Confession of Faith - July 13, 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 2.7.13 - #195

July 13, 2004

Jesus is the author of a good work in me. He will finish what he started in me. There will be no closure in my life until he has finished with me. He did not begin a good work to end in a bad work. He will accomplish what he set out to do. He is more than able to fulfill what he started, for he is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that I am able to ask or think. I will not reckon the finished work a product of my mind or human reasoning. I have faith in his promises. It is impossible for him to lie. I am confident of this fact: he began a good work in me, and he will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. I will rely on his promises or unbelief will snare me and hinder me in becoming what I should be. I will be totally convinced that what God has said is true. I believe what he has said, so I will not agree with anything that is contrary to the truth of his promises to me. I am fully persuaded that what he has promised, he will perform. No one can prevent him from accomplishing what he has determined to do. He is the finisher of my faith. No one can terminate my faith.

The Lord is the chief executive who has executed my faith. He is the one who works in me both to will and to do of his own good pleasure. I look unto him. He is the author and the finisher of my faith. For the joy that was set before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. The Lord is the consummator the completer. He is the captain, the prince of peace. He has made himself known to me. Now I will not be ashamed of his gospel or him. I know who I have believed in and am fully persuaded that the Lord is able to keep that which I have committed unto against that day. I will not be discouraged because of hard times or difficulties. I will endure hardness as a good soldier of his. In the end, I will have fought a good fight and finished my course. In the end, I will have kept the faith, and he will give me a crown of righteousness. I will not look unto my own ability or my own sufficiency as a source for arriving at the crowning time and place. I look unto him, the great high priest that is passed into the heavens. He is touched with the feeling of my infirmities; therefore I know of a truth, that he understands how I feel.

Jesus was tempted in all points just like me; therefore, he understands the pressure brought on by temptations. I come boldly unto the throne of grace, and I will be given mercy. I will find grace to help me in this time of need. He is the God of all grace. He is the author of grace. His grace is sufficient for me. No one will terminate the grace that is being freely given me when he is its author and finisher. No one can dispose of the grace of God. He started out by giving me grace, and he will place the final coat of grace upon my life. I will be varnished with grace before closure is brought to my life. My life shall not end, nor reach a conclusion until he has finished what he started. I do not believe the limits being expressed by demons. They do not set the boundaries for God's plan, neither can they discontinue the fruit of his love unto me. They have no strategy to bar the passage of grace unto me. There is no gate that can block his grace from entering into my life. They have no power to deny grace an access unto me. They cannot suspend the grace of God, for he is the author of this eternal salvation and the finisher of the love that prompted him to grant it. No one will separate me from his love. Nothing will separate me from his love. He has not contracted the demons of this world as partners in finishing the work of grace in my life. Jesus opened the book of my life, and only he can close it. My life shall not end until he has closed the book of my life and sealed it with the same grace that he started it with.

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.