Faith Bible Study Guide
The dictionary says that “to confess” means to acknowledge or to own up to or to acknowledge faith in. It also means to make confession of one’s faults. But remember, one definition is to make confession of one’s faith or to acknowledge faith in God’s Word.
If we just live on one side of this confession subject – the negative side – and constantly confess our faults and failures, and that’s all we ever confess, then we are going to grow to be lopsided in our Christian life. This will build weakness and sin and failure- consciousness into our spirits. Actually, Christianity is called “The Great Confession.” Confessing is actually three things:
1. Confession is stating something we believe.
2. Confession is declaring something we know to be true.
3. Confession is proclaiming a truth we’ve accepted wholeheartedly.
In other words, your confession is a proclamation of what you know to be true. Your confession states what you believe. Your confession declares some-thing you know. And your confession proclaims a truth you have accepted wholeheartedly.