Confession of Faith - March 31, 2005

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

OF FAITH

Series 3.3.31 - #90

Words of Light Upon the Face of Darkness

March 31, 2005

Jesus is the resurrection and the life. He gave his life for me. I was dead in trespasses and sins. There was no way out of the pit of sin by my own efforts, for I was sold under sin. Many are sold under debt in the natural realm, but now there is freedom from all things by the blood which Jesus shed for us. Jesus is the resurrection, and there is no power that can hold him down. He gave his life for me and the whole world. No man took his life, but he willingly laid his life down, and he forcefully took it up again. He shall take away those called by his name, just as he took up his own body from the grave and from the jaws of death. I will not be a slave any longer to anything but love. The Lord has chosen me as a slave to love. God is love, and I am his bondservant in love.

I will not boast of my works, but I will be assured that the light of this glorious gospel is shining brighter than ever before, for the increase of this light is without end. It is increasing in every way, for the glory of it shall be greater than the glory of the former house. I open my eyes and see that the glow of this latter house is shining with the radiance of many suns.

Jesus is the resurrection. Corruption could not set into his holiness. Death could not find strength in its jaws to keep Jesus in its clutches. All things of man and all things of the principalities and powers are no match for the strength of his liberty. Jesus is the liberator of mankind. He is the restorer of the breach. He has brought me out with a mighty and a high hand. Now we lift up our heads and allow them to be as gates. Jesus is the King of glory, walking in the light of his own liberty. I will go and walk in the light of his liberty and then shall I know the way of the holy. He is the light of the world. He has made me the light of the world. I cannot be hidden, for I am in this place of the light and all things of the darkness look upon me from outside of the light. These things cannot comprehend what I am doing, for the darkness does not comprehend the light. I will walk in the light and then shall there be no comprehension of my way by my foes. When I walk in the darkness, the things of the darkness shall make me their slave.

The Lord has brought unto me the glorious liberty of the gospel. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. I will go unto him, and he will show me great and mighty things, which I do not know. I will not be as the proud who fall everyday. I will not be as the haughty who run before the spirit that brings down to low-type living, but I will be as he is and walk meekly and lowly. The Lord has rest for me that shall cause me to be refreshed in this evening time.

I will go and say unto the people,

"Arise and receive rest. Arise and be refreshed. Arise and know the power of the resurrection in this time of the evening. It is evening time, and there is light. Come and let us worship in the evening light. Come and let us make our abode in the chambers of his preparation. Come, O bride of the Morning Star, for your husband does begin his journey to your door. His trumpet is in his hand, and his lips are positioned to shout with the voice of an archangel. Open up your hearts, and know the way of the righteous. Hear the voice of the spirit, and know that the sound of his love has come unto those who have entered into the place of evening light."

The Lord has light for his church. I will go and proclaim the words that he does put in my mouth, for he will speak in this hour through the vessels called to minister.

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.