makes clear that God himself brings trials into the lives of his people. “God tested Abraham” when he ordered him to sacrifice his son Isaac (Gen. 22:1). He tested Israel by leaving the people surrounded by pagan nations (Judg. 2:22). And he tested King Hezekiah by leaving him to his own devices in his reception of the Babylonian envoys (2 Chron. 32:31; cf. 2 Kings 20:12–19). But while God may test or prove his servants in order to strengthen their faith, he never seeks to induce sin and destroy