July 19, 2004
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Confessing Jesus
Romans 10:9-10, “That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.”Inward conviction always calls for outward expression. In order to truly be saved, you must not only believe it in your heart but you must say it aloud also. You say aloud to God that you believe and also, you say it to others. For if you really believe something, you certainly would not keep it to yourself. You wanna shout your conviction to the world. This is what I mean by “inward conviction calls for outward expression.”
But what does it mean to confess that Jesus is Lord? This verb in these two verses has always tripped me up. Why does Paul say that we must “confess” it? Confession is usually admittance of something you did wrong. How does that work with confessing Jesus?
When you acknowledge that Jesus is Lord, you are admitting that you are not Lord, you are admitting that the way you have been living your entire life with YOURSELF on the throne is WRONG. You have been wrong all your life in living it by your own devices in accordance to your own pleasures. You are confessing that you have been living by the lies of this world, “brainwashed” by the Old Tapes. And now, you are going to live by the Truth! You are now going to live by the better way. In “confessing that Jesus is Lord,” you are in essence renouncing the past. And that is pretty key in becoming a new creation in Christ… =)
Comments (2)
you also confess your love, respect, commitment, and honor to someone! but i agree with what you said…confessing He is Lord and not me.
Guess who found you on xanga! Hey it’s me Stef, Colleen’s god sister. LONG time no talk or see, over a year since Colleen’s wedding! Wow does time fly! How funny you should mention the Old Tapes! Because that was what we went over when we met up for Bible Study one time, and God, the (PMC) Perfect Master Coordinator, organized everything to work out so that I wouldn’t start xanga when everyone else did but a year later to find you and read your last journal entry. I am currently struggling with my old tapes! Isn’t it wonderful how God uses all of us to fulfill his will without us even knowing it? Well I will talk to you later! Bye!