Confession unto God

 Hbr 11:6 ASV - And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing [unto him]; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

Rom 10:10 ASV - for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Greek: homologeo
Confess, Confession:   " To speak the same as  "

lit., "to speak the same thing" (homos, "same," lego, "to speak"), "to assent, accord, agree with," denotes,
(a) "to confess, declare, admit," Jhn 1:20; e.g., Act 24:14; Hbr 11:13;

(b) "to confess by way of admitting oneself guilty of what one is accused of, the result of inward conviction," 1Jo 1:9;

(c) "to declare openly by way of speaking out freely, such confession being the effect of deep conviction of facts," Mat 7:23; 10:32 (twice) and Luk 12:8 (see next par.); Jhn 9:22; 12:42; Act 23:8; Rom 10:9, 10 ("confession is made"); 1Ti 6:12 (RV); Tts 1:16; 1Jo 2:23; 4:2, 15; 2Jo 1:7 

(d) "to confess by way of celebrating with praise," Hbr 13:15;

In Mat 10:32; Luk 12:8 the construction of this verb with en, "in," followed by the dative case of the personal pronoun, has a special significance, namely, to "confess" in a person's name, the nature of the "confession" being determined by the context, the suggestion being to make a public "confession." Thus the statement, "every one . . . who shall confess Me (lit., "in Me," i.e., in My case) before men, him (lit., "in him," i.e., in his case) will I also confess before My Father ...," conveys the thought of "confessing" allegiance to Christ as one's Master and Lord, and, on the other hand, of acknowledgment, on His part, of the faithful one as being His worshipper and servant, His loyal follower; this is appropriate to the original idea in homologeo of being identified in thought or language.

1Ti 6:12 ASV - Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
1Ti 6:13 ASV - I charge thee in the sight of God, who giveth life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed the good confession;
Hbr 4:14 ASV - Having then a great high priest, who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
Hbr 10:23 ASV - let us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised:
Hbr 13:15 ASV - Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name.

Amo 3:3 ASV - Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?
Jesus said if you confess me before men than I will confess you before my Father.
Luk 6:46 ASV - And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
He said if you love me you will obey my words      Luk 6:47 ASV - Every one that cometh unto me, and heareth my words, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like:
The word of God has the power to save our souls James says ,   Jhn 6:54 ASV - He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Jhn 6:55 ASV - For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
Jhn 6:56 ASV - He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me, and I in him.
Jhn 6:57 ASV - As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall live because of me.    Eating his flesh is partaking of the word eating his word the bread of life and his blood is his very nature taking on the nature of Jesus Christ, producing the fruit of the spirit.
Lev 17:11 ASV - For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh atonement by reason of the life.


The manna in the wilderness was a sign a shadow of the true , the children were in the wilderness and they had come to a place of total lack. No water no food and miles in the desert.   The word says a rock follow them and gave them water.   1Cr 10:3 ASV - and did all eat the same spiritual food;
1Cr 10:4 ASV - and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ.   The water being the pure word of God , the washing water of the word.

Jhn 6:58 ASV - This is the bread which came down out of heaven: not as the fathers ate, and died; he that eateth this bread shall live for ever.  The bread of life the living bread and he is speaking of this great word being alive in you and when we confess his word and walk in it we agree that it is true. And then we walk as he walked.  With out the spirit of God in you the promise Jesus spoke of ,    being endued with power the Holy Spirit power .   The word speaks of men holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power therefore.   The only way God can work in us is by the power of his spirit in us , changing the intents of the heart and the thoughts of the mind cutting all the way to the morrow of our bones.

Jhn 15:7 ASV - If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will,  and it shall be done unto you.
The two walking together is you and the word of God, is you life indicative of your walk. The word says so as you have received the lord Jesus so walk ye in him.    The Greek word confess has every thing to do with your life .  Confess  to speak the same thing" (homos, "same," lego, "to speak"), "to assent, accord, agree with,"   Hbr 8:5 ASV - who serve [that which is] a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warned [of God] when he is about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern that was showed thee in the mount.
Hbr 8:6 ASV - But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.
Jesus brought the better promises , Do we know what are the promises of God to us by faith. Every thing Christ did while he was on the earth was God in him he was doing the works.    Jesus said the words that I speak they are of the father for God was in Christ bringing reconciliation to you and I .
Hbr 4:12 ASV - For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow,  and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.    So Jesus said if you confess me , saying yes to his word and no to the world . You must have the fulness of the Holy Ghost for this word to be alive and working in you. There is a baptism of the spirit not just a few words spoken no it is an experience that will change your life for ever it is a promise from God .   The moment Paul heard them speak he heard their confession  Act 19:1 ASV - And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper country came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples:
    Act 19:3 ASV - And he said, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.
Act 19:4 ASV - And Paul said, John baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people that they should believe on him that should come after him, that is, on Jesus.
Act 19:5 ASV - And when they heard this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
Act 19:6 ASV - And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.  
Act 19:7 ASV - And they were in all about twelve men.      Along with repentance comes a change of heart it is the beginning of your salvation .   The word in Acts says 1.  To repent  have a change of mind   2. be baptized into the name of Jesus Christ to have your sins remitted  3. And you SHALL receive the gift of the Holy Ghost  .   Rom 11:29 ASV - For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of.   God does not change his mind his gifts and his calling for all man kind it is for you and as many as the Lord God shall call .   The word becomes active and alive in you when the Lord abides in you .    1Jo 2:24 ASV - As for you, let that abide in you which ye heard from the beginning.    If that which ye heard from the beginning abide in you, ye also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father.  

The word of God shall never be destroyed  from this earth many people have tried, but we know who is in charge.  Gods word is everlasting .   Now this book called the bible,   Websters says  The sacred scriptures of Christians comprising the Old Testament and the New Testament .  A book comprising many books and it says that God moved upon men by his spirit to write his word .  This word is God breathed and true down to the dot of an i  .     But it is only a book of paper and ink if it is not reveled by his spirit ,    1Cr 2:14 ASV - Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.    It says the natural man , holding a from of godliness .   With God it is all or nothing no fence riders  no half white and half black part righteous and part evil. No little white lies and God does not wink at sin.  There is no such thing as a feel good religion .  Some serve God out of a haughty spirit,  with a vain and proud spirit.  Fleshly works and their God is there belly  .  The ministry of Jesus was to bring about many sons ,   the man child is his spirit in you bring about that total surrender to God .   Jesus said you must be born again there is no other way unto God he gave you the power of his spirit and grace to believe by faith.   Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed  .  How can two walk together ,  this word when being proclaimed out of your mouth by faith has the power to move mountains .   Jesus cursed the fig tree as a sign to his disciples .   Jesus said many times before he even laid hands on people he said behold your faith has made you whole and they were healed.  Let it be according to your faith,and without faith it is impossible to please God.  You are calling those things that are not as though they were you see it in Gods promises and you see it in the spirit.   Abraham believed that even if his son died God would raise him up again. Faith is something hope for if you can touch it or see feel it  that is not faith. So it is with religion most religions you do not have to have faith to believe their doctrines .     Rom 4:17 ASV - (as it is written, A father of many nations have I made thee) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who giveth life to the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were.
Rom 4:18 ASV - Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy seed be. 


Mat 21:19 ASV - And seeing a fig tree by the way side, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only; and he saith unto it, Let there be no fruit from thee henceforward for ever.    And immediately the fig tree withered away.
Mat 21:20 ASV - And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How did the fig tree immediately wither away?
Mat 21:21 ASV - And Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do what is done to the fig tree, but even if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea, it shall be done.   Is your bible a book of paper and Ink or just pages with writings as others ,  or is your bible the word what you walk with every day and believe.  It says if you have Faith and doubt not .   There is a great revival coming in these last days , the word of God is coming with great revelation . And those who are called by his name will walk in that word with great power and strength from God.      Hbr 4:14 ASV - Having then a great high priest, who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
Hbr 10:23 ASV - let us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised:
Hbr 13:15 ASV - Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name.  And his name is the character  the power the authority of Christ in you the hope of glory . 

Mat 16:16 ASV - And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
 Mat 16:18 ASV - And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.   Jesus said he is building his true church upon this rock who is Christ himself the nature and the authority of himself.   The true foundation .

Mat 16:19 ASV - I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.   The word keys  Greek: kleis
Key:

"a key," is used metaphorically
(a) of "the keys of the kingdom of heaven," which the Lord committed to Peter, Mat 16:19, by which he would open the door of faith, as he did to Jews at Pentecost, and to Gentiles in the person of Cornelius, acting as one commissioned by Christ, through the power of the Holy Spirit; he had precedence over his fellow disciples, not in authority,  but in the matter of time, on the ground of his confession of Christ (Mat 18:16); equal authority was committed to them (Mat 18:18);

(b) of "the key of knowledge," Luk 11:52, i.e., knowledge of the revealed will of God, by which men entered into the life that pleases God; this the religious leaders of the Jews had presumptuously "taken away," so that they neither entered in themselves, nor permitted their hearers to do so;

Mar 10:39 ASV - And they said unto him, We are able.   And Jesus said unto them, The cup that I drink ye shall drink; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:
The importance of this verse speaks very plain of our cross and our walk.  Jesus said we shall drink of his cup of affliction and to suffer as he suffered .   And going back to Romans 6 and realizing the death on the cross we must come to.    Rom 6:5 ASV - For if we have become united with [him] in the likeness of his death, we shall be also [in the likeness] of his resurrection;

2Ti 3:12 ASV - Yea, and all that would live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.


Col 1:27 ASV - to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles,  WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU , the hope of glory: