Once a year I climb a very steep mountain to see if my angina will reappear. Now this is not backed by the American Heart Association or the Academy of Cardiac Surgeons. However, it is a self-test I perform on myself to give me the security of going on another year with these three bypasses performing as required.
Why do I say such a thing? Glad you asked. There is a much greater test that has to be self-administered and it is found in Scripture.
2 Corinthians 13:5
Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.
I’ve taken that test too. I trust only in the finished work of Christ, not my accomplishments, some other person or a man-made institution.
How about you? Give it some thought.
Gary