If you have a Bible, we're going to be in 1 John today. It's in the New Testament just before the end.

If you hit Revelation, y'all, you've gone too far. Just back it up a little bit. So there's fiery red

dragons and a woman and a beast chasing her. You've gone too far. Just hit left a little bit.

But let's begin with the question. And the question being, how can someone know if they're saved?

How can you actually know if you've been born again? Or if you just thought you did? If you just

had some sort of emotional encounter, had 14 goosebumps, but you're not really safe. How can you know

for sure if you're a Christian? What we're really asking is what does salvation look like? Because healthy things look a certain way. When a baby is born, they have the test they give it. A, P, G, A, G, A, R, A, A, A, G, A, A, R. Apgar. We once preached through that acronym and tried to use it as a tool diagnostically to find out if we've been born again. But in case it's been a while since you were at the Apgar series and you only went to the Apgar campground, here's kind of a refresher is what we're getting. We're looking for signs of life, for spiritual life, to see if we are actually alive or if we're still dead in our sins and just self-deceive, which would be a real train wreck, right? I was meeting with some of our interns this week as they are beginning to head their way out. We do a summer internship every summer and we have these amazing interns come in to serve and they're able to get college credits and it's just, it's fantastic. But one of the questions they ask, because Jenny and I just try and make ourselves available to ask anything you want, about anything you want to ask about him. And one of the questions they asked, because Jenny and I just try and make ourselves available, to ask anything you want, about anything you want to ask about them.

And one of the questions that came up was when Jesus says, there are going to be people

who thought they were Christians all the way to the end.

But then at the end, newsflash, you're not.

How can someone know?

And I think it's a good question, an important question. And it is a question that is

emphatically answered in the book of 1st John. God has not left us without answers. We're not

left to just wonder and hope and think maybe I'm saved. I really hope at the end of the day that

I get into heaven and I don't end up

in hell. And that is what John gives us. And for these eight weeks of this book study, we're going to

find these answers given to us crystal clear in no unmistakable term without any ability to mistake it.

And we're calling this collection touch grass because that's what the kids say

when they realize they've had enough of the internet. They say, it's time for me to go and touch

grass, right? You might see that in a Reddit comment. You might see it in a YouTube comment, right?

Basically, it's time to quit scrolling. You need to go and interact with the real world. And that's

some good advice, right?

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