Can You Pass The Test

If you are going to walk with God and have a significant role in the building of His Kingdom on earth as it is in Heaven, then you are going to have to be tested. This is not a subject that is very popular in the contemporary mainstream church because we don't like to think about the idea of our loving and merciful God actually "testing" His children. But yes, He does. God tests His children, particularly the ones He has chosen to use to His  Glory and to His Praise. Therefore, if you've been diligently seeking Him and you've been faithful over a few things, in order for you to receive the Promotion that God has ordained for you, then the question I raise today is, Can You Pass the Test?
The Bible is filled with examples of servants of God that the Lord tested in regards to their faithfulness and obedience to His Divine Will. As we explore this, I want to state on the front end that there are two components to the testing of God. In the natural it could be described as like a Mid-Term Exam and then the Final Exam, which of course determines whether or not you actually pass the class. I want to explore this concept from this particular vantage point because I suspect that there might be some of you that may feel like you've already been tested and, by the Grace of God, you've already passed. Your assessment may very well be correct, but there may yet be a "final exam" for you to take in order to get to where God has ordained you to be.
The first person we want to look at in terms of the Testing of God is Adam. A lot of times we may not look at it this way, but the commandment that God gave Adam and Eve regarding the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, was a Test (Genesis 2). I believe that Adam passed the first part, but He failed the Final. We have to remember that there was no true concept of "time" in the Garden of Eden. Before Adam sinned, humanity didn't live in time, they lived in Eternity. With that understanding, it may have been a "very long time" that Adam lived in the Garden, number one before Eve was even created, and before she actually sinned. If we look at this narrative from that perspective, I believe (and this is my faith, not my doctrine) that Adam was tempted to eat of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil before Eve was even created. There's nothing biblically to substantiate that, but that's my faith. If my belief is true (hypothetically) then Adam passed the first test. But the nature of the test shifted when his wife sinned. Yes, we know the story of Eve listening to the serpent and subsequently offering the forbidden fruit to Adam (Genesis 3). But I believe (and once again this is my faith, not my doctrine) that Adam was supposed to die for His bride like the last Adam did (1Corinthians 15). I don't have space to fully elaborate on that, but when Adam failed this final exam, he then digressed into disobedience and repeated the same mishap as his wife.