Confession of Faith - June 3, 2004

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 2.6.3 - #155

June 3, 2004

I am fully persuaded that God cannot lie, and I draw near to him with total confidence in his word. God's word has gone forth out of his mouth and will not return to him unfulfilled. If I have made peace with him, I walk with him in total agreement with what is written in heaven. I must open my mouth, and say what God has said if I have resolved my differences with him. My faith should bind me to him in total agreement so that we may walk together. It should always draw me toward him and never allow me to go from him. It should lead me in the path of righteousness at all times. The still waters should always be in focus because of the goal of faith. If I have true faith, I should be fixed on his purpose and his way. One of the goals of faith is to agree with the truth of what has been declared by God while resting on his authority and reality. I do not need any other evidence other than to know that what he has said is the truth. I believe.

Many of the Lord's people find it easier to disagree with him and agree with the adversary. They are people in whom there is no faith. They are a froward generation, and God will hide his face from them. He is provoked unto jealousy, for they romance the strange gods of unbelief. They open their mouths and call God a liar, for they do not believe his word. They have allowed an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the Living God, to be their counsel. They have obeyed their own hearts instead of his voice. God has said, "Obey my voice, and I will be your God. You shall be my people, and walk in all the ways that I have commanded you so that it may be well unto you." Many have not taken a sincere notice of what God has said. They have not inclined a listening ear to his voice but have walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart. They have gone backward and not forward. They have become hardened in their hearts through the deceitfulness of sin, not holding the beginning of their confidence steadfast unto the end. I will go and say in their ears, "Today if you will hear the voice of God, harden not your hearts as in the provocation." I cannot be a part of his bride if I grieve him. God desires to say concerning me, "This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased." Without faith, it is impossible to please God. I look up into the heavenly places and notice that the heavens are opened unto me. He dwells within me, and he is speaking inside of me. I will not listen to another testimony when I have access to Jesus' testimony within me.

Many have evil framed against them because they have not walked by faith. They framed for themselves unbelief instead of a good report. Through faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. I testify as a righteous man, for the testimony of an unrighteous man does not please God. By faith, Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, with him testifying of his gifts, and by it, he being dead, yet speaketh. I open my mouth, and speak the word of God that I should live by, for man does not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. He has given me the Rhema of God. Now I open my mouth and speak what God has so graciously given unto me. The Rhema of God has creative power. He made the heavens and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. He made the earth by his power and established the world by his wisdom. He stretched out the heavens by his discretion. He uttered with his voice, and a multitude of waters came forth. He made lightnings with rain and brought forth the wind out of his treasures. God made all things, and without him, was not anything made that was made. I open my mouth and say what he has said then shall I be turned from all these vanities and voices of other gods unto serving Jesus, the Living God.

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.