Sermon on Sunday February 5, 2017 by Pastor Larry Neufeld
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Sermon Outline
Pastor Larry Neufeld
Examination Time – II Corinthians 13:5-10
Psalm 139:23
Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
Lamentations 3:40
Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the LORD.
I. Paul’s Challenge
II Corinthians 13:5-10
5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?
6 And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test
7 Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong—not so that people will see that we have stood the test but so that you will do what is right even though we may seem to have failed.
8 For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.
9 We are glad whenever we are weak but you are strong; and our prayer is that you may be fully restored.
10 This is why I write these things when I am absent, that when I come I may not have to be harsh in my use of authority—the authority the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.
II. What Do We Examine?
I Corinthians 11:27-28
27 So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.
28 Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup.
III. Our Challenge