Trials And Temptations

Question 1

James 1:12

Answer 1

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

Question 2

Romans 5:3-5

Answer 2

Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Question 3

James 1:2-4

Answer 3

Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you experience all sorts of trials, because the testing of your faith produces endurance. Let endurance have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Question 4

1 Corinthians 10:13

Answer 4

There is no trial that has overtaken you but such as is common to man.

Question 5

Hebrews 4:15

Answer 5

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

Question 6

Psalm 55:22

Answer 6

Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

Question 7

1 Peter 5:10

Answer 7

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Question 8

2 Corinthians 12:8-10

Answer 8

Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Question 9

Psalm 34:4-8

Answer 9

I sought the Lord, and He answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to Him are radiant, and their faces will never be ashamed. This poor man cried out, and the Lord listened and saved him from all his troubles. The angel of the Lord camps around those who fear Him and delivers them. Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

Question 10

Psalm 28:1-2

Answer 10

To you, O LORD, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit. Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.

Question 11

Luke 1:78-79

Answer 11

Because of the tender mercies of our God whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high and to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Question 12

2 Corinthians 4: 7-10

Answer 12

7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.
8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;
9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;
10 always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. (2 Corinthians 4:7, ESV)

Question 13

Romans 8:18

Answer 13

18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

Question 14

John 16:33

Answer 14

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.