It will distinguish between the part of us that has been born again, and that which is not. Wherever it is believed and embraced, dramatic change occurs. Thoughts are altered, motives are elevated, and insight is sharpened. The individual that takes the Word of God seriously will begin to live differently. The focus of life is changed, as well as the reason for living.
Self is no longer at the center of ones existence.
Armed with a sense of the temporality of this world, preparations for the next world are made. The prospect of confronting the God that made us provokes sober contemplations. The Word of God has produced these changes by reaching into the citadel of the human spirit.