Points of Interest - 2 Corinthians 13 vv. 5,6

I. Call to Worship: Psalm 5:7 

II. Offering passage: I Chron. 29:9-14 

III. Scripture references: 
A. Psalm 139:23,24 - “Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.” 

B. I Cor. 11:28 “But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup.” 

C. Matt. 15:8 – “‘THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, 
BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME.” 

D. Acts 4:12 – “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.” 

E. Gal. 2:20 – “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.” 

F. Rom. 8:16 – “The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God” 

G. James 1:22 – “But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.” 

IV. Cross-references 
A. Hebrews 3:6-4:2; 6-12 

V. Quotes: 
A. Spurgeon - ‘can you not bear a little self-examination? How will you bear that God-examination? If the scales of earth tell you that you are lacking, what message will the scales of heaven give you?’ 

B. Martin Luther - "The law of God cannot be fulfilled by external obedience." 

C. Augustine said, ‘You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you’ 

D. AW Pink - ‘one of the surest tests to apply to the professed conversion is the heart’s attitude toward sin. Where the principle of holiness has been planted, there will necessarily be a loathing of all that is unholy. If our hatred of evil be genuine, we are thankful when the Word reproves even the evil which we suspected not’