CONFESSION

We've said several times in recent blogs that we need to know who we are in Christ, and that's what I want to talk about in the next few blogs. Before I do that, however, we need to address the subject of "Confession".

Like "convicted", which we mentioned in the last blog, "confession" is also misunderstood. We think of confessing our sins, confessing our faults, confessing our weaknesses, our failures, etc. All of that is true, of course. But that is only one side of confession, the negative side. There is also a positive side. One definition of confession is "the open admittance of something."

Romans 10:10 says, "with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." I Timothy 6:13 tells us that Christ witnessed "a good confession" before Pontius Pilate. There are many other Scriptures that speak of a good confession. Just look in a concordance under "confess" and "confession" to find them.

We, too, need to make a good confession -- a confession of who we are in Christ. Someone has suggested making a written list of who we are in Christ (We forget so easily!) and reading it daily. Better yet, speak it aloud daily so you can hear your own lips proclaiming your profession, or your confession. It will strengthen your faith immeasurably!


Start with such affirmations, or confessions, as:

I am a child of God.
I am a new creation.
I am loved by God.
I am no longer under Satan's dominion.
I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.

We'll discuss these as well as other confessions in more detail in the days ahead.

God bless you as you confess who you are in Christ.

Preacher's Kid