The Word of God is a sort of vengeance.

The Word of God is a sort of wrath.

And the two-edgedness means you can't escape.

It goes both ways.

Whichever way you move, it'll get you.

The Word of God will diagnose the true condition of the heart.

It'll show whether the profession is a real one or a sham,

and it'll split you wide open before God.

Welcome to Grace to You, featuring the verse-by-verse Bible teaching of John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

It's sobering to think that in biblically sound churches

all around the world, probably in the one you call home, there are some men and women who are

convinced they're saved, but the truth is they're not part of God's family. So how does that happen?

How can you and I, how can anyone be sure of his or her eternal destiny?

And if you have doubts about your salvation, is that evidence that you're not a Christian?

For answers to those questions, stay here for grace to you as we continue John MacArthur's study titled,

Examine Yourself. Follow along now with John as he

begins today's lesson. Now, the book of Hebrews is basically written to Christians, Jewish Christians.

That's why it's titled as Hebrews. They were Jewish believers. But, now listen, interspersed throughout the book of Hebrews, which is written

to Jewish Christians, are warnings, warnings to confront those people, now watch,

who know the gospel intellectually, who understand the call of salvation,

but never make the commitment. Okay? So as the writer goes along, writing to the believers,

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