The Importance of Self-Examination

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John 9:35-38

Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said to him, Do you believe on the Son of God?…

It is a great deal better to sift an affair to the bottom than it is to be always tormented by suspicion. If I must go to sea, and I suspect the soundness of the vessel, I shall demand that the ship be surveyed, and that I know whether it is a rotten old coffin, or whether it is a good substantial ship.. I do not think it is a healthy state of things for man to be always singing — "'Tis a point I long to know." Brother, you ought to know whether you love the Lord or no. Your love must be very cold and feeble if it be a matter of question. Warmth of love proves its own existence in many ways.

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