Testing vs. Trusting
Recently, I came across something that really piqued my interest and decided to look into it more. It came from a plan in the Bible app, and it said, "...the church need not test God..." and I thought about it and wondered why we, as a body of believers, should not test God, or if we're even allowed to test the Lord. I found that the Bible is actually very clear regarding this, "You shall not tempt the Lord your God as you tempted Him in Massah" (Deuteronomy 6:16, NKJV). The words "tempt" and "tempted" here can also be read as "test" and "tested," which is interesting because the two words have slightly different meanings, but in the context of this verse, both are correct. So, here, in the general context of the verse, the Israelites just received the ten commandments (Deut. 5), and now they are cautioned against disobedience. There is the mention of Massah, which is when Moses struck the rock for the Israelites to be abl