Confession of Truth

Lately, the biblical practice of confession has been lighting up inside me. I want to share a few things that I have learned and come to embrace over the past few months that have been changing my life – and hopefully they will encourage you as well.

Note: The Greek word for confess is homologeo, and it simply means to “speak the same as”.

The term “confession” usually is associated with the practice of confessing sin. This is certainly not a bad thing as confessing sin comes packaged with a glorious promise from God (1 John 1:9)! Praise God for giving us this spiritual weapon that exposes any darkness that may be found in us with His purifying light! What I have come to realize, however, is that confession of sin is just one side of biblical confession. The other, much more neglected side, is the confession of truth.

Romans 10 is the clearest picture of this truth when it says “..⁸‘the Word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart’ (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); ⁹because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.”

Upon study of this particular scripture a few conclusions I have come to are as follows:

1.     Faith isn’t faith unless it is vocal.

2.     Confession of Christ (Truth) is crucial to both our justification and our sanctification.

Jesus Himself reveals the connection between the heart and the mouth in Matt. 12:34 where He says that “out of the abundance of your heart the mouth speaks.” He is saying that what comes out of our mouths is the indication of what is found in our hearts. Basically, the words that come out of your mouth give evidence to what God already knows is dwelling in abundance in your heart. I don’t know about you, but I want the fruit of my lips to indicate truth in my inward being (Ps. 51:6)!

A few other thoughts I have come to while meditating and studying this theme of confessing truth:

            1. As we confess the Word of God more and more, we will actually have to confess sin less and less.

            2. Confession of sin brings victory in the moment, while confession of truth will bring consistent victory over a                 lifetime.

            3. We live today (in the present) in the fruit of what we said yesterday (in the past) (Pv. 18:21; Js. 3:6).

            4. All throughout scripture, what we believe is strongly connected with our words (Mk. 11:22-24, Mt. 12:34, 2                  Cor. 4:13).

The most practical way to implement the confession of truth in your life today is to begin to speak back to God any truth in His Word. Maybe start with some of the promises He has for you!

Be Blessed!

Andrew