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“Post-Graduate Tests”

“Post-Graduate Tests”. Judges 3:1-4. Ummmmmmm … Testing May Not Be Over…. High school - SAT = 3 million people annually ACT = 1.2 million GRE – Graduate Record Exam = 600,000 MCAT – Medical College Admission Test = 75,000

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“Post-Graduate Tests”

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  1. “Post-Graduate Tests” Judges 3:1-4

  2. Ummmmmmm… Testing May Not Be Over… High school - SAT = 3 million people annually ACT = 1.2 million GRE – Graduate Record Exam = 600,000 MCAT – Medical College Admission Test = 75,000 LSAT – Law School Admissions Test = 142,000

  3. God Provides “Testing” For His People “These are the nations the LORD left to test all those Israelites who had not experienced any of the wars in Canaan” (Judges 3:1). “They were left to test the Israelites to see whether they would obey the LORD's commands, which he had given their ancestors through Moses” (Judges 3:4).

  4. Spiritual and Moral “Tests”

  5. The Test of Maintaining Fellowship “not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near” (Hebrews 10:25). Isolation brings:“vulnerability” – 1 Peter 5:8 – Satan devours the weak, those on the fringe* commit now to fellowship

  6. Meet Jonathan and Liz Bundrick “I highly doubt that I would be a Southern Baptist – much less a career missionary – if it were not for the North Georgia College and State University Baptist Collegiate Ministry of Ken Jones.” Liz Bundrick

  7. The Test of Maintaining Integrity Integrity from the Latin word “integritatem,” meaning “soundness” or “wholeness.”Keeping same persona in public that you are in private - Caution: 1 Corinthians 15:33 Danger of living in two worlds: a divided self! “being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways” (James 1:8)

  8. The Test of Temptations:Genesis 4:7 – “sin is crouching at the door” Temptations Jesus faced Matthew 4 1. Step outside of God’s boundaries to meet your needs in your way 2. Act irresponsibly, count on deliverance, and in doing so, tempt God. 3. Compromise your soul to gain worldly assets.“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose” (Jim Elliott)

  9. The Test of Growing Faith:“Be Fed, So You Can Feed…” Test of managing set-backs, limitations, tragedy, and failures Like mountain-climbing: God has plans God is our Redeemer God’s presence alwaysbrings hope

  10. And When We Fail In Our Tests…

  11. It’s Never Too Late to Begin PreparingFor Your Final Exam Hint: It’s a “one-question” test! (Matt. 7:21-23)Meeting Jesus, face to face: 2 Corinthians 5:10for a chapter by chapter review of the stewardship of your life! * Also 1 Corinthians 3:10-15

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