Ephesians 4:20-24 But ye have not so learned Christ; If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

Referring back to our scientific experiment, you are on an adventure of discovery, not so much of your faith as much as He who is faithful, Christ. Learn who Christ is in you. While Christ, like Father God is unchangeable, who He is in you is more about what He is doing in you. He does not create each of us to be cookie cutter duplicates. Each of us are molded to fit into a bigger model, His bride, the church. While we are individuals, we are not alone, and we are given different gifts in order to serve the needs of the whole, in which we are part.

Ephesians 4:16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

Believers do not question their faith once they move beyond the infant stage. The most often asked questions are; 1 What are my gifts? 2 What is my calling? The fact that believers ask that question indicates growth in Christ. These two questions are the leading edge of a change of heart from selfish desire to a desire to serve.

This is evidence of things hoped for.

2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test! ESV

Here is the mistake most often made by new believers. If you have surrendered to Christ’s Lordship recently, hopefully yesterday, then you need to know this. You are not being tested for your faithfulness. Your ability to be obedient to commands is not in question. Once again, it is not about how good you are now that you are a new person in Christ. (See 2 Corinthians 5:17) The testing is to identify and realize Christ in you.

You are you and your memories, emotions, and character have not changed, yet. They will if you walk by faith. Living a life of faith is not so much about your faithfulness as it is His.

1 Thessalonians 5:24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

2 Thessalonians 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

So you should be looking for evidence of Christ in you to determine if your faith is of God. What is that evidence? It is like a petri dish, where a live culture is grown to be examined. Given that your faith was planted in a prepared heart and changed, now you can examine your growth.

1 Corinthians 3:1-2 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.