Second Corinthians chapter 13 this morning. Second Corinthians chapter 13. If you're just joining us today. We have been many months in a journey through Second Corinthians. Over 20 messages now have found us coming to the 13th chapter of the book of Second Corinthians. As we open our Bibles to 2 Corinthians chapter 13 this morning, I would appreciate your prayers for this message in particular. Unlike many of the messages in 2 Corinthians where verse by verse we've approached the text, we'll approach the text this morning with a special purpose of being sure that every person in this congregation this day has been challenged about the most important question that one can ever be asked, are you sure that you're sure that you're saved? And so with an evangelistic burden, we open our Bibles this morning to 2 Corinthians chapter 13. The Apostle Paul is answering his critics. He is writing this, the most autobiographical of his letters. False teachers have accused him. They have alienated the affections of the Corinthians from the Apostle Paul, the man who planted this church. The loyalties of those that he loves are now in question. As we open our Bibles to 2 Corinthians 13, Paul gives a warning in the first verse. He says, this third time I am coming to you. And then at the end of verse 2 he says, and I will not spare. And so he predicts that he will be arriving at Corinth, and this time he'll be arriving with confrontation in mind. And what he is doing effectively in 2 Corinthians 13 is turning the tables They have been accusing him of being a false teacher. The false teachers themselves have made accusations against the Apostle Paul, saying that he's in the ministry for profit, saying that he has abused his authority, and he turns the tables on his accusers as he writes to the congregation in Corinth. And he says in verse 3, since you seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, Then in verse 5, examine yourselves. Prove yourselves. Now Paul has a very logical reason for writing what we're just about to read. Paul is logically saying this, if you be true to Christ, if your salvation is genuine in Christ, then you are proof positive that my message and my ministry is of Christ. For after all, The Apostle Paul planted the Church in Corinth. We make the application this morning as we read and then consider this text. The application ought to be when the spirit of criticism wells up within us. May the mirror of God shine upon our hearts. It's time for self-examination. And so we've produced the theme in 2 Corinthians as we've been walking through this letter that is so seldom considered. 2 Corinthians 4 and verse 7 says, We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the knowledge may be of God and not of us. And so this morning, our message is entitled simply, The Treasure of Self-Examination. The Treasure of Self-Examination. 2 Corinthians chapter 13, we begin our reading in verse 3. Since you seek proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you word is not weak, but is mighty in you. For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him. We shall live with Him by the power of God toward you. Now examine yourselves whether you be in the faith. Prove your own selves, know you not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you except you be reprobate or be absent from saving faith. But I trust you shall know that we are not absent from saving faith. We are not reprobate. Now I pray to God that you do no evil, not that we should appear approved that you should do that which is honest, though we be unto you by this accusation made as those who don't have saving faith. Let's ask the Lord to bless as we look into His Word. Now, Father, I pray this morning that You would open some heart that someone, even who has come to this church for many months, many years, even decades, would honestly and transparently allow the light of God's Word to shine upon their heart that this would be the day that there would be rejoicing in the presence of the angels over one sinner who comes to Christ as Savior. Lord, may we ever be about that work of assuring souls of eternity. And while many moral lessons are taught from this pulpit and many practical truths are shared, May we desire that Christ would be seen, that souls would be steered toward heaven, and that no one would walk out of this service this morning without examining their heart to be sure that they are in the faith. And Lord, that someone today, young or old, would come to know the glorious joy about which we've been singing. We'd be able together to sing in harmony, He lives, He lives, He lives within my heart. Use your word today, Lord, and we'll thank you for it. In Christ's name we pray. Amen. John Wesley and Charles Wesley and George Whitfield, while studying at Oxford in England, became members of something that they affectionately called the Holy Club. The Holy Club. As members of the Holy Club, they would gather together on the Lord's Day, on the Sunday, and as they gathered together, they had a common practice of examining each other. They had written out certain accountability questions that they would ask. On the Lord's Day, they would ask questions pertaining to each man's love for God. But that wasn't it. Every day they would gather together under separate themes to ask questions, transparent, convicting questions about their personal walk with God, their personal spiritual state. And so on Monday, they would ask questions regarding their love for their fellow men. Throughout the week, each member of the Holy Club would gather together and be confronted by 27 questions, questions like this. Am I honest in all my acts and words? Do I exaggerate? Can I be trusted? Am I a slave to dress and to friends or habits? Did the Bible live in me today? Am I self-conscious, self-pitying, or self-justifying? Am I enjoying prayer? Did I disobey God in any way today? Am I proud? Do I pray about the money that I spend? You know, the questions that the members of the Oxford Holy Club asked over 200 years ago really still have the capacity to strike the conscience. They are convicting questions and they're convicting questions by design. But unfortunately, asking one another such convicting questions has pretty much gone the way of the horse and the buggy. It's interesting to study these tidbits of history, but for many people, little more than just a passing interest. Friends, as we open our Bibles this morning to 2 Corinthians 13, and we come to the fifth verse, we find that the Spirit of God is asking a question that demands self-examination, and it is a question for the ages. It is question worthy of every generation. That question that I'd have you underline in your Bibles, that question that I would have underlined in your hearts this morning, that question that I would have stir your conscience this morning is found in the fifth verse. Examine yourselves whether you be in the faith. So the question before us today is this. Am I in the faith? Am I really a Christian? Am I sure that I'm sure that I'm saved? Friend, you need to examine yourself to be sure that you're saved. I'd like us to look at this question along three pathways of thought very practically this morning. I want us to consider the priority of this examination. I want us to consider the very personal nature of this examination. And then I want us to consider the process involved in making sure that we carry out this examination wisely or well. Did you know that before an airplane can carry passengers, here in the United States at least, that airplane needs to be tested by flying at least 1,000 hours without passengers on board. Did you know that before any boat can navigate our waters and our harbors from America with passengers on board, that boat or that ship needs to go through a grueling test of its safety before you can get on board. Why? Why all the careful concern? Because life is of great value, right? Life is of great value. And it's appropriate that whether it be an automobile or an airplane or a boat, it's appropriate that we test that airplane, that automobile, or that boat for trustworthiness and safety. Your earthly life, you see, is of great value, but friend, your eternal life is of greater value. The Word of God says, what shall it profit a man if he gained the whole world and lose his own soul? So you need to examine yourself. In preparation for eternal life, you need to examine yourself to be sure that you're saved. So as you examine yourself and look at this text, you come to realize that this examination is priority number one. This examination is priority number one. It's interesting to read the fifth verse of 2 Corinthians 13 in the original language. In the Greek language, the words are scattered in a different way. Both the order of the words and the variety of the words in this fifth verse are very important. And so by order of the words in the Greek language it begins this way. Yourself examine. The emphasis being on the personal pronoun. Yourself examine. You see it's priority number one. And because the concept is so big and the concept is so important, He uses the word examine and then he uses the word prove. Examine, take a careful look, and then prove, making sure, literally, that what you claim to have is genuine. For except a man be born again, John 3 and verse 3, he shall not see the kingdom of God. He's speaking here of taking a careful inventory and asking the question, am I a recipient of the new birth? Am I truly a Christian? Am I truly one who has come to know the blessing of forgiveness of sins and the promise of eternal life? Do I have a relationship with Jesus Christ who alone is life eternal? For if any man be in Christ, 2 Corinthians 5 and verse 17 says, he's a new creature, old things pass away and all things become new. Yourself, examine. Take a careful inventory. The Spirit of God puts before us a provocative question. Make this priority number one to be sure that you're sure that you're saved. Why? Well, if you think about it, folks, examining your spiritual condition is priority number one because of the brevity of life. Life is moving by ever so rapidly. There are some in this auditorium who would not think about going a year without having a physical. Some who every six months go to make sure that their dental hygiene is all up and good. Some have talked to me about going into the community hospital system and putting down $50 to have a screening of their vascular system. Here is a screening and a test of far greater import. Examine yourself. Are you in the faith? For after all, examining your spiritual condition ought to be priority number one because life is very brief. The psalmist says in Psalm 102 and verse 11, our days are like a shadow. Job says in Job 7 and verse 7, my life is like the wind. Job 14 says in verse 2, man that cometh forth comes like a flower and he's soon cut down. James 4 asks the question in verse 13, what is your life? It's even a vapor. a puff of air, that fog on the window that is soon evaporated. 1 Peter says in chapter 2 and verse 14, all flesh is grass. The glory of man is like the flower of the grass and the grass withereth and the flower faileth thereof. Examine yourself because life is very brief. Examining your spiritual condition ought to be priority number one because life is very uncertain. You have no guarantee of tomorrow. Proverbs 27 says in verse one, boast not thyself for tomorrow. Thou knowest not what a day will bring. Do you realize that 33,000 Americans will die on the highways this year? That means 90 people will die on our highways today. And one of those people might be sitting in this room. First Samuel chapter 20, the third verse, David says, there's but a step between me and death. And because of the diverse age of our audience, I can say this with confidence, that while life insurance agencies will talk about your life expectancy and even give you the percentage numbers of risk for how long you'll live and whether this year will be the year of your death, but in a diverse group like this, 5% in this room run the risk of dying this year. It's a 5 out of 100. And we don't know who it will be. Examine your spiritual condition. That ought to be priority number one because of the brevity of life, because of the uncertainty of life, and because of the destiny of your life. It's appointed, Hebrews 9 and verse 27. You have an appointment. It is appointed unto man once to die. And after this, the judgment. When I was a child growing up in central Ohio, there was a mean old farmer who lived across the street. He had a mouth that was filled with blasphemy. He treated everyone in an ugly way, and he didn't want to have anyone talk to him about eternity. Least of all, to have my father talk to him about eternity. My father was the pastor of the church down the street. But my dad tried to provoke conversation from time to time, and instead of having a conversation about eternity, The man cussed him out. One day that farmer was working out in his field and his baler got stuck. And when the baler got stuck, he said to his teenage son, take that crowbar and hit it with a crowbar. And his son said, dad, that's not safe. The machine's still going. Let's, let's turn the machine off. The dad was upset. I said, take that crowbar and hit that machinery. The son took the crowbar and he hit the machinery and the machinery grabbed the crowbar and threw it up into the air. And that crowbar came down right through the skull of the farmer who had made that command. And he went out in eternity lost. You don't know the day and the hour. None of us has a promise of tomorrow. The psalmist says it this way in Psalm 39 and verse 4, Make me to know mine end, to measure my days, but I know what may befall me. Help me to be considerate of the fact that my life is moving by. If you would have told me 28 years ago that the little boy that I was holding in my arms would be gone in 25 years, I would not have believed it. You don't have any sure promise of tomorrow. You need to make the examination of your soul and your soul's destiny priority number one. And so I look in this passage and I discover that not only is this examination a priority, it's a very personal examination. Be sure you're saved. Be sure you're in the faith. Look again at that fifth verse. He's speaking to the members of the Corinthian church. Some of them were charter members of the Corinthian church. But watch the personal pronoun, examine yourselves. Whether ye be in the faith, prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Christ is in you? You see, no one can make this examination for you. You must make the examination yourself. 1 Corinthians 16 says in verse 7, man looks on the outward appearance, God looks upon the heart. Wilhelm Röntgen won the Nobel Prize for almost accidentally inventing the x-ray machine in 1895. It's hard for us to imagine how dependent we are, of course, on being able to x-ray and examine not only the bones now, but the internal organs to know our health and well-being. But when Röntgen came up with the idea of the x-ray machine, that physicist and others who worked with him took that first x-ray in 1896 and everything changed. Bones out of joint and bones broken were suddenly diagnosable. But you know what? There's never going to be an x-ray machine that can examine your heart. But God can. 1 Corinthians chapter 4 says in verse 5, Judge nothing before the time till the Lord come, who will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and make manifest the counsels of the heart. All things, Hebrews says, are naked and open of the eyes of Him with whom we have to do. And since no one can make this examination for you, you must, you sir, you ma'am, must make this examination yourself. Know ye not your own selves? That little word, know. Two Greek words that could be used as the Apostle Paul is writing, as the Spirit of God is leading. He could have said oida, know in theory, but he didn't. He said, Gnosko, no, experientially. No, personally. Examine your heart and know for sure that you're sure that you're in the faith. In July of 2012, a new Batman movie was being featured. People were gathering together, as you're aware, in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. And a young man with eyes glazed stepped into that theater and took 12 lives. His mother this past week, Kathleen Holmes, was interviewed. And I listened carefully as this mother of this murderer spoke. And she said, I quote, I didn't know that what I was looking at was mental illness. She didn't realize that her son was schizophrenic. She didn't know what was going on in his heart. And folks, let's be honest, no relative can vouch for your salvation. No religious official, whether he put hands upon you and put you in the baptistry tank or not, can vouch for your salvation. Each one of us must stand alone before the judgment. Revelation chapter 20 says, And the sea gave up the dead which were in them, and death and hell gave up the dead which were in them. And they were judged, every man, every man. individually according to their works. God has an amazing way of knowing that which is authentic and that which is spurious. He knows that which is the real deal and that which is bogus. So examine yourself. Be sure that you're saved. This is priority number one. And it's a personal examination. So let's ask the question this morning. How do I do it? Is there a process into which I can enter to know the blessing of being sure that I'm sure that I'm saved? Take your Bibles with me and go with me please to 1 John chapter 5. 1 John chapter 5. You see, real faith is recognizable. Real faith is recognizable. It's not just being able to say, my mother told me I prayed a prayer when I was little. Real faith is recognizable. It's not having a euphoric experience in some yesteryear. Real faith is recognizable now. It's not being able to say, well, I followed the Lord obediently in baptism. No. Real faith ought to be examined, and it ought to be examined in the present. And while it's a blessing to look back on that day of our salvation when new birth became real to us, when it comes to the examination of our faith, 1 John chapter 5 reminds us in verse 13, 1 John chapter 5 and verse 13, John ending this little letter says, These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God, that you might know that you have eternal life, and that you might believe on the name of the Son of God. These things I've written so that you might know. What things? What has he written so that I might know? If you have a pen today, take some notes in your margin, would you? Here's an examination straight from the pages of God's Word that needs to be made regularly for all those who would answer the question that we found this morning in 1 Corinthians 13. Examine yourself. Are you in the faith? Come back with me to 1 John 1. 1 John 1. How can I know that I have eternal life? There are characteristics of those who are born again. There are marks on those who have come to trust Christ as Savior. There's a common reality that's ongoing in the life of the truly born-again believer. So the question this morning, is this reality your reality? 1 John 1, the sixth verse. Now if we say that we have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness, we lie and do not the truth. We say we're saved, we say we're fellowshipping with God, but we're walking in darkness, we lie and do not the truth. For if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship. We are right now having fellowship one with another. And the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, is cleansing us from all our sins. Here's the first question that you need to ask. Are you living in the light? Are you living in the light? Are you sensitive about sin? For if we say that we have fellowship with Him while walking in the darkness, we're lying. The truth is not in us. But if we're walking in the light as he is in the light. And so the first question, are you living in the light? Are you sensitive about sin? Now, be careful here. We're not saying that the genuine believer never sins. In fact, that's verse eight, isn't it? Because if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. But we read in 1 John 3 and verse 9, whoever is born of God... Let's look over there. 1 John 3, look at verse 9. Whoever is born of God... This is often a confusing verse, especially in the King James Version. But it shouldn't be confusing. 1 John 3 and verse 9, whoever is born of God does not commit sin. You might want to write by that. Does not continually commit sin. Is not constantly in a lifestyle of sin. Is not ongoingly, actively sinning. Does a Christian sin? Absolutely. Does a Christian live in ongoing patterns of sin? Absolutely not! Because God will chasten those that really believe, and ultimately those who really believe, who continue in a pattern of ongoing habitual sin. God reserves the right to call them home. James chapter 1, when lust is conceived it brings forth sin, and when sin is conceived it brings forth death. Don't be deceived, my beloved brethren. Genuine believers who genuinely enter into a lifestyle of sin can be called home. A man approached D.O. Moody, the great evangelist of the 1800s years ago. He was obviously blurry eyed. His speech was slurred and he was staggering. And he came to D.O. Moody and he said, I'm one of your converts. Moody replied, You, sir, sure are. You could not be one of God's converts and be as you now are. Are you sure that you're sure? Come over to 1 John 2. Let's take this small letters, real life test. 1 John 2, verse 3, Hereby we do know that we know Him How do I know that I know the Lord? End of verse 3, if we keep His commandments. He that says I know Him and keeps not His commandments is a liar. Wow! That's strong language from the most loving of all the apostles. He that says that I know Him and doesn't keep His commandments is a liar and the truth is not in Him. And so, we ask this question. Am I listening to His Word? Am I submissive to the Scripture? Is the Bible, the commandments of God, are they authoritative in my life? You see, James says, by your works you will know them. Jesus says, if you keep my commandments, you know me. those who are living in a constant lifestyle choice of sin, where the Word of God is not powerful in them, those reminders of God's Word that come regularly and spur us on to actions that are otherworldly and godly. If that's not present, then how do you know that you know? And will you examine yourself this morning to see if you'd be in the faith? Come with me to 1 John chapter 2 and verse 9. 1 John chapter 2. Here's a practical way to know that I'm saved. 1 John 2 and verse 9. He that says he's in the light and hates his brother is in darkness even until now. You see, you can say you're a believer, but if you hate other believers, you're not really. For he that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there's no occasion of stumbling in him. We'll say it this way, do you love the brethren? Do you love the brethren? Are you serving other saints? Do you desire fellowship? Do you desire to be surrounded by other Christians? Is it a blessing to you when you come together with fellow believers and you have that common bond in Christ? Or is it a burden? 1 John 3, as we continue to take the examination that the Word of God is given to us to be sure that we're in the faith, 1 John 3, beloved, verse 2, now are we the sons of God and it does not yet appear what we will be, but we know that when He shall appear, we're going to be like Him, we will see Him as He is. And every man that has this hope in him purifies himself. Every person who has the hope of the second coming of Christ, that promise that is promised to us more than any other promise in the entire New Testament, that person who's living in light of His coming, it's an assurance of salvation. So we can say it this way, we're looking for the Savior. We're looking for the Savior. Are you looking for the Savior? Had the privilege of participating in many marriage ceremonies, and often before the ceremony, I'll seek out the bridal party and ask that they all just gather together and have a time of prayer. So often I've seen it in the eyes of that bride, the joy of that day, looking forward to seeing her groom. For the Church of the Living Christ, there's a joy of looking upward and saying, perhaps today. For those who don't know the Lord, The real thought of the real coming of Christ inspires fear, not joy. 1 John 3 verse 21. Does the Lord answer your prayers? 1 John 3 and verse 21. If our heart condemn us not, then we have confidence toward God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him because we keep His commandments. We do those things that are pleasing in His sight. The genuine believer knows the joy of seeing prayers really answered. Seeing the Lord really answer prayer. It's a mark of the genuine believer. And in 1 John 3 and verse 24, He that keepeth His commandments dwelleth in Him and He in Him. Hereby we know that He abides in us by the Spirit of God who dwells within us." Are we led by the Spirit? Do we sense the abiding presence of the Spirit of God in our lives? Look at 1 John 4 and verse 13. He says the same thing. Hereby we know that we dwell in Him and He dwells in us. How do I know? Because He has given to us the Spirit of God. Years ago I was sitting in a morning service much like this one actually for a little while until my mother exited the service and took me with her. We sat behind a glass wall. They called it the cry room. I'm sure it was one of my sisters who was misbehaving in the service. But we sat behind the glass wall. And my father gave an invitation for all those who were not sure they were going to heaven to raise their hands. And I raised my hand. But I didn't walk an aisle. And when I arrived home, Immature was my mind. I figured my dad couldn't see me through the glass. I could see him, but he couldn't see me. But it was a two-way glass. We could see each other. So he said, hey, I saw you raise your hand this morning. And immediately a burden of sin was upon me. I knew that I wasn't saved. I was only seven. But I knew that my conduct and my mindset and my life gave no evidence that I'd been forgiven of sin. With a broken heart, I wept and asked Jesus Christ to be my Savior. You know what I can say? What a wonderful change in my life has been wrought since Jesus came into my heart. Something happened. The choir sang about it today. There's a new life that's been established in my heart. I'm sure I'm saved. Are you? How can you be so sure, Pastor, these things are written that you might know that you have eternal life? I want to take this test. I want to willingly take this test because Peter says, I need to make my calling and my election sure. Am I sensitive about sin? That's a practical question. Do I listen to God's Word? Do I love the brethren? A man said to me this morning, you know, pastor, it's been three weeks since I've been able to be in church. And he said this with all sincerity, it's so great to be back. Not just because it's a tradition of life, he continued, he said, just greeting the people this morning, such a blessing to me. That's a mark of genuine salvation. Are you looking forward to the Savior's coming? Are you seeing answers to prayer? Does the Spirit of God dwell within you, convincing you that you're a son of God? There is no more important examination ever to be made than this examination. Are you sure that you're in the faith? Years ago, Felix Knopf was walking down the streets of Lausanne, Switzerland. He saw a man walking in front of him. He thought he recognized the man, and so he ran up to the man he's supposed to be his friend. And even before he tapped him on the shoulder, he said, how are things with your soul, brother? And then he tapped him on the shoulder. The man turned around, and Felix Knopf realized, oops, I don't know this guy. They went on their way. Three years passed. And a man that Felix Knopf thought he'd never seen before approached him and said, Do you remember me? Knopf said, I don't recognize you at all. The man said, Well, three years ago, I was walking down the street of Luzon, Switzerland, and you asked me a question. How are things with your soul? And then you went on your way. He said, That question just aggravated me. He said, I lived for months wrestling with the question, how are things with your soul? How are things with your soul? How are things with your soul? And then he said, and your question led me to serious reflection. And now today I can say it is well with my soul. And so we asked the question this morning, how are things with your soul? The Word of God reminds us that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. Christ died for your sins, according to the Scriptures. He was buried and He rose again the third day, according to the Scriptures. He paid the price of your sins. How are things with your soul? Are you sure that you're sure that you're saved? that thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved." Examine yourself. Examine yourself whether you be in the faith. The pastor My mother tells me that I prayed a prayer, but you don't remember. And there's been no noticeable change, and when you put your life up against the verses that we reviewed in 1 John, you're failing the examination. How long are you going to live that way, friend? Years ago, I joined the church. Listen, if there's no ability for you to say with sincerity of heart and peace of mind, my life matches the examination that the Word of God has presented, then you failed! And it's not because of what the pastor preached, it's because of what the book said. And today is the day for someone in this room to say, I don't want to live with eternity in view without the confidence that I'm going to heaven when I die, without the confidence that Jesus Christ has forgiven me of my sin. Pastor, I've tried. It's time to quit trying and begin accepting. that if thou will confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. Let's stand together, please. Our heads are bowed and our eyes are closed and no one looking around. Father, today I pray that you'd use your word to bring someone to Jesus. Somebody today would say today is the day of salvation. In a minute, our instruments are going to play number 319 just as I am without one plea. Heads are bowed and eyes are closed and no one moving around as we make final application of the most important question that can ever be asked. Examine yourself whether you be in the faith. Examine yourself. I recall years ago, my wife's parents, according to the story she tells, were in a service where they heard a message much like this. When an invitation, just like the one we're about to enjoy, was given, her father was so concerned about his need for salvation that he looked up and was ready to walk the aisle when my mother-in-law reached over and held him by the hand, and he didn't go forward. God was gracious. Years went by. Both my father-in-law and mother-in-law did indeed trust Christ as Savior. Friend, you don't know you're going to have another opportunity to enter into a service just like this and have your heart examined like the word of God's examined it this morning. So pay particular careful attention today. Salvation is not enjoyed because we've been baptized for it's not works by works of righteousness that we have done, but it's according to his mercy, he saves us. Salvation is not accomplished by keeping the Ten Commandments of the Golden Rule. For again, it's not by works of righteousness that we've done, but according to His mercy He saves us. For by grace are you saved through faith, and it's not of yourselves, it's a gift of God. And today the gift of salvation is available for everyone who willingly takes the examination this morning and finds themselves failing. You're not sensitive about sin like you ought to be. Rather, you find yourself constantly living in it. God's Word is not living and breathing within you. There's no joy of fellowship with believers. There's no longing for the coming of Christ. There's no success in prayer. There's no abiding presence of the Spirit of God. Then today, friend, today, call upon the name of the Lord and be saved.