When people become Christian, their lives will reflect the salvation they possess. Certainly the Bible doesn't teach otherwise. The reason we don't see new life reflected in the lives of so many professing Christians is that they don't have it But how could one know? The apostle Paul wrote: "Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you-unless, of course, you fail the test" (2 Corinthians 13:5). So there must be some sort of a test, something to look at in the life of a professing Christian that would give some...

When people become Christian, their lives will reflect the salvation they possess. Certainly the Bible doesn't teach otherwise. The reason we don't see new life reflected in the lives of so many professing Christians is that they don't have it But how could one know? The apostle Paul wrote: "Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you-unless, of course, you fail the test" (2 Corinthians 13:5). So there must be some sort of a test, something to look at in the life of a professing Christian that would give some...