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NASB | 2 Corinthians 13:5 ¶ Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you--unless indeed you fail the test? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 13:5 ¶ Test and evaluate yourselves to see whether you are in the faith and living your lives as [committed] believers. Examine yourselves [not me]! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves [by an ongoing experience] that Jesus Christ is in you--unless indeed you fail the test and are rejected as counterfeit? |
Bible Question: How can one know if he is one of God's elect? |
Bible Answer: Dear jf1330, Assuming you have submitted in obedience to the gospel, I commend you for the inquiry. It is a good thing to examine yourself. We should all be doing that daily! (cf 2 Corinthans 13:5) The most certain way to know you are saved is that you persevere. In the mean time, study your life (1 Corinthians 11:31). Study what a disciple of Christ looks like and compare your life to the mirror of the Word. Are you in fellowship with other believers? Do you love the Word of God? Are you bearing godly fruit? Does your life manifest the evidence of what has occurred within you? Are you growing in obedience? Is Christ being magnified in your life while you yourself are being diminished? Do you persevere in faith even in the heat of circumstances and difficult relationships? Do you pray that God's will be done regardless of the personal cost to you? Are you growing in that desire? "The Scripture abounds in commands and cautions for our utmost diligence in our search and inquiry as to whether we are made partakers of Christ or not, or whether His Spirit dwells in us or not—which argue both the difficulty of attaining an assured confidence herein, as also the danger of our being mistaken, and yet the certainty of a good issue upon the diligent and regular use of means to that purpose." --John Owen "It is only in proportion as the Christian manifests the fruit of a genuine conversion that he is entitled to regard himself and be regarded by others as one of the called and elect of God. It is just in proportion as we add to our faith the other Christian graces that we have solid ground on which to rest in the assurance we belong to the family of Christ. It is not those who are governed by self-will, but 'as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God' (Romans 8:14)." --Arthur W. Pink In Him, Doc |
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