The Lord’s Supper Form: Preparatory Self-Examination (1)

"Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart." (Psalm 26:2) It involves an earnest striving to be conformed to the image of God's Son and it is done in the realization that our own perceptual senses are not adequate to discover every deformity within us and therefore we need the scr

Ecclesiastical self-examination

Ecclesiastical self-examination in the PRCA

Self-examination and Repentance (Haggai 1:5-6)

True Self-Examination

True Self-Examination Preacher: Rev. Angus Stewart Series: Lord's Day 30 Scripture: Matthew 5:1-20 Bible Text: Matthew 5:1-20 | Preacher: Rev. Angus Stewart | Series: Lord’s Day 30, Preaching Sacraments and Discipline | I. Involving Our Sins II. Involving Our Faith III. Involving Our Purpos

Preparatory Self-Examination

1. What this is
2. What this Involves
3. What the Goal is

Now, as we prepare ourselves to come to the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, we must do that by leaning on the Word of God and in prayer seeking the enlightening power of the Spirit of God. As we examine ourselves, we search our souls. We look into ourselves to see what is there and what is not

LD 30 Careful Preparation for the Supper QA 81-82

1. Individual
2. Ecclesiastical
3. Beneficial

He says in verse 28, start with 27, wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. And then someone might say, well, what then? Verse 28, but let a man examine himself and so let him eat of that bread and drink of

Assurance: Defined and Promised

But as our form for the administration of the Lord’s Supper shows, it is not opposite to self-examination. We would not want to carry self-examination to such an extreme that we become self-centered, too introspective, or “introvert.” But there is a place for personal heart-searching, proving yourse

Lord’s Day 30, Chapter 2: Proper Partakers (1)

Now the question is: what must be examined? And the answer is: self. I must examine me. The subject and the object in this examination are the same. The fruit of this examination, therefore must be that I learn to know myself in the spiritual, ethical sense of the word, that I pass a correct judgmen

Our System of Doctrine: A Systematic Way of Life

First of all, self-examination is in order: look only at yourself, forgetting that “wicked” family that sits near you in church, and consider all your negligence in church affairs, all your inattention in Church on Sunday, all your absenteeism and half-hearted support of church projects, those perso