all men before they can believe • Some doubt that the Bible could be God’s word because of the different reactions men have to it. They are missing the purpose of God in this.

  9. God will test all men before they can believe • Some doubt that the Bible could be God’s word because of the different reactions men have to it. They are missing the purpose of God in this. • God told us ahead of time that only a few would find the truth. (Mt 7:13-14)

  10. God will test all men before they can believe • Matthew 7:13-14 (NKJV) - “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

  11. God will test all men before they can believe • By design God has given a message that would cause the proud to reject it and the humble to find it. (1 Cor 1:22-29) • Jesus stated that God’s truth must be carefully pursued. (Jn 7:17; Mt 13:10-15) • John 7:17 (NKJV) - If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority.

  12. God will test all men before they can believe • By design God has given a message that would cause the proud to reject it and the humble to find it. (1 Cor 1:22-29)

  13. God will test all men before they can believe • 1 Cor 1:26-29 - For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. 27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;

  14. God will test all men before they can believe • 28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, 29 that no flesh should glory in His presence.

  15. God will test all men before they can believe • Jesus stated that God’s truth must be carefully pursued. (Jn 7:17; Mt 13:10-15)

  16. God will test all men before they can believe • John 7:17 (NKJV) - If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority. • Matthew 13:10-15 (NKJV) - And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” 11 He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

  17. God will test all men before they can believe • Matthew 13:10-15 (NKJV) - And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” 11 He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

  18. God will test all men before they can believe • Matthew 13:10-15 (NKJV) - 12 For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. 13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

  19. God will test all men before they can believe • 14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: ‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, And seeing you will see and not perceive; 15 For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their earsBare hard of hearing, And their eyes they haveclosed, Lest they should see withtheir eyes and hear withtheir ears, Lest they should understand withtheir hearts and turn, So that Ishouldheal them.’

  20. God will test all men before they can believe • Potentially anyone can find the truth of God, but those who do will have to dig deep and not be easily discouraged.

  21. God will test all men before they can believe • Potentially anyone can find the truth of God, but those who do will have to dig deep and not be easily discouraged. • Can you find the truth and keep the truth because you have a love for the truth?

  22. God will test all men before they can believe • Consider a series of test we must go through. Will you pass the test?

  23. The Test of Knowing Jesus • While God gave powerful evidence, there were many who did not believe in Jesus. (Mt 16:13-16)

  24. The Test of Knowing Jesus • Matthew 16:13-16 (NKJV)- When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?” 14 So they said, “Some sayJohn the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

  25. The Test of Knowing Jesus • Jesus did not give men the kind of evidence they demanded but rather gave them sufficient evidence to believe. (Jn 5:38-40)

  26. The Test of Knowing Jesus • John 5:38-40 (NKJV) - But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe. 39 You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. 40 But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.

  27. The Test of Knowing Jesus • When men demanded signs, Jesus gave them something else. (Jn 2:18-22)

  28. The Test of Knowing Jesus • John 2:18-22 (NKJV) - So the Jews answered and said to Him, “What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?” 19 Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?”

  29. The Test of Knowing Jesus • 21 But He was speaking of the temple of His body. 22 Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this to them; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.

  30. The Test of Knowing Jesus • Consider the tests men had to pass in order to believe.

  31. The Test of Knowing Jesus • The test of alleged contradictions

  32. The Test of Knowing Jesus • How could Jesus be from Nazareth and still be the Messiah? (Jn 1:45-46; Mic 5:2)

  33. The Test of Knowing Jesus • John 1:45-46 (NKJV) - Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” 46 And Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”

  34. The Test of Knowing Jesus • Micah 5:2 (NKJV) - “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yetout of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.”

  35. The Test of Knowing Jesus • Did Jesus fulfill the prophecy? How would one come to know this?

  36. The Test of Knowing Jesus • Did Jesus fulfill the prophecy? How would one come to know this? • Those who are quick to turn away will never find God’s truth!

  37. The Test of Knowing Jesus • The test of knowledgeable, influential men. (Jn 7:45-49)

  38. The Test of Knowing Jesus • John 7:45-49 (NKJV) - Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why have you not brought Him?” 46 The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this Man!” 47 Then the Pharisees answered them, “Are you also deceived? 48 Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.”

  39. The Test of Knowing Jesus • These popular men did not believe that Jesus was the Messiah.

  40. The Test of Knowing Jesus • These popular men did not believe that Jesus was the Messiah. • How many stopped listening at the words of these men?

  41. The Test of Knowing Jesus • The test of Jesus teaching and doing “hard” things.

  42. The Test of Knowing Jesus • Jesus taught without apology in a way to drive off the shallow. (Jn 6:61-69)

  43. The Test of Knowing Jesus • John 6:63-69 (NKJV)- It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. 64 But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. 65 And He said, “Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”

  44. The Test of Knowing Jesus • 66 From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. 67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?” 68 But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

  45. The Test of Knowing Jesus • Jesus at times responded in a way that would have cased the sensitive to quit. (Mt 15:22-28)

  46. The Test of Knowing Jesus • Matthew 15:22-28 (NKJV)- And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.” 23 But He answered her not a word. And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, “Send her away, for she cries out after us.”

  47. The Test of Knowing Jesus • 24 But He answered and said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 25 Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, help me!” 26 But He answered and said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.” 27 And she said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”

  48. The Test of Knowing Jesus • 28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.

  49. The Test of Knowing Jesus • Blessed are those who persist and pass the test of truth.

  50. The test of knowing how to be saved • While God wants all men to be saved, one must search the scriptures to learn how to be saved. (1 Tim 2:3-4)

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