Don't tell me you're a Christian because five years ago you walked an aisle.

Don't tell me you're a Christian because once you signed a card.

Don't try to tell God you're a Christian because you went forward in a meeting.

You went into a prayer room.

You talked to a counselor.

And don't tell yourself a Christian because some counselor told you you were a Christian because he didn't know either. No evil.

Welcome to Grace to You, the Bible teaching ministry of John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

If I asked you how you know that you're a Christian, what would you say?

Would you mention a specific moment when you prayed a prayer or when you went forward during an altar call at church? Would you point to the day

you were baptized? Well, as John MacArthur will show you on today's grace to you, it's a healthy

practice to evaluate your confession of faith, to take a hard look at what you believe, what your priorities are,

and how well your life matches up to God's standards. See what sort of evidence proves that your

salvation is genuine, and what evidence doesn't? That's all in John's study, called

Examine Yourself. If you're struggling with assurance of salvation, you need to hear

this study. So to get it started now, here's John with today's lesson. The Lord's Supper, I believe,

is the most wonderful, the most sacred, most unique act of worship that the blood-bought church of

Jesus Christ can ever experience.

It's very serious to come to the Lord's table.

It is serious for a believer to come to the Lord's table while entertaining sin in his life.

It is serious for a Christian to come to the Lord's table where he does not repent of everything and desire above

all things, righteousness and holiness and turning from any known sin.

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