2 Corinthians 13:5 "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?"
Examine: "to try, make trial of, test: for the purpose of ascertaining his quality, or what he thinks, or how he will behave himself"
Prove: "to test, examine, prove, scrutinize (to see whether a thing is genuine or not), as metals"
Saying you are a Christian is not enough. When it comes to situations where your eternal destiny is on the line, taking a long, hard, close look it warranted.
I love the part of the definition above that speaks of scrutinizing to see if something is genuine. I think of an expensive piece of artwork. Even the best can be forged, however a forged piece of art is worthless and a fraud. The last thing that we want is for our relationship with Christ to be a fraud.
Testing metals can sometimes involve extreme stress or heat. Are you willing to put yourself through that to insure that you are indeed in the faith?
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