{"id":195,"date":"2026-09-28T11:17:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T11:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marriagehotline911.com\/wordpress\/?p=195"},"modified":"2026-09-28T11:17:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T11:17:28","slug":"examine-yourselves-a-call-to-honest-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marriagehotline911.com\/wordpress\/2026\/09\/examine-yourselves-a-call-to-honest-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Examine Yourselves: A Call to Honest Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marriagehotline911.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Examine_Yourselves_2_Corinthians_13_5_square.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/marriagehotline911.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Examine_Yourselves_2_Corinthians_13_5_square-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"2 Corinthians 13:5 KJV graphic inviting readers to examine their faith and the direction of their lives.\" class=\"wp-image-196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marriagehotline911.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Examine_Yourselves_2_Corinthians_13_5_square-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/marriagehotline911.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Examine_Yourselves_2_Corinthians_13_5_square-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/marriagehotline911.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Examine_Yourselves_2_Corinthians_13_5_square-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/marriagehotline911.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Examine_Yourselves_2_Corinthians_13_5_square-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/marriagehotline911.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Examine_Yourselves_2_Corinthians_13_5_square.png 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can attend church, know the right words, and still make peace with sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul\u2019s instruction is personal: \u201cExamine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves.\u201d (2 Corinthians 13:5 KJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What have you begun to excuse that once convicted you? Have you persuaded yourself that God approves of something His Word calls sin? Look honestly at the choices you are making now and where they are leading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This examination is for each of us. Bring what you find before the Lord. Confess the sin you have defended, turn from it, and ask Him to lead you in obedience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can attend church, know the right words, and still make peace with sin. Paul\u2019s instruction is personal: \u201cExamine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves.\u201d (2 Corinthians 13:5 KJV) What have you begun to excuse that once convicted you? Have you persuaded yourself that God approves of something His Word &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/marriagehotline911.com\/wordpress\/2026\/09\/examine-yourselves-a-call-to-honest-faith\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Examine Yourselves: A Call to Honest Faith<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-doctrine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marriagehotline911.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marriagehotline911.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marriagehotline911.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marriagehotline911.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marriagehotline911.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/marriagehotline911.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198,"href":"https:\/\/marriagehotline911.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions\/198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marriagehotline911.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marriagehotline911.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marriagehotline911.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}