Theocast
Examine Yourselves!
June 18, 2025
Summary
"Examine yourselves to determine whether or not you are in the faith." Have you ever heard those verses raised? We have here at Theocast—especially because of how we talk about Jesus, His sufficiency, and the reality that He has done everything necessary for us to have peace with God. People sincerely ask, “Brothers, what about the call to self-examination?” Jon and Justin are going to have that conversation today. Self-examination is good, but what we’re examining might be different than what you’ve been told. It’s not so much about what we do—it’s about what we believe and who we trust.
Topics
- The call to examine whether you are in the faith
- Self-examination that fits Christ’s sufficiency
- What we examine—and what we should not turn into a works test
Links
- More Than Forgiven — Justin Perdue
- Theocast Community
- Rest — free ebook on faith vs. faithfulness
- Partner with Theocast
Transcript
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Examine yourselves to determine whether or not you are in the faith.
Have you ever heard those verses raised?
We have here at Theocast because of the way we talk about Jesus and His sufficiency and the ways that we talk about Christ and how He's done everything, and there's nothing left for us to do in order to
have peace with God.
People sincerely ask because they really want to know, brothers, what about the call to self-examination?
John and I are going to have that conversation today Self-examination is good, but the thing that we're examining is perhaps different than what you've been told.
It's not so much about what we do, it's about what we believe and who we trust.
Stay tuned.
Hey guys, this is Justin.
Maybe you know that you are forgiven because of Jesus Christ, but you're wondering: what does Jesus have to do with my Christian life?
How is he involved in my sanctification, even?
Or is he concerned at all with the ways that I struggle and the way that my life goes up and down?
Is there any comfort for me in Jesus when it comes to all of that?
Well, I've written a book called More Than Forgiven: How Being in Christ Changes Everything that deals with this topic from Romans chapter 6.
You can find this book at theocast.org.
Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to find the sufficiency and rest in Christ.
And we do this each and every week by God's grace.
Two pastors having conversations about the Christian life.
And we just want to point you to Jesus because He's sufficient.
And today's topic is in light of that.
