Faith Bible Study Guide
Let me state this: There is no faith without confession. There is no such thing as faith without confession! Confession is faith’s way of expressing itself. Faith, like love, is of the heart or the spirit. And you know just as well as I do that there is no love with-out word or action. You can’t reason love into people and you can’t reason love out of them because love is of the heart. Faith is of the heart or the spirit, too, and it’s safe to say that there is no faith without confession. And faith, like love, grows with your confession.
Remember your confession does two things for you: First, it pinpoints your location. Second, it sets the boundaries of your life. You don’t realize beyond what you say. If you say you can’t, then you can’t. You get nothing. But if you say you can, then you can. You can have what you say, whether you talk unbelief or belief. Your confession mightily affects your spirit or your inner man.
The reason the majority of Christians are weak, although they are sincere, is they have never boldly declared who they are in Christ. What they must do is find out from the Scripture how God the Father looks at them and then confess that. These scriptures are found primarily in the epistles, as they were written to the Church. When you find those scriptures, boldly confess what the Word declares you are in Christ. As you do this, your faith will abound.
The reason faith is weak and held in bondage is that you’ve never dared to confess you are who God says you are. Remember, faith never grows beyond your confession. Your daily confession of who the Father is to you, of what Jesus is doing for you now at the right hand of the Father, and what His mighty Holy Spirit is doing in you will build a solid, positive faith life. You will not be afraid of any circumstances. You will not be afraid of any disease. You will not be afraid of any condition. You will face life fearlessly, a conqueror.