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The Confession of Your Faith
Christianity has been
called the great confession (Hebrews 4:14), but most people live a defeated life because
they believe and confess wrong things.
The power of their
own words holds them in bondage.
- Proverbs 6:1, 2; 18:20, 21
A Spiritual Law
Mark 11:22-24 is a
spiritual law.
- It works every time, not just when it will be to your betterment.
God never does anything without first
saying it. This is readily observable throughout Scripture.
- He releases his faith with words.
Spoken Words
Words are the most
powerful vehicle in creation.
1. Words are seeds.
- They will always produce after their kind.
This is the law of Genesis, and is the
principle behind seed-time and harvest.
2. Words are containers.
- They will either carry faith or they will carry fear.
3. Words affect your spirit.
- Spoken words program your spirit either for success or for failure.
You will plant God’s word in your
heart much quicker by hearing yourself say it than you will by hearing others say it.
- Spoken words snare your belief making it difficult to escape from
them.
Whether spoken positively or negatively,
you are snared by the words of your mouth. Proverbs 6:2
4. Words paint
pictures.
- The words you speak will create an image in your spirit.
Faith-filled words will cause you to see
the answer in your spirit.
Fear-filled words
will cause you to see your defeat.
Releasing Our
Faith
Faith is released with words. Believing is the first step. Believing
marks the acquisition of faith, but speaking out what we believe releases our faith to do
that for which we are believing.
- Learn to make your words work for you.
- You will have what you say if you believe what you say.
The Spirit Realm
The spirit world is
to be controlled by man speaking God’s word.
Learn to release
God’s ability in you.
You are what you are
today because of the words you spoke yeaterday.
The Words You
Speak
The words you speak
will do three things with regard to your personal life.
1. Your words locate you.
- Your words reveal what is inside of you; in your heart.
They will reveal whether you are in fear
or faith; forgiveness or unforgiveness; belief or unbelief.
Matthew 12:33
James 3:2
2. Your words fix the
landmarks of your life.
- The words you spoke yesterday make your life what it is today.
- Jesus said that you can have what you say.
You are today what you said you would be
yesterday.
James 3:2-5
3. Your words affect
your spirit.
- James 1:26
- You have two sets of ears—outer ear and inner ear.
Mark 4:9, 23
- Whatever seeds you sow in your heart—your heart will produce
that fruit.
The Effect of Words
A man shall eat
good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. He
that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have
destruction. Proverbs 13:2, 3
A wholesome tongue
is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. Proverbs 15:4
A man’s belly
shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he
be filled. Proverbs 18:20
Words in The Home
The atmosphere of
your home is the product of words.
Use your words to encourage one another.
Use your words to build healthy and positive self-images. Learn to make your words work
for you, not against you.
Christian Curses
Mark 11:12-23
To curse simply
means, “to call evil upon,” “to speak against,” or “to speak
negatively of.”
A Christian can curse
by speaking negatively about someone or something.
Very often (too
often) Christians curse their homes, their lives, their families, the businesses, etc.
Without realizing what they are doing.
Complaining about
tough times and how bad things are is an open doorway for Satan to deliver tragedy to your
home.
James 3:5-12
Carnal Christians
find it easy to speak with a worldly tongue.
It is easy to to be
negative and speak negatively because the world is geared and programmed this way.
An unscriptural
confession is a confession of death, defeat, and failure. It is a proclamation of the
supremacy of Satan.
Such confessions only
glorify the work of Satan in your life. They will destroy
your faith and keep you in bondage.
With your mouth (not
with your heart) you will determine who has control of your life; God or Satan.
Faith Must Speak
There is no such
thing as faith without confession.
- Mark 11:22-24
- Romans 10:8-10
- 2 Corinthians 4:13
Start confessing your faith over your
fears.
2 Corinthians 10:4, 5
Examine each thought.
If it is not of God,
throw it away; proclaim God’s word instead.
Soon you will have
far fewer doubts and fears.
Speak the answer, not
the problem.
Right And Wrong Thinking
Your confession will
liberate you or imprison you.
How were you
liberated from a life of sin and spiritual death?
Romans 10:9, 10, 13
The rules for
liberation have not changed just because you made a confession of Christ as Savior.
Source of Thoughts
Romans 8:5-7
Thoughts come from
one of two sources:
Our flesh
Our spirit
Satan uses the appetites of your flesh.
God speaks to us
through our spirit.
Learn to stay in
close fellowship with God through prayer, meditation, and the study of God’s word.
Three Confessions
There are three types
of confession recognized in Scripture.
1. The confession of
a sinner.
- The sinner is guilty of only one sin—unbelief of Jesus as
Savior and Lord. The sinner must confess Jesus as Savior and Lord.
2. The believer’s confession of sins.
- God forgives us the moment we confess our faults. We are then
cleansed from all unrighteousness.
3. The confession of our faith in
God’s word.
- This type of confession embraces the following essentials:
Affirming something we believe.
Testifying to
something we know.
Witnessing for a
truth that we have embraced.
The biggest problem
for most of us is in knowing precisely what we should be confessing.
Our confession should center around five things.
1. What God, in
Christ, has done for us in his plan of redemption.
2. What God, through
the word and the Holy Ghost, has done for us in the new birth and the infilling of the
Holy Ghost.
3. What we are to
God.
4. What Jesus is
doing for us now, seated at the right hand of the Father.
5. What God can do
through us.
Remember
God created the
universe with words. Get in the habit of thinking big things.
Learn to use words
that will react upon your own spirit.
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