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Today's Devotion
From Dr. David Jeremiah
Test Yourself
March 13, 2026
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.
2 Corinthians 13:5
Recommended Reading:
2 Thessalonians 2:1-42 Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ[{{f}}] had come. 3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin[{{f}}] is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God[{{f}}] in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4
We are tested in school and sometimes in the workplace. God even tested Israel in the wilderness (Exodus 16:4; 20:20; Deuteronomy 8:2). In general, we have a negative attitude toward being tested—and tend to avoid tests when we can.
The idea of testing ourselves is a unique idea found in Scripture. The apostle Paul exhorted the Corinthian Christians to test themselves, to examine whether they were genuine Christians or not. Why is that important? Because a day is coming when many who profess to be Christians will fall away from the faith when their faith is tested (Matthew 24:10-12; 1 Timothy 4:1). Jesus even said that not all who profess faith in Him will enter the Kingdom of heaven (Matthew 7:21-23). The time to examine the genuineness of one’s faith is before the test comes.
Don’t let this day pass without knowing for sure that you are in Christ and that He is in you. If you haven’t already, embrace Him as your Lord and Savior today.
We do believe in eternal security, but we do not believe in eternal presumption. Let a man examine himself.
Donald Grey Barnhouse
