The power of Our Confession

Romans 10:9-10

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. [10] For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

“Confession is made unto salvation”

We understand that confession is God’s way for a person to be saved. Without confession there can be no salvation.
If confession is so important what exactly is confession?

Strong's Concordance defines confession as coming from the Greek word "homologeo," meaning covenant, acknowledge; confession is made. When confession is made, it is saying the same thing the word says. Confession then becomes affirmation of a Bible truth. The believer can say (confess) what the word says.

In short

a. Confession is faith's testimony in the mouth of the believer

b. Confession is agreeing with what God says

c. Confession is faith's way of expressing itself in the believer’s testimony

Remember, faith must be in our hearts and in our mouths. We are over comers by the word of our testimony (Re.12:11).

Do you know that Hebrews 3:1 reveals that Jesus, is the high priest of our confession. This means that as our high priest, Jesus acts on the believer's behalf, according to what the believer confesses.

What are we to confess?

We are to confess what the word says:

a. Our redemption is complete

b. The whole of scripture truth

c. The whole of God's revealed will

We should confess nothing but victory. We (the believer) are more than conquerors (Ro.8:37).

Another fact one should know about confession is that Confession brings possession

Notice in Romans 10:10, confession comes first, then salvation. It is important to notice that the word salvation comes from the Greek word "sozo," which means to be healed spiritually and healed physically. Confession not only brings spiritual healing but also physical healing.

Believers at the same time should be careful not to make wrong confessions.

Wrong confessions are those which are spoken contradictory to the word.

The believer will never rise above their confession. We become what we speak. Within the tongue is the power of life and death (Pr.18:21). We are also told that our words can snare us (Pr.6:2). Wrong confession contains the conversation that is contrary to what the word has to say. Wrong confession will shut the Father out and open the door for Satan to operate.

In Hebrews 4:14 we are advised to hold fast to your confession .
Hold fast to your confession at all times.

Remember as you try to hold fast :
a) your reasoning will try to dislodge you from you holding fast to your confession
b) your family members, friends, medical reports and other humans may try to dislodge.

Refuse to yield.

Hold on.

Once we find acknowledgment of a promise in the word, we need to hold fast to it. Paul instructed the believer to "hold fast the form of sound words" (2Ti.1:13). Refuse to let go of what the word declares to be yours. By confessing the Word, we put into motion the promise of the word spoken. David's confession was, "The Lord is my Shepherd" (Ps.23:1). By this confession, the wants were removed from David's life. We need to continue to hold fast the Lordship of Jesus Christ in our lives. He will not be any bigger in the believer than the confession of the believer. When adversity comes, storms come and the enemy comes in, remain steadfast in your confession.