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Self-Examination.

From: The New Topical Textbook

By: Reuben Archer Torrey

Enjoined. 2 Cor. 13:5⁵Examine 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? (2 Corinthians 13:5).

Necessary before the communion. 1 Cor. 11:28²⁸But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. (1 Corinthians 11:28).

Cause of difficulty in. Jer. 17:9⁹The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (Jeremiah 17:9).

SHOULD BE ENGAGED IN

With holy awe. Psa. 4:4⁴Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. (Psalm 4:4).

With diligent search. Psa. 77:6⁶I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search. (Psalm 77:6). Lam. 3:40⁴⁰Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. (Lamentations 3:40).

With prayer for divine searching. Psa. 26:2²Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. (Psalm 26:2). Psa. 139:23, 24²³Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: ²⁴And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. (Psalm 139:23‑24).

With purpose of amendment. Psa. 119:59⁵⁹I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. (Psalm 119:59). Lam. 3:40⁴⁰Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. (Lamentations 3:40).

Advantages of. 1 Cor. 11:31³¹For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. (1 Corinthians 11:31). Gal, 6:4. 1 John. 3:20-22.

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