The Test

Well, I've been contemplating on this question... How do you we examine ourselves to see we're in the faith? 2 Cor. 13:5. Let me ask a question, why would you examine yourself if something isn't wrong, you examine actions or words because of something you've done or said base on a particular standard of life. Secondly, by what means do you examine that wrong? To measure how far you live from i am we need a measuring rule, it could be a GPS. This rule is the standard we use to measure or examine distance from your house to mine. Therefore, to examine the faith, there is a standard or rule by which we examine it. I suggest and believe, i could be wrong as far as what you think is that measurement standard. I think Jesus is the standard. Be mindful, that, in the same verse we are examining (vv.5) Paul said, "Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? Unless indeed you fail to meet the test." Lets take a step farther, I think Paul wrote the book of Hebrews, he said, "Jesus Christ is the Author and Perfecter of our Faith". The one who has given us faith is the one and only way i think we can examine our faith. Furthermore, we need to examine his attitude in various situation so we can live by them. Therefore, Paul is saying in 2 Cor. 13:5 we fail to meet the test unless we examine ourselves by Christ, through Christ, and for Christ. We fail to meet the test if we do not acknowledge Jesus Christ presence in us. In other words, the key to examine ourselves is by the presence of Christ in us.