Exam Time!
2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine
yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves.
Revelation
3:1, 2
Intro: In
school, we used to cringe at the word “exam”.
There’s three types of exams
in the Bible…
A. The Examination by God
·
Psalms 26:2 Examine
me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
David prayed in Psalm 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and
lead me in the way everlasting.
B. The Examination by Others
·
1 Corinthians 9:3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, (talking about his
ministry as an apostle)
C. The Examination of Self
·
1 Corinthians 11:28 But let a man examine himself,
and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
This week is our Summer
Revival. This is Exam Time!
I. Examine Your Salvation
·
2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye
be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that
Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
Are you sure you are saved?
The Scriptures are full of
stories of people that thought they were saved, and they were not.
·
Revelation 3:1 And
unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath
the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast
a name that thou livest, and art dead.
Judas Iscariot walked with
Jesus Christ every day for 3 ½ years and died and went to hell.
Nicodemus in John 3 was a man
of the Pharisees, a ruler of the Jews – and he had never been born again.
The woman at the well was
religious but was lost and on her way to hell.
Cornelius in Acts 10 was a
devout man, feared God with his whole house and was lost.
Is it possible to have a name
that thou livest and are dead? YES!
Is it possible to hold on to
a false profession of salvation and die and go to Hell? YES!
Has there been a change?
Do you have the
characteristics of your Heavenly Father?
II. Examine Your Spirituality
·
Rev. 3:2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which
remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before
God.
A. Be Observant – wake up, give
strict attention to
B. Be Objective – the things that
are ready to die – YOU KNOW WHAT IS ABOUT TO DIE!
Stop
making excuses! Stop blaming others!
Stop defending yourself! Look at the things that are ready to die, and
do something!
C. Be Obedient – I have not found
thy works perfect before God
Delayed
obedience is disobedience. Half obedience is disobedience. NOTICE VERSE 1 – I KNOW
THY WORKS!!!
