Confession of Faith

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. (Rom 10:9)

Confession is beyond articulation of speech, but to assent or to come to a place of concurrence and even to the point of covenant. Out of the belief of the fullness or overflowing heart the mouth confesses faith in acknowledging the power of both the cross and resurrection.  The cross of dying to self, sin and the old man and resurrection to being alive to God in Christ Jesus. It is something that the Father has worked in by grace by the ‘effectual working of His power’ (Eph 3:7). Death always precede resurrection; not just one occasion but daily (1 Cor 15:31). In His light, we see light as well as areas of the darkness in the inner man that needs renewing.

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) (Heb 10:23)

What keeps us from straying and keeping our foot on the pathway of faith is because God is faithful. We hold on not our faith but to God. Faith brings into reality our son-ship and His Promises (Eph 3:6). If we are to profess or confess (same root word), check our speech… ‘Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?’ (Jas 3:11)