Self Examination:How do you know that you believe? Part 1

Many Christians are in danger of beliving that it is a given that they are believers because of their association with all things pertaining to the life styles expected of being a child of God.  Whilst some of that may be indicators that we are believers, it does not necessarily follow that we are. The man of God in his epistle (2 Corinthians 13 verse 5) wrote to Christians and informed them that thye must examined themselves to know whether they are of the faith or if they are reprobates. This particular examination can only be done by the individual. This exhortation is an encoragement that this examination is necessary and for our benefits.