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Self-examination

Trying oneself, marks of grace, the difference between the true and the almost Christian.

293 sermons under this heading.

  1. Judas hat keine gute Meinung, obschon das äußerliche Werk nicht übel geschienen
  2. Judas Iscarioth wirket gleich anderen Aposteln große Mirakul und Wunderwerk
  3. The difficulty of knowing our faults
  4. The true Israelite
  5. Sermon VI: 2 Peter 1:9
    Lancelot Andrewes · 2 Peter 1:9 · 3 December 1598
  6. Duminecă la fevruarie 3 zile, răspunsul ce am dat a doa oar
    Antim Ivireanul · No. 36
  7. Die Bergpredigt Jesu Christi — 25. Predigt
  8. Die Gleichnis-Reden Jesu Christi - Das Auge
  9. Wer nicht mit mir ist, der ist wider mich
  10. On the words of the Gospel, Luke xi. 39, ‘Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and the platter,’ etc.
  11. Tractate 66 on John
  12. The Church's Admonition to the Individual Soul
  13. Profession and Practice
  14. Self-Inspection
  15. Secret faults
  16. The principles on which a profession of religion should be made. No. 1
    Albert Barnes · No. 11
  17. The principles on which a profession of religion should be made. No. 2
    Albert Barnes · Acts 9:6 · No. 12
  18. The Pharisee and the Publican
  19. De allocutione hominis ad se ipsum, vel animam suam
  20. De cute, carne et ossibus animae
  21. De duplici notitia, et duplici ignorantia; deque malis seu damnis quae pariunt
  22. De increpatione dura, quam facit sponsus ad sponsam; et duplici ignorantia nimium pavenda et fugienda
  23. De obedientia, patientia et sapientia; seu, de noscendo se ipsum, quod homines sumus
  24. De quatuor gradibus bonae voluntatis
  25. De spirituali minutione sanguinis
  26. De triplici judicio, proprio, humano et divino
  27. Quod intentio sit facies animae: quae sit ejus pulchritudo aut deformitas; quoe ejusdem solitudo et audicitia
  28. Quod scientia litterarum sit bona ad instructionem, sed scientia propriae infirmitatis sit utilior ad salutem
  29. Superstition and Formality
    Thomas Binney · No. 14
  30. The Vain Wish
  31. Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
  32. Sixth Sunday after Trinity
  33. Self-examination examined
  34. Upon the Character of Balaam
  35. Lecture 3 on Jonah
  36. Sermon 118 on Job
    John Calvin · Job 31 · No. 118
  37. Sermon 97 on Job
    John Calvin · Job 27 · No. 97
  38. Sermon 98 on Job
    John Calvin · Job 27 · No. 98
  39. Homily 6 on Romans
  40. Self-Knowledge
  41. Sin and Its Consequences
  42. A Warning to Professors
  43. Christian Cautions
  44. Hypocrites Deficient in the Duty of Prayer
  45. Hypocrites Deficient in the Duty of Prayer
  46. The Unreasonableness of Indetermination in Religion
  47. True Grace
  48. A Single and an Evil Eye
    Charles Grandison Finney · Matthew 6:22 · 2 December 1840 · No. 23
  49. Bound to Know Your True Character
  50. Christian Character
    Charles Grandison Finney · 1 John 3:9 · 15 February 1843
  51. Design or Intention Constitutes Character
    Charles Grandison Finney · Psalms 28:4 · 21 October 1840 · No. 20
  52. False Professors
  53. Heart Searching
  54. Legal Religion
  55. Men Often Highly Esteem what God Abhors
  56. Not Far from the Kingdom of God
    Charles Grandison Finney · Mark 12:34 · 8 September 1850
  57. On Being Searched of God
  58. Prove All Things
  59. Religion of Public Opinion
  60. Self Deceivers
  61. True and False Religion
    Charles Grandison Finney · Galatians 5:1 · 13 February 1839 · No. 4
  62. True Saints
  63. What Men Highly Esteem, God Abhors
  64. 2 Cor. 5:17
  65. Marks of Love to God
  66. Am fünften Sonntag nach Epiphanias 1843
  67. Tests of Faith, Love, and Rightness
  68. Self-Communion
  69. Self-Examination
  70. The fifte Sermon vpon Ionas, made by Iohn Hoper
    John Hooper · No. 5
  71. Improvement continued
  72. The Vanity of a Formal Profession of Religion Considered in Eight Sermons: Sermon 1
    John Howe · Titus 1:16 · No. 1
  73. The Vanity of a Formal Profession of Religion Considered in Eight Sermons: Sermon 2
    John Howe · No. 2
  74. The Vanity of a Formal Profession of Religion Considered in Eight Sermons: Sermon 3
  75. The Vanity of a Formal Profession of Religion Considered in Eight Sermons: Sermon 4
    John Howe · No. 4
  76. The Vanity of a Formal Profession of Religion Considered in Eight Sermons: Sermon 5
    John Howe · No. 5
  77. The Vanity of a Formal Profession of Religion Considered in Eight Sermons: Sermon 6
    John Howe · No. 6
  78. The Vanity of a Formal Profession of Religion Considered in Eight Sermons: Sermon 7
    John Howe · No. 7
  79. The Vanity of a Formal Profession of Religion Considered in Eight Sermons: Sermon 8
    John Howe · No. 8
  80. They to whom the gospel is hid, are lost souls: Sermon 10
  81. They to whom the gospel is hid, are lost souls: Sermon 11
  82. They to whom the gospel is hid, are lost souls: Sermon 12
  83. They to whom the gospel is hid, are lost souls: Sermon 13
  84. They to whom the gospel is hid, are lost souls: Sermon 8
  85. They to whom the gospel is hid, are lost souls: Sermon 9
  86. De Bonorum Christianorum Et E Contrario De Malorum Moribus
  87. FERIA VI. Lectio sancti Evangelii secundum Lucam
  88. On the Deceitfulness of the Hope of Heaven that is Founded on Certain Pious Practices
  89. On the False Hopes of Heaven of the Sinner Who Trusts in the Mercy of God
    Franz Hunolt · Luke 15:2 · No. 60
  90. On the Vanity of the Hope of Heaven in Those Who Do not Keep the Commandments of God
  91. On the Vanity of the Hopes of Heaven that are Founded on a False Devotion to Mary
  92. Discourse 62
  93. Discourse 70
  94. Honest Moral Judgment
  95. Living at Second Hand
  96. The Malady of Not Wanting
  97. Self-Respect and Self-Righteousness
  98. „HOEVELE ZONDEN HEB IK?”
  99. „MAAR IS VOOR EEN TIJD.”
  100. „WEE DEN GERUSTEN TE SION!”
  101. That which I See not, Teach thou Me
  102. When God shall Judge the Secrets of men
  103. With all Thine Heart
  104. On the Predominant Passion
  105. The Impressions of Natural Men
  106. Great exactness and intelligence is required to discern true Christians, and who these are
  107. A Great Question and Its Answer
  108. An Unfulfilled Desire
  109. Blessed and Tragic Unconsciousness
  110. God’s Scrutiny Longed For
  111. Simon the Sorcerer
  112. The Chief of Sinners
  113. What Doest Thou Here?
  114. What I Think of Myself and What God Thinks of Me
  115. A Description of the True Circumcision
  116. Psalm 119: Sermon 88
  117. Sermons upon Philippians iii. 7-21: Sermon 13
  118. The Almost Christian Discovered
  119. The Appearance of Failure
  120. Herod and John the Baptist
  121. Self
  122. Seven
  123. Why Hath the Lord Smitten Us?
  124. Self-examination
  125. The danger of hypocrisy
  126. The folly of making a hypocritical profession of religion
  127. How we may bring our hearts to bear reproofs
    John Owen · Psalms 141:5 · No. 13
  128. Amiable instincts not holiness
    Edward Payson · No. 11
  129. Knowledge of one's sins, a difficult acquisition
  130. The Influence of Tradition
  131. Den 11 Maj
  132. Den 13 Augusti
  133. Den 14 Juni
  134. Den 16 februari
  135. Den 22 November
  136. Den 23 September
  137. Den 29 Maj
  138. Den 4 Februari
  139. Den 4 November
  140. “Lovest Thou Me?”
  141. Formality
  142. Reality
  143. Self-Inquiry
  144. Christ and the Unstable
  145. A Practical Exhortation
  146. Advantages of the Spiritual Man
  147. Against Formality and Indifference
  148. Against Self-Deceit
  149. An Inquiry into the Reality and Degree of Our Faith
  150. An Israelite Indeed
  151. Balaam's character
  152. Carnal Ease and Security Reproved
  153. Character of Nicodemus
  154. Character of Those that Shall Be Saved
  155. Conscious Integrity
  156. Consideration of Our Ways Enforced
  157. Epistle to Laodicea
  158. Experimental Religion Enforced
  159. False Professors Described
  160. Form and Power of Godliness
  161. Inconsistent Christians Remonstrated With
  162. Inquiries About Love to Christ
  163. Job's Conscious Integrity
  164. Love to Christ a Test of Our Relation to God
  165. Man's Estimate of Himself and God's Contrasted
  166. Micah's False Confidence
  167. Necessity of Knowing Ourselves
  168. Not Far from the Kingdom of God
  169. One of the Apostles a Devil
  170. Self-Deceit Exposed
  171. Self-Examination Recommended
  172. Self-Reproach
  173. Sinner's Retrospect
  174. SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE PECULIAR TO GOd's PEOPLE
  175. The Almost, and the Real, Christian Compared
  176. The Benefit of Past Experience
  177. The Bible Standard of Religion
  178. The Carnal and Spiritual Mind Contrasted
  179. The Carnal and the Spiritual Man Compared
  180. The Danger of False Confidence
  181. The Difficulty of Knowing Our Own State
  182. The Distinctive Character of a Christian
  183. The Double-Minded Man Exposed
  184. The Folly of Inconsideration
  185. The Importance of Inward Integrity
  186. The Nature and Excellence of True Religion
  187. The Nature and Importance of True Religion
  188. The Necessity of a Decided Adherence to Christ
  189. The Self-Diffidence of the Apostles
  190. The Single Eye
  191. The True Children of Abraham
  192. The True Christian Delineated
  193. The True Test of Love to God
  194. The True Test of Religion in the Soul
  195. True and False Zeal
  196. True Piety Described
  197. True Piety Is Rare
  198. A looking Glasse for Christians
  199. The Dialogue betweene Paul and Agrippa
  200. False Foundations removed, and true ones laid
    Robert South · Matthew 7:26–27 · 10 December 1661 · No. 28
  201. Luke Xi.35. Take heed therefore, that the Light which is in Thee be not…
    Robert South · No. 2
  202. Sermon 43 (Job 8:13)
    Robert South · Job 8:13 · No. 43
  203. Sermon 44 (Job 8:13)
    Robert South · Job 8:13 · No. 44
  204. 'Do I Love the Lord or Not?'
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · John 21:17 · 10 August 1916 · No. 3524
  205. A Blow at Self-Righteousness
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Job 9:20 · 16 December 1860 · No. 350
  206. A Delusion Dispelled
  207. A Fatal Deficiency
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Romans 8:9 · 21 September 1873 · No. 1133
  208. A Great Mistake and the Way to Rectify It
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Revelation 3:17–18 · 3 September 1882 · No. 1677
  209. A Hearer In Disguise
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · 1 Kings 14:6 · 31 July 1864 · No. 584
  210. A Home Question
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · 2 Chronicles 28:10 · 15 January 1860 · No. 294
  211. A Searching Question
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · 1 Samuel 30:13 · 13 February 1908 · No. 3079
  212. A Searching Test
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Titus 1:15 · 20 July 1916 · No. 3521
  213. A Sermon From A Rush
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Job 8:11–13 · 24 September 1865 · No. 651
  214. A Sermon to Open Neglecters and Nominal Followers of Religion
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Matthew 21:28–32 · 24 March 1866 · No. 742
  215. A Sight Of Self
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Isaiah 64:6–8 · 2 March 1862 · No. 437
  216. A Sincere Summary—and a Searching Scrutiny
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Psalms 119:168 · 22 April 1900 · No. 2671
  217. A Solemn Warning for All Churches
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Revelation 3:4 · 24 February 1856 · No. 68
  218. A Test for True Seekers
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Jeremiah 50:5 · 17 April 1898 · No. 2566
  219. Abijah, or Some Good Thing Towards the Lord
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · 1 Kings 14:13 · 21 October 1883 · No. 1745
  220. Alive or Dead—Which?
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · 1 John 5:12 · 16 June 1867 · No. 755
  221. False Professors Solemnly Warned
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Philippians 3:18–19 · 24 August 1856 · No. 102
  222. Figs and Olives
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · James 3:12 · 1 December 1910 · No. 3226
  223. God Or Self—Which?
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Zechariah 7:5–6 · 9 March 1862 · No. 438
  224. Healed or Deluded? Which?
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Jeremiah 8:11 · 7 May 1882 · No. 1658
  225. Heedlessness In Religion
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · 2 Kings 10:31 · 15 April 1866 · No. 685
  226. Holy Longings
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Psalms 119:20 · 27 February 1881 · No. 1586
  227. John Mark—or, Haste in Religion
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Mark 14:50–52 · 17 January 1907 · No. 3023
  228. Life Proved by Love
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · 1 John 3:14 · 13 February 1898 · No. 2556
  229. Lovest Thou Me?
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · John 21:15–17 · 7 September 1856 · No. 117
  230. Mongrel Religion
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · 2 Kings 17:41 · 2 October 1881 · No. 1622
  231. Nathanael—the Man Needed for the Day
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · John 1:47 · 3 February 1889 · No. 2068
  232. Near the Kingdom, or in It?
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Mark 12:34 · 24 May 1906 · No. 2989
  233. Nominal Christians—Real Infidels
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · John 8:46 · 1 February 1863 · No. 492
  234. Nothing But Leaves
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Mark 11:13 · 21 February 1864 · No. 555
  235. Plain Directions To Those Who Would Be Saved From Sin
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Psalms 4:4–5 · 15 July 1888 · No. 2033
  236. Questions Which Ought To Be Asked
  237. Religion—a Reality
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Deuteronomy 32:47 · 22 June 1862 · No. 457
  238. Secondhand
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · John 18:34 · 28 May 1899 · No. 2624
  239. Seeking For Jesus
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · John 6:24 · 21 August 1870 · No. 947
  240. Self-Delusion
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 13:24 · 19 October 1862 · No. 475
  241. Self-Examination
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · 2 Corinthians 13:5 · 10 October 1858 · No. 218
  242. Self-Humbling and Self-Searching
  243. Separating the Precious From the Vile
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Exodus 11:7 · 25 March 1860 · No. 305
  244. Sham Conversion
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · 2 Kings 17:25 · 23 March 1905 · No. 2928
  245. Sincerity And Duplicity
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · 1 John 2:3–4 · 6 March 1870 · No. 922
  246. Some Marks of God's People
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Psalms 68:28 · 18 February 1900 · No. 2662
  247. Speak For Yourself—a Challenge!
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · John 9:21 · 9 December 1877 · No. 1393
  248. Spots in Our Feats of Charity
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Jude 1:12 · 23 February 1868 · No. 797
  249. Supposing Him to Have Been in the Company
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 2:44 · 3 June 1883 · No. 1724
  250. The Disowned
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Matthew 7:21–23 · 7 December 1902 · No. 2808
  251. The Eye and the Light
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Luke 11:33–36 · 13 October 1889 · No. 2109
  252. The Fair Portrait of a Saint
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Job 23:11–12 · 7 March 1880 · No. 1526
  253. The Form and Spirit of Religion
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · 1 Samuel 4:3 · 4 April 1858 · No. 186
  254. The Form of Godliness Without the Power
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · 2 Timothy 3:5 · 2 June 1889 · No. 2088
  255. The Plumb Line
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Amos 7:7–8 · 6 October 1904 · No. 2904
  256. The Root Of The Matter
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Job 19:28 · 12 April 1863 · No. 505
  257. The Search Warrant
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · John 6:64 · 25 August 1904 · No. 2898
  258. The Secret Spot
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Deuteronomy 32:5 · 10 November 1867 · No. 780
  259. The Sieve
  260. The Substance Of True Religion
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Job 19:28 · 15 May 1881 · No. 1598
  261. The Test of Taste
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · 1 Peter 2:3 · 12 October 1890 · No. 2168
  262. The Touchstone of Godly Sincerity
  263. The Weeding of the Garden
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Matthew 15:13 · 8 December 1861 · No. 423
  264. Things That Accompany Salvation
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Hebrews 6:9 · 20 September 1857 · No. 152
  265. Think Well And Do Well
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Psalms 26:3 · 23 October 1870 · No. 956
  266. To Those Who Are "Almost Persuaded"
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Acts 26:28 · 16 May 1869 · No. 871
  267. Vessels Of Mercy—A Sermon Of Self-Examination
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon · Romans 9:23–24 · 5 August 1860 · No. 327
  268. On the Feast of a Holy Confessor
    Johannes Tauler · No. 33
  269. Of Sincerity Towards God and Man
    John Tillotson · John 1:47 · 29 July 1694 · No. 55
  270. Of the Form and the Power of Godliness
  271. Of the Form, and the Power of Godliness
  272. Of the Form, and the Power of Godliness
  273. Relgion and Theology
  274. Religion and Theology
  275. Substance vs. Shadow
  276. Sundry sharp reproofs
  277. An Israelite Indeed
    John Wesley · John 1:47 · No. 90
  278. On the Wedding Garment
  279. The Almost Christian
  280. The Almost Christian
  281. The Folly and Danger of Being Not Righteous Enough
  282. The Method of Grace
  283. By-Ends
  284. Captain Anything
  285. Formalist and Hypocrisy
  286. Ignorance
  287. Master Think-Well, the Late and Only Son of Old Mr. Meditation
  288. Mr. Prywell
  289. Old Honest
  290. Presumption
  291. Prudence
  292. Sincere
  293. Talkative
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