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EXAMINE
YOURSELF-
FALLING-STAND
FAST
2 Cor 13:5-Examine
yourselves, whether ye be
in the faith;
prove (or test) your own
selves (by God’s Word).
Know ye not your own
selves, how that Jesus
Christ is in you,
except ye be
reprobates?
(or departed from
obeying the Gospel)
(or departed from
God’s calling)
(or departed from
being led by God’s Word
or God’s Spirit
and as Demas did,
forsook Paul and went o�
to do what his own desires
wanted to do).
During the course each
of us have in this life, the
goodness and honesty of
our heart will be tested.
As we grow in faith
and in the grace and
knowledge of our Lord
Jesus Christ, we all should
be ready to move on to
perfection, holiness and
like subjects. So then why
are we still struggling with
our own �esh, our own
desires, our own
emotions?
God’s Word tells us of
this generation:
2 Th 2:1-17-Now we
beseech you, brethren, by
the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ, and by our
gathering together unto
him (which is the
Rapture)
2-That ye be not soon
shaken in mind,
or be troubled,
neither by spirit, nor
by word, nor by letter as
from us, as that the day of
Christ is at hand.
3-Let no man deceive
you by any means:
for that day shall not
come, except there come a
falling away �rst,
and that man of sin be
revealed, the son of
perdition (which is the
Antichrist)
4-Who opposeth and
exalteth himself above all
that is called God, or that
is worshipped; so that he
as God sitteth in the
temple of God, shewing
himself that he is God.
5-Remember ye not,
that, when I was yet with
you, I told you these
things?
6-And now ye know
what withholdeth that he
might be revealed in his
time.
7-For the mystery of
iniquity doth already
work: only he who now
letteth will let, until he be
taken out of the way.
8-And then shall that
Wicked be revealed,
whom the Lord shall
consume with the spirit of
his mouth, and shall
destroy with the
brightness of his coming:
9-Even him, whose
coming is after the
working of Satan with all
power and signs and lying
wonders,
10-And with all
deceivableness of
unrighteousness (in them
that perish); because they
received not the love of
the truth (which is God’s
Word), that they might be
saved.
11-And for this cause
God shall send them
strong delusion, that
they should believe a lie:
12-That they all might
be damned who believed
not the truth, but had
pleasure in
unrighteousness.
13-But we are bound
to give thanks alway to
God for you, brethren
beloved of the Lord,
because God hath from
the beginning chosen you
to salvation through
sancti�cation of the Spirit
and belief of the truth:
14-Whereunto he
called you by our gospel,
to the obtaining of the
glory of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
15-Therefore, brethren,
stand fast,
and hold the traditions
which ye have been
taught, whether by word,
or our epistle (which is
God’s Word).
16-Now our Lord Jesus
Christ himself, and God,
even our Father, which
hath loved us, and hath
given us everlasting
consolation and good
hope through grace,
17-Comfort your
hearts, and stablish you
in every good word and
work (God’s Word, which
He ordained for you to be
faithful in even before the
foundation of the earth).
1 Cor 12:12-22-For as
the body is one, and hath
many members, and all
the members of that one
body, being many, are one
body: so also is Christ.
13-For by one Spirit
are we all baptized into
one body, whether we be
Jews or Gentiles, whether
we be bond or free; and
have been all made to
drink into one Spirit.
14-For the body is not
one member, but many.
15-If the foot shall say,
Because I am not the
hand, I am not of the
body; is it therefore not of
the body?
16-And if the ear shall
say, Because I am not the
eye, I am not of the body;
is it therefore not of the
body?
17-If the whole body
were an eye, where were
the hearing? If the whole
were hearing, where were
the smelling?
18-But now hath God
set the members every one
of them in the body, as it
hath pleased him.
19-And if they were all
one member, where were
the body?
20-But now are they
many members, yet but
one body.
21-And the eye cannot
say unto the hand, I have
no need of thee: nor again
the head to the feet, I
have no need of you.
22-Nay, much more
those members of the
body, which seem to be
more feeble, are
necessary:
1 Cor 12:25-27-That
there should be no schism
in the body; but that the
members should have the
same care one for another.
26-And whether one
member su�er, all the
members su�er with it; or
one member be honoured,
all the members rejoice
with it.
27-Now ye are the
body of Christ, and
members in particular.
There is a message
here for the body of Christ
that many today do not
seem to understand.
The Scriptures tell us
that Demas departed from
Paul. Judas forsook Jesus.
God has ordained each
of us to be a part of the
body of Christ according
to His purpose. Our hand
has a speci�c purpose in
relation to our body, as
does our foot.
What if the hand
decided to forsake its
calling, because it wanted
to become a foot? The
body would be greatly
weakened and su�er. It
would not function
properly as God intended.
What if one of you
didn’t like the calling God
had given you and sought
another calling, just as the
hand wanted to become a
foot? The hand would be
out of God’s will. Or if a
foot wanted to become an
ear, it would be out of
God’s will.
So it is with us. If
someone is tempted of the
devil to become a
di�erent part of the body
and so forsakes their
calling—they have
forsaken God’s calling and
leading. If you are called
to be a hand, but forsake
that calling, the body
greatly su�ers, because
the hand is missing.
The hand that chooses
to become a foot and
forsakes his calling of
God, if he does not repent,
will be rejected by God. If
he will not obey God now
in this time of testing, he
will not inherit eternal
life.
Be satis�ed with the
calling God has given you.
Seek not another calling
as Demas did, or Judas
did.
Stand fast (be faithful)
in the calling God has
given you, without
wavering or disobeying
the Scriptures in any way.
Do not let your own
desires or wandering eyes
lead you, for they will
surely lead you astray.
The person that leaves
God’s calling to pursue
another calling will
convince themselves they
have done right, because
it “feels” like the right
thing to do. It feels like
the right thing to do,
because it �ts the desires
of their unrepentant heart.
If a person forsakes all of
their worldly desires and
now their only desire is to
serve God steadfastly in
the calling He ordained,
this person should grow in
the Lord; however, the
person that seeks to serve
two callings may �nd that
hell awaits them. For you
cannot serve two masters.
Let us all consider
carefully what has been
said to us from God’s
Word.
This is the time of
falling away from God’s
calling for many people. It
is not an easy time to
grow, but grow we need
to do, despite the times
we are now in.
When correct biblical
understanding ceases and
correction is not received
or understood, then
biblical faith is also
departing.
