Benjamin Murphy
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Benjamin Murphy
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Blessed Assurance

The Self-Deception Test

Introduction:

Jeremiah 17:9 - The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

Matthew 7:13-14 - Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

Matthew 7:21-23 - “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

2 Corinthians 13:5 - Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?--unless indeed you fail to meet the test!

Lamentations 3:40 - Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the LORD!

1 Corinthians 11:28 - Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

Galatians 6:4 - But let each one test his own work

The Test of Self-Deception:

Circle whether the statements on assurance are True or False in your life today:

  1. There is no way I can be self-deceived.

    2. True False

    Jeremiah 17:9 - The heart is DECEITFUL above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?


  2. I think I am a really good and important person.

    3. True False

    Galatians 6:3 - For if anyone thinks he is SOMETHING when he is nothing, he deceives himself.


  3. Sin has never really been an issue for me.

    4. True False

    1 John 1:8 - If we say we have no SIN we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.


  4. I go to church a lot, but that doesn’t really affect the way I live.

    5. True False

    James 1:22 - But be DOERS of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.


  5. The way I talk doesn’t really reflect my faith.

    6. True False

    James 1:26 - If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his TONGUE but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.

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Small Group Questions (Whole Group):
Read 2 Corinthians 13:5

  1. What was your big take-away from this passage / message?

  2. Which of these test questions was most convicting to you?

  3. A non-believing friend says to you, “Deep down, I am a good person.” How do you convince them they are self-deceived?

Breakout Questions:
Pray for one another. Are there any areas of your life that you now see you have been deceiving yourself?