CONFESSION: KEY TO UNLOCKING THE GOD KIND OF FAITH !

CONFESSION: KEY TO UNLOCKING THE GOD KIND OF FAITH :CONFESSION OF THE SINNER TODAT (John 16:7-11) "Nevertheless I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me; Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and you see me no more; Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged." Notice the words of Jesus in verse 9: "Of sin, because they believe not on me." Jesus shows us that the sinner will be convicted by the Holy Spirit of only one sin, and that is "because they believe not on me." To believe on Jesus is not just to believe the Name of Jesus, it is to believe The Word of God. For He Is the Word of God (John 1:1). "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." The Scriptures furthermore tells us that the demons believe also on the name of Jesus as also of the words of Jesus and tremble. How many times have we insisted that the center confess all the sins he or she has ever committed in order to be saved. However, he or she couldn't confess all the sins he or she has ever committed. He or she couldn't remember everything they has ever done ! The chief confession the Sinner's must make is the Lordship of Jesus. In asking the Father to forgive them, this is what breaks the power of the devil or demons over the lives of the sinner. In (Acts 19:18) we read, "And many that believed came, and confessd, and shewed their deeds." These were Gentiles. It doesn't say what they confessed, but it is evident from the verse that follows that they were confessing the magical arts they had been practicing. Such as horoscope, tarot cards, palm reading, and any other practice of witchcraft. The Scriptures also indicate that we cannot sit at the table of the Lord and of the devil. "Many of them also which use curious arts brought their books together, and burn them before all men. . ." (v. 19). They were not confessing these things to get saved, because they already were saved. They gave them up because they were not saved. So many times people have gotten the cart before the horse. They tell unsaved people, "you are going to have to quit this, in you're going to have to give up that before you can get saved." But the main issue is that they accept the Lordship of Jesus. In Which He is the gift of God for all humanity ! Then those other things will take care of themselves. There was a family in which the wife was saved but the husband wasn't. When I visit in the home and invited the husband to come to hear the Word of God, he said, "No, I don't want to go, because when I do, I feel uneasy. I get under conviction. Just this morning my wife asked me why I don't give up this and that and get saved. She doesn't know it, but for weeks at a time I have tried giving up these things, but I always go back to them. I've tried and failed. There's no use in my coming to hear the Word of God. I just can't live it." Here is an example of confession in reverse. He was trying to clean up his life and quit all his habits--- does this sound familiar--- he was trying to do it all himself--- so he could get saved. But what he should have done was just confess the Lordship of Jesus. "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 shall be saved "(Romans 10:9). The Sinner has served Satan. Many precious believers or Christians are still serving Satan, and think that they are serving God by attending what they called church of their particular denomination. Many of the so-called pastors are more concerned about money then the souls of the people, and many preachers are imitating other preachers who teach errors in their doctrine that they have got from seminary or theology schools of thought and are holding the people in bondage. I have had preaches to tell me that the ministry is a business ! And that is the way most of the places that you called church is ran in a business format. Remember, the Prince of the world, who is the god of this world is judged !