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Tag Archives: self-examination
What is the Greatest Commandment in the Law?
Matthew 22:37-39 And Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is … Continue reading
Posted in Love
Tagged faith, God, grace, Jesus Christ, love, repentance, self-examination
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Ask Yourself: What Really Motivates Me to Worship God?
Malachi 3:14 What profit is it that we have kept his ordinance? STEPHEN CHARNOCK (1628-1680): Self is the chief end of every natural man…It is natural for man to worship God for self; self-righteousness is the rooted aim of … Continue reading
Posted in Worship & Praise
Tagged love, motivations, self, self-examination, worship
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Obedience to God’s Word: The Best Proof of True Love for Christ
John 14:21, 23; John 15:10; John 14:24; Luke 6:46 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me…If a man love me, he will keep my words. If ye keep my commandments, ye … Continue reading
Posted in Love
Tagged commandments, evidence, faith, Gratitude, holiness, Jesus Christ, love, obedience, sanctification, self-examination
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Reading the Bible with Personal Application
I Peter 2:2,3 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. MATTHEW HENRY (1662-1714): Strong desires and affections to the Word … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study
Tagged Bible, God's Word, personal application, reading, self-examination
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Assurance: Some Biblical Test Questions
Romans 14:22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. WILLIAM COWPER (1731-1800): ’Tis a point I long to know; Oft it causes anxious thought; Do I love the Lord or no? Am I His, or am I … Continue reading
Posted in Assurance & Communion
Tagged Assurance, faith, motivations, questions, self-examination
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The Marks of Spiritual Regeneration by the Holy Ghost
Acts 19:2 Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? GEORGE WHITEFIELD (1714-1770): I shall lay down some Scripture marks whereby we may know whether we have thus received the Holy Ghost or not…First I shall mention, is … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Spirit
Tagged Bible, evidences of faith, faith, holiness, Holy Ghost, love, new birth, prayer, regeneration, sanctification, self-examination
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Snakes in the Bosom
Job 31:33; Proverbs 23:32 If I covered my trangressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892): Some desire to … Continue reading
Posted in Meditation, Solitude & Self-examination
Tagged hypocrisy, lust, repentance, sanctification, self-examination, sin
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The Hidey Holes of Man’s Deceitful Heart Under a Conviction of Sin
I Corinthians 3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than is laid, which is Jesus Christ. C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892): When a man is at first alarmed about his soul, he will do any thing rather than come … Continue reading
Posted in Conviction & Conversion
Tagged conversion, conviction of sin, depravity of the human heart, man's self-righteous pride, self-examination
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Secret Sins
Hebrews 4:13; Numbers 32:23; Ecclesiastes 12:14; Psalm 90:8 All things naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. Be sure your sin will find you out. For God shall bring every … Continue reading
Posted in Sin & Unbelief
Tagged forgiveness, God's ominiscience, self-examination, sin
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Unworthy Table Manners
I Corinthians 11:29 He that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself. JOHN FLAVEL (1630-1691): There is one scripture, I believe, discourages many from partaking of the Lord’s table―I Corinthians 11:27-29: “Whosoever shall eat this bread, … Continue reading
Posted in Lord's Supper
Tagged Lord's Supper, self-examination
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