Shalom in the name of the only true God and Savior, Jesus Christ/Yeshua Messiah! (Is 54:5)
We really do serve a great God, and Holy is His Name. He has impressed upon us of late to preach and teach plainly about the necessity of examining ourselves to be certain that we are standing in the one true faith. The Holy Spirit has expressly declared that in the last days much falseness will be evident and exposed, and this from WITHIN the church, the Body of Messiah. Our security is not found in our mere profession of faith, but in our deeds and fruit; it is not found in our taking for granted the price of our so great salvation — the precious blood of the Son of God — but in our fellowship with the Father and with the Son, and with our brothers and sisters in the Holy Spirit; it is not found in the particular church to which we belong, to a particular doctrine or teaching we may claim for security, or to a false hope that tribulation will not greatly trouble US; it is found in faith grounded in the fear of the Lord, the Judge of the living and the dead. He is a consuming fire, who will either purify His loved ones, or forever torment those who reject the Father’s love or presume their own worthiness. Praise God for His faithfulness to try us and strengthen our assurance that we are His and He is ours! A true son/daughter will accept it, and be partakers of His holiness. The smell of the fear of the Lord (see the Hebrew of Is. 11:3, plus 2Cor 2:14-17) should distinguish us both to God and to all human beings, whether in the faith or not.