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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? |
Subject: Difference backsliden or not saved? |
Bible Note: We are regenerated thru baptism. The Holy Spirit operates only thru the Word in conversion and sanctification. The Calvinistic teaching of total depravity was the mother of the direct operation of the Holy Spirit. Calvinists' teaching that the inner is dead and could do nothing, called for the direct operation of the Spirit in conversion. The claim of the direct operation of the Spirit led men in all directions and their feelings and moods became evidence of pardon. Emotional experiences were offered as proof that the Holy Spirit was working in sanctification and conversion. Thus, each one was led by his feelings not the Bible. The sinner was told he could not understand the Bible when he read it. The Christian was told he was being guided directly by the Spirit, so he had no need to study. If one read the Bible the Holy Spirit gave him his understanding and thus all rules of Bible study and interpretation were ignored. The Work of the Holy Spirit in Redemption by Franklin Camp |