As we continue to explore the question of Can You Pass the Test, there are two more individuals that we want to look at that God tested in regards to the execution of His Divine Will for their lives. The next person we want to examine is Abraham. Abraham is the Father of Faith, and by the Grace of God, he passed the Test. The first test that He had to pass was to leave His family (Genesis 12). The Lord told him to leave his country, kindred and father's house, to a land that He would show him. In other words, Abraham didn't know "where" he was going. But he went anyway. Saints, if you're going to pass the test that God has prepared for you, you're going to have to walk in faith and obedience. You're going to have to trust God, even when what He tells you doesn't make sense, and you're going to have to obey Him even when you don't want to and it's inconvenient to do so. Abraham passed this test. However, it was the second test that got him "over the hump" so to speak. God told Abraham to sacrifice his his only begotten son (Hebrews 11) and place him on the altar to God (Genesis 22). This was the final exam. God had promised that Isaac would be Abraham's heir. Isaac was the "promised child", and now God was telling Abraham to sacrifice his son unto Him. Saints, in order to pass your final test before your promotion, there's something that you have to be willing to sacrifice and surrender unto God that will represent death. It will be something that represents your heart. Something that is very precious to you. Something that will render significant pain in order for you to part with it. But this is the test. And Abraham passed! And to this day he's still being blessed, and his family because he was able to pass the test.
The last person we want to look at is Jesus. He too had two tests. His first test was in the wilderness when he had to endure Satanic temptation. Saints, there are some of us, before God can trust you with the powers from the age to come (Hebrews 6), that are going to have to endure Satanic testing. Not just "spiritual warfare" but actual satanic confrontation. I can't totally explain what this entails, but in essence it is a testing of your character. God "requires" holiness (1Peter 1), and in order to insure that the spirit of holiness is established in you, God will allow you to endure satanic testing so that the Divine Nature may be sealed within your being. Needless to say, Jesus passed the test. But it was the last test that makes us all shout Hallelujah! It was the Test of the Cross. Please understand, if Jesus doesn't pass His final exam on Calvary, everything else would've been in vain. Saints, we must understand, yes we have gifts, yes we have callings, yes we have anointings and yes we have assignments, but we also have a cross. There is a cross that God has called each of His children to bear, and if you're going to pass your Final Exam and be ALL that God has called you to be, you've got to bear your cross (Matthew 16). What is the cross God is calling you to bear? And, are you bearing it? Once again, this is not a subject that is frequently preached in the mainstream church, but it is an indispensable message for the advancement of the Kingdom of God. I pray that wherever you are in the University of the Kingdom, whatever exams God has designed for you to take, that you will have the Faith and Maturity, to Pass the Test.
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