“Examine; Examination”
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eg-zam’-In, eg-zam-i-na’-shun:, “Darash”, “To Follow”, “Inquire”, “Make Inquisition”, (Ezra 10:16); And, “Bachan”, “To Test”, “Investigate”, “Prove”, “Tempt”
(Psalm 26:2). The Former Was The
Judicial Term, “Anakrino”, Meaning To, “Scrutinize”, “Investigate”, “Interrogate” (In
Court), “Judge”, “Search”
(Luke 23:14; Acts 4:9; Acts 12:19; Acts 28:18; 1 Corinthians 9:3); And, “Anetazo”, “To Investigate”
(Judicially), “Examine”, (Acts 22:24,29). Also, “Dokimazo”, “To Test”, “Examine”, “Try”, (1 Corinthians 11:28 The King James Version); And, “Peirazo”, “Scrutinize”, “Discipline”, (2 Corinthians 13:5
~ The King James Version). The Noun, “Anakrisis”, “Examination”, “Investigation”, Occurs In
Acts 25:26.
Yahweh Tests People In Order To Learn Their Hearts. “The
Righteous Yahweh Tests The Hearts And Minds”, (Psalm 7:9). “The Refining Pot Is For Silver And The Furnace For Gold, But
Yahweh Tests The Hearts”, (Proverbs 17:3). “Yahweh Tests The Righteous, But The Wicked And The One Who Loves Violence His Soul Hates”, (Psalm 11:5). “Yahweh Tested Abraham, And Said To Him, …
…‘Take Now Your Son… And Go To The Land Of Moriah, And Offer Him There As A Burnt Offering On One Of The Mountains Of Which I Shall Tell You’”, (Genesis 22:1-2). When Abraham Was About To Slay His Son, The “Angel Of Yahweh Called To Him… And Said,… ‘Do Not Lay Your Hand On The Lad,… For Now I Know That You Fear
Yahweh, Since You Have Not Withheld Your Son, Your Only Son, From Me’”, (Genesis 22:11-12). “By Faith Abraham,
When He Was Tested, Offered Up Isaac”, (Hebrews 11:17).
In His Affliction, Job Understood That
Yahweh Was Testing Him. Job Pondered, “What Is Man, That You Should Exalt Him, That You Should Set Your Heart On Him, That You Should Visit Him Every Morning,
And Test Him Every Moment?”,
(Job 7:17-18).
David Said To
Yahweh, “You Test The Heart And Have Pleasure In Uprighteness”, (1 Chronicles 29:17). David Once Invited
Yahweh To “Examine Me, O Lord, And Prove Me;
Try My Mind And My Heart”, (Psalm 26:2).
Yahweh Once Withdrew From Hezekiah, “In Order To Test Him, That He Might Know All That Was In His Heart”, (2 Chronicles 32:31). The Apostle Paul Said, “We Speak, Not As Pleasing Men, But
Yahweh Who Tests Our Hearts”, (1 Thessalonians 2:4). Since Yahweh Is Unchanging, (Job 23:13; Psalm 15:4; Malachi 3:6), May We Not Also Reasonable Think That
Yahweh Now Tests Us In Various Ways Throughout Life?
Yahweh Tests People In Order To Learn Whether They Will Obey. When The Israelites Found Bitter Water At Marah, They Were Told To Throw A Tree Into The Water To Make It Sweet. So He Cried Out To
Yahweh, And Yahweh Showed Him A Tree. When He Cast It Into The Waters, The Waters Were Made Sweet. There He Made A Statute And An
Ordinance For Them. And There He Tested Them. Then Yahweh Made A Statute With The Israelites, Saying, “If You Diligently Heed The Voice Of Yahweh Your God And Do What Is Right In His Sight, Give Ear To His Commandments And Keep All His Statutes, I Will Put None Of The Diseases On You Which I Have Brought On The Egyptians, For I Am
Yahweh Who Heals You”, (Exodus 15:25-26).
This Was A Test~! ~ (Exodus 15:25-26; Deuteronomy 33:8; Psalm 81:7).
Later, When The Israelites Complained That They Had No Food, “Yahweh Said, ‘Behold, I Will Rain Bread From Heaven For You. And The People Shall Go Out And Gather A Certain Quota Every Day,
That I May Test Them, Whether They Will Walk In My Law or Not’”, (Exodus 16:4); See Also (Deuteronomy 8:16). When
Yahweh Spoke The Ten Commandments To The Israelites At Mt. Sinai, The People Were Afraid. Moses Then Said, “Do Not Fear; For
Yahweh Has Come To Test You, And That His Fear May Be Before You, So That You May Not Sin”, (Exodus 20:20). Through Moses,
Yahweh Instructed The Israelites That If Someone Encouraged Another Saying, “‘Let Us Go After Other Gods,’… And ‘Let Us Serve Them,’ You Shall Not Listen To The Words Of That Prophet…,
For
Yahweh Your God Is Testing You To Know Whether You Love Yahweh Your God With All Your Heart And With All Your Soul. You Shall Walk After
Yahweh Your God And Fear Him, And Keep His Commandments And Obey His Voice, And You Shall Serve Him And Hold Fast To Him”, (Deuteronomy 13:2-4).
When The Israelites Entered The Promised Land, But Failed To Remove All The Wicked Inhabitants As They Had Been Commanded To Do,
Yahweh Said, “I Also Will No Longer Drive Out Before Them Any Of The Nations Which Joshua Left When He Died,
So That Through Them I May Test Israel, Whether They Will Keep The Ways Of Yahweh”, (Judges 2:21-22; 3:1-4). Jesus Said, “If You Love Me, Keep My Commandments”, (John 14:35). If
Yahweh Tested Israel To Learn Whether or Not They Would Kept His Commandments, May We Not Also Reasonably Expect That Our Love For Him Is Now Being Tested By Whether or Not We Obey His Commandments?