Friday, January 25, 2019

Testing God

"If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw yourself down. For it is written: "'He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'" Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'" (Matthew 4:6-7 NIV)
And Jesus answered him, "It is said, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'" (Luke 4:12 ESV)
We should not test Christ, as some of them did - and were killed by snakes. (1 Corinthians 10:9 NIV)
Do not put the LORD your God to the test as you did at Massah. (Deuteronomy 6:16 NIV)
Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on that day at Massah in the wilderness where your fathers tested me; they tried me, though they had seen what I did. (Psalm 95:7-8 CSB)
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness, where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works for forty years. (Hebrews 3:7-9 ESV)
Peter said to her, "How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also." (Acts 5:9 NIV)
Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? (Acts 15:10 KJV)
They deliberately tested God, demanding the food they craved. (Psalm 78:18 CSB)
They quickly forgot His works; they did not wait for His counsel, but craved intensely in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. So He gave them their request, but sent a wasting disease among them. (Psalm 106:13-15 NASB)

Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, "Ask the LORD your God for a sign, whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights." But Ahaz said, "I will not ask; I will not put the LORD to the test." (Isaiah 7:10-12 NIV)
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. (Malachi 3:10 NIV)

There are many verses in the Bible that warn us against testing God. However, there is one verse that God asked us to test him, that is in tithing.

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