SCRIPTURAL VERIFICATION

The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy 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 believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

(Romans 10:8-10)

 

CONFESSION

Series 2_#8

 

January 8, 2004

I behold the faces of men who once preached the gospel. I notice the faces of those who remain.

(The faces that followed were the faces of these men as children.)

If they had remained as children, then they would not have gone back to the world. The enemy has set the vines of pride on the walls of this world. I may go among the vines of pride and satisfy myself, but I will not find the Lord among the vines and the spiders of the world. He is only found by those who seek him with a whole heart. If I seek him among the vines of pride, I will only climb to higher heights to leap from as I commit spiritual suicide. It is foolish to go higher in the vines of pride. I will come down from the vines of pride, for in the next season, these attractive vines with beautiful flowers of disobedience shall be the hard, dry vines of destruction.

I have looked down from my wall of assumed escape and beheld the huge rock below me. Jesus is the rock who followed me here. Now I will let go of my vines of pride and fall upon him, the rock, and I will be broken. I can be broken today and express the sacrifices of God. If I continue my climb over the wall before me, then I will fall because of my haughtiness, and this same rock shall fall on me and grind me to powder. I let go of all things in my heart and fall into the big arms of the Rock. What seems to be a hard place, is really my shelter from the storm. What seems to be a long way off, is really my hiding place. I let go and win Christ. He is here to be won. The choice is mine, the Resurrection or Destruction.

 

Hebrews 10:22 - 23

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;)

 

Ephesians 2:8-9

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.