Confession of Faith
Confession is an admission, especially of guilt or sin; also, a statement of religious
belief. To confess can mean to agree, to promise, or to admit something, profess,
declare openly. The same Hebrew word means both “praise” and “confession of sin”;
the two meanings were part of a single concept. The psalmist began by admitting sin
and God’s justice, and he ended by confessing God’s forgiveness and delivering
power”(Psalms 22, 20, 32, 51, 116).
Individuals confess that God is God and that He rules the world (I Chronicles 29:10-
13), that He is faithful in showing His love and kindness (Psalms 118:2-4, and that He
has helped His people (Psalms 105:1-6), such confession or agreement, expressed
publicly in worship or song, is spoken of in the Old Testament as “blessing the Lord”.
Both these meanings also occur in the New Testament. Christians confess (that is,
they declare as a matter of conviction, and allegiance) that Jesus is the Christ and
that they belong to Him. “Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will
I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me
before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 10:32-
33); and “whosoever denies the Son, the same has not the Father, but he that
acknowledges the Son has the Father also” (I John 2:23). Not to confess Christ is the
same as denying Him (Luke 12:8, Revelation 3:5).
The Bible also uses the word “confession” to describe an open, bold, and
courageous proclamation of one’s faith. The apostle Paul wrote: “If you confess with
your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from
the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes to righteousness, and
with the mouth confession is made to salvation”. The Christian life therefore begins
with a confession of faith, a public declaration before witnesses (Romans 10:9-10).
Jesus is not just a fire escape, to avoid going to hell, you have to make a commitment
to follow Him. Isaiah wrote “wherefore the Lord said, for as much as this people draw
near Me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor Me, but have removed their
heart, far from Me, and their fear toward Me is taught, by the precept of men” (Isaiah
29:13. Your confession is a statement of what you believe; it is necessary to
salvation; an additional dimension of the Christian’s confession is provided in I John 4:
2; one must confess that “Jesus Christ has come in the flesh,” that is, acknowledge
Jesus’ divinity and preexistence as the Son of God (that He has come “in the flesh”).
Just like you must confess to receive forgiveness of sins, you must confess God’s
word to receive healing, prosperity, etc. our confession, good or bad set the path for
our lives (Proverbs 4:20-23) “My son, attend to my words, incline your ear to my
sayings. Let them not depart from your eyes: keep them in the midst of your heart.
For they are life to those that find them, and health to all their flesh. Keep your heart
with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life”. You got to put your mouth in
agreement with God. some people believe, but don’t speak, the Bible says “we
having the same spirit of faith according as it is written, I believed and therefore have
I spoken, we also believe, and therefore speak” (II Corinthians 4:13). We should
speak the word only: Jesus said “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaks (Matthew 12:34b). So as God told Joshua, in Joshua 1:8 “this book of the law
shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate therein day and night, that
you may observe to do according to all that is written therein, for then you shall make
your way prosperous and then you shall have good success”, God gave Joshua the
key: meditate, practice, put the word first in your life.
The Greek word, “confession” literally means “saying the same thing”. The Christian’s
good confession is modeled after the pattern of Christ’s confession (I Timothy 6:12-
13) “fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereto you are also called,
and have professed a good profession before many witnesses. I give you charge in
the sight of God, who makes alive all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before
Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession”. Hold on to your confession of faith, “let
us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled
from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the
profession of our faith without wavering: (for He is faithful that promised). And let us
consider one another to provoke to love, and to good works. Not forsaking the
assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is, but exhorting one
another and so much the more, as you see the day approaching. For if we sin
willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more
sacrifice for sins” (Hebrews 10:22-26).
The Bible says, and this is God Almighty Himself, which says “put Me in
remembrance, let us plead together, declare you, that you may be justified” (Isaiah
43:26). Don’t stop confessing God’s word over your circumstances. The Bible says
“let the redeemed of the Lord say so” (Psalms 107:2). Remember that “God, who
makes alive the dead, and calls those things which be not as though they were”.
What are you confessing about your situation and circumstances? Remember the
Bible says “and they overcame him (the devil) by the blood of the Lamb and the word
of their testimony” (Revelation 12:11a).
Sermon by: Harriet Bond
Date: July 20, 2007
Confession is an admission, especially of guilt or sin; also, a statement of religious
belief. To confess can mean to agree, to promise, or to admit something, profess,
declare openly. The same Hebrew word means both “praise” and “confession of sin”;
the two meanings were part of a single concept. The psalmist began by admitting sin
and God’s justice, and he ended by confessing God’s forgiveness and delivering
power”(Psalms 22, 20, 32, 51, 116).
Individuals confess that God is God and that He rules the world (I Chronicles 29:10-
13), that He is faithful in showing His love and kindness (Psalms 118:2-4, and that He
has helped His people (Psalms 105:1-6), such confession or agreement, expressed
publicly in worship or song, is spoken of in the Old Testament as “blessing the Lord”.
Both these meanings also occur in the New Testament. Christians confess (that is,
they declare as a matter of conviction, and allegiance) that Jesus is the Christ and
that they belong to Him. “Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will
I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me
before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 10:32-
33); and “whosoever denies the Son, the same has not the Father, but he that
acknowledges the Son has the Father also” (I John 2:23). Not to confess Christ is the
same as denying Him (Luke 12:8, Revelation 3:5).
The Bible also uses the word “confession” to describe an open, bold, and
courageous proclamation of one’s faith. The apostle Paul wrote: “If you confess with
your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from
the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes to righteousness, and
with the mouth confession is made to salvation”. The Christian life therefore begins
with a confession of faith, a public declaration before witnesses (Romans 10:9-10).
Jesus is not just a fire escape, to avoid going to hell, you have to make a commitment
to follow Him. Isaiah wrote “wherefore the Lord said, for as much as this people draw
near Me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor Me, but have removed their
heart, far from Me, and their fear toward Me is taught, by the precept of men” (Isaiah
29:13. Your confession is a statement of what you believe; it is necessary to
salvation; an additional dimension of the Christian’s confession is provided in I John 4:
2; one must confess that “Jesus Christ has come in the flesh,” that is, acknowledge
Jesus’ divinity and preexistence as the Son of God (that He has come “in the flesh”).
Just like you must confess to receive forgiveness of sins, you must confess God’s
word to receive healing, prosperity, etc. our confession, good or bad set the path for
our lives (Proverbs 4:20-23) “My son, attend to my words, incline your ear to my
sayings. Let them not depart from your eyes: keep them in the midst of your heart.
For they are life to those that find them, and health to all their flesh. Keep your heart
with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life”. You got to put your mouth in
agreement with God. some people believe, but don’t speak, the Bible says “we
having the same spirit of faith according as it is written, I believed and therefore have
I spoken, we also believe, and therefore speak” (II Corinthians 4:13). We should
speak the word only: Jesus said “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaks (Matthew 12:34b). So as God told Joshua, in Joshua 1:8 “this book of the law
shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate therein day and night, that
you may observe to do according to all that is written therein, for then you shall make
your way prosperous and then you shall have good success”, God gave Joshua the
key: meditate, practice, put the word first in your life.
The Greek word, “confession” literally means “saying the same thing”. The Christian’s
good confession is modeled after the pattern of Christ’s confession (I Timothy 6:12-
13) “fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereto you are also called,
and have professed a good profession before many witnesses. I give you charge in
the sight of God, who makes alive all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before
Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession”. Hold on to your confession of faith, “let
us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled
from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the
profession of our faith without wavering: (for He is faithful that promised). And let us
consider one another to provoke to love, and to good works. Not forsaking the
assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is, but exhorting one
another and so much the more, as you see the day approaching. For if we sin
willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more
sacrifice for sins” (Hebrews 10:22-26).
The Bible says, and this is God Almighty Himself, which says “put Me in
remembrance, let us plead together, declare you, that you may be justified” (Isaiah
43:26). Don’t stop confessing God’s word over your circumstances. The Bible says
“let the redeemed of the Lord say so” (Psalms 107:2). Remember that “God, who
makes alive the dead, and calls those things which be not as though they were”.
What are you confessing about your situation and circumstances? Remember the
Bible says “and they overcame him (the devil) by the blood of the Lamb and the word
of their testimony” (Revelation 12:11a).
Sermon by: Harriet Bond
Date: July 20, 2007
