Examine Yourselves, Whether Ye Be In the Faith

January 2026

   What do these  verses conjure within you when you read them?  “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whore mongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”  (Revelation 21:8 KJV).  “And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.”  (Revelation 20:15  KJV).

   Does fear fill your soul?  Or how about conviction?  Or what about repentance?  Or maybe it’s absolutely nothing at all, because you don’t think that it is real or will happen to you.  You are, after all, the “perfect Christian.”  But there is a reality to this lie if you choose to know it and believe it.  Yet for many, it is too harsh to even read, let alone preach about. 

   Which verses am I speaking about?  “Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.  Not everyone that saith unto Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall not enter into the kingdom of Heaven: but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in Heaven.  Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Thy name?  And in “Thy name have cast out devils?  And in Thy name done ma ...

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