"OPEN BOOK EXAM!"

2 Corinthians 13:5                     (ESV)
"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!"



             OPEN BOOK EXAMS

1. In an "open book exam". you are evaluated on understanding rather than recall and memorization.
2. Do not underestimate the preparation needed for an "open book exam": ...
3. Organize your reference materials, your "open book:" ...



The above is copied/pasted from an internet search engine on "OPEN
BOOK EXAM".  In my humble estimation, mankind is involved with a lifelong "OPEN BOOK EXAM".  We have trials and questions throughout our lives, some of us with more difficult questions than others, and how well we perform on our test is determined by how well we are prepared by studying for the "OPEN BOOK EXAM".

President Ronald Reagan once said "Within the covers of the BIBLE are the answers for all the problems men face", and we FAIL our exam if we refuse to search scripture enough to find those answers.  Man can offer reasonings and opinions, but 1 Corinthians 3:19 says "For the wisdom of this world is folly with GOD. For it is written, "HE catches the wise in their craftiness,".  Boy, does that statement ever ring loud and clear?!?

If it is true that the Bible the answers for all of life's problems, why do we prefer to go it alone when facing difficulties in our lives?  It must be easier to continue trying to be a success when you haven't experienced a TOTAL and COMPLETE dependence on the LORD literally for your next breath?  When you've been where I was in 2007, you understand what my former pastor used to say, "You're are only guaranteed the breath you have.  The next one belongs to GOD"!!!

To know that our CREATOR has given us the material for an "OPEN BOOK EXAM" is one of the greatest gifts we can experience.  Why would anyone not study for the "OPEN BOOK EXAM"?  Perhaps you are in the group mentioned in the last part of the verse above, "you fail to meet the test!"  If that is the case, my prayer is your eyes will be opened and you will begin studying for the "OPEN BOOK EXAM"!!!