CONFESSION: KEY TO UNLOCKING THE GOD KIND OF FAITH !

CONFESSION: KEY TO UNLOCKING THE GOD KIND OF FAITH: The Sinner is serving Satan today. He or she is guilty of only one sin in the sight of God: The gift of God which is Jesus Christ, is the power of God unto salvation to those who will believe. Believe what ? Believe that Jesus is the Son of the living God who came and died and rose four the sins of the world as well as sins of the believer. The rejection of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, is to deny that Jesus is Lord and King. God demands that the sinner confesses the Lordship of Jesus. Confessing the Lordship of Jesus is the very heart of the gospel. To demand that a sinner confesses his or her sins before God can make him a new creature makes no sense that it would for me to make a statement of faith and take it back. Likewise, it is self evident that the sinner is a child of the devil. What he are she must confess is the Lordship of Christ Jesus. They must be truly sorry for the sins of the past and turn from them, forsaking them completely and acknowledging his or her need of a Savior, this is true repentance. Then he or she must let Jesus dominate his or her daily life. Of course this takes time to develop, because they have developed in the negative stream or in the nature of the enemy the devil ! Notice also the words, "Thou shalt confess with the mouth . . ." There must be a Vocal confession. The lips must frame the words confession is not only for our sakes, but it is also for the sakes of the world and for the sake of Satan, who has ruled our lives. "But if our gospel be hidden it is hidden to them that are lost, in whom the god of this world or age hath blinded the minds of them who believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus sake." (2 Corinthians 4:3--5). Now, Satan is both prince and god of this world ! Notice (John 16:11) of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged." A number of years ago, some meaning in which you call church came to a meeting asking for prayer for certain man who still was unsaved, although he had been coming to their early morning prayer services five days a week for six months. I heard about him a few nights later at a Saturday night Bible class that was conducted especially for men who worked and couldn't attend the day sessions. The Lord immediately spoke to my heart and showed me what the problem was. We had a few testimonies in this meeting, and then I asked this man to stand and give his testimony. Startled, he stammered, "Why, I can't. I'm not saved yet." I asked him to turn in his Bible to (Romans 10:9-10) and read these verses out loud. He read, "that if thou shalt confess with the mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believe it unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." When I asked him to read the last phrase again, he repeated, "and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." I said, "early you can't be saved until you confess. It is with the mouth that confession is made unto salvation, according to the Scripture which you have just read. Now stand and confess that you are saved." He replied. "Maybe not," I said, "but you have been coming to these meetings early every morning for six months praying to be saved." "Yes, I have repented and prayed, cried and begged God for forgiveness," he said. "Then all you like is standing on this verse," I said. Somewhat reluctantly he stood and said, "well That, I do believe this verses that Jesus died for my sins and was raised from the dead, and that God raised him up for my justification. So I take Him as my Savior and confess Him as my Lord." Then he quickly sat down. To direct attention away from him, I called on another man to testify. Several others testified as well. Glancing back at him, I noticed his face was shining with the glory of God. I turned to him and said, "Now would you like to testify again ?" He leaped to his feet and said, "when I made that statement--- when I confessed Jesus as my Lord-- something happened inside of me," and he went on to praise the Lord joyfully. I told him, "most assuredly something happened to you ! Eternal life was imparted to your spirit."