“Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith.
Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless
you are disqualified.”
2 Corinthians 13:5
God wants us to examine ourselves.
We do this in the light of His word. We need to examine our hearts before Him
each and every day to make sure we don’t have any wicked ways in us. Some good
verses for us to read so that we can see our hearts conditions are Galatians
5:16-21: “I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of
the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the
flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things
that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now
the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication,
uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies,
outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders,
drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I
also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not
inherit the kingdom of God.” It goes on to tell us what the fruits of the
Spirit are in Galatians 5:22-23. They are “love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there
is no law.” If you read over the fruits of the flesh and the fruits of the
Spirit and you find that you indeed have erred, all you have to do is to
confess your sins to the Lord. 1 John 1:9 says “If we confess our sins, He is
faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.” Turn your back on any of your fleshly ways and walk in His
Spirit. Jesus Christ is in you.
Father, above all we want and desire to be right with You.
We want a pure heart. We want a clear conscience. We want to inherit the kingdom of God
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