Confession: Speaking the Same Thing as God

``confession. Somebody say confession. Confession, beloved, is our answer to the question that God asked Adam and Eve in the Garden Of Eden after they ate from the tree of knowledge. And the scripture records that when they ate that, they saw their own nakedness. In other words, they saw their own wretchedness and went and hid behind the bush. God who responded to this initial disobedience and self isolation sought them out, asking them and continues to ask us, where are you? [01:12:33] (55 seconds)  #ConfessAndReturn

There is something special about when we come together as the body of Christ. We're not going to allow no storm to keep us from coming together in community and we are grateful. Thank you so much for everyone whom adjusted your schedule. If you had to to be here this morning, but this is worship and it's not secluded to one particular day where every day that we wake up. If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, it's a day to give god the glory [00:49:02] (37 seconds)  #GatherToWorship

The way we you I'm trying. The way we use words in this contemporary culture is not the same way they use words in biblical culture. Come on in the room. Come on. Bring your class. Classroom is in session. So when you are studying the word of God, you cannot import your popularized definition of a word into a biblical meaning and understanding. We cannot take a twenty first century definition and place it on a sacred text that's over 2,000 and walk away thinking that we are doing as the word commands. Are y'all with me? That's why Paul did not say to Timothy, read the word, but Paul said to Timothy, study the word. [01:14:58] (64 seconds)  #StudyTheWord

Standing in agreement with God aligns your will, your words, your faith with God. And when you align, when you stand in agreement with God, your prayers are answered. When you stand in agreement with God, he gives you peace that passeth all understanding. [01:34:40] (31 seconds)  #AlignWithGod

we find that the word confess, I'm finished, means to stand in agreement with God. That's why that's why that's why John told the nonbelievers that if you say that you are without sin, the word of God has no place in your heart, and you are saying God is a liar. I'm trying to help us. And that's why Paul then says, if we confess the Lord Jesus Christ in other words, if we stand in agreement with God, ah, and believe within our hearts, you will be saved. [01:33:48] (52 seconds)  #BelieveAndConfess

That's why he says, if you say that you are without sin, you are turning God into a liar, and his word is not in. Because when we read the word of God, the word of God tells us, that our nature is sinful. [01:31:47] (25 seconds)  #AcknowledgeSinNature

Lord, y'all kept trying to set the people free. Nowhere in the Bible does it say constantly repeat your sins. Lord, come on. Come on. But the Bible says repent of your sins. Repent means to turn away, to change your mind, to transform your thoughts because your thoughts influences the way you feel, and your feelings influence your behavior. Whoo. Are y'all with me? [01:21:06] (39 seconds)  #RepentAndChange

Some of you still looking at me funny. Jesus did not die for your individual sins. Oh, Chris. Jesus did not die for your cussing problem. Jesus did not die for your gluttony. Jesus did not die for your bad attitude. He died because your nature is sinful. [01:27:43] (37 seconds)  #SavedFromSinNature

The word confess is found 34 times in the New Testament, and only four of those 34 times do we find sin connected with confess. 14 times the word confess is used to refer to Jesus or the gospel. If we confess Jesus before men and women, two times, it's used to acknowledge God, and seven times, it is used to state something or speak the same thing. Let me say that again. Confession is used seven times in the Bible to state something or to speak the same thing. [01:17:22] (50 seconds)  #ConfessMeansMore

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Y'all missed it. Let me say it again. The text in first John chapter one verse nine uses the Greek word homologia. And it could read, if we homologia our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us of our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. [01:19:13] (28 seconds)  #SpeakTheSameThing

It will call it will begin to cause you to think that you won't make it as a Christian, that you have no value, but I come to serve the enemy. Notice the word of God tells us, there is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. So my brothers and sisters, confession of sin is not something that you do over and over again. The Bible says we are to repent of our sin. Yeah. [01:20:27] (38 seconds)  #NoCondemnation

A true confession is recognizing if God is not in your life, you are lost, you are blind, and you are wretched. In other words, when we homologia, we are acknowledging the same thing. We are lining ourselves up in agreement with God about our sinful nature. [01:23:20] (31 seconds)  #ConfessYourCondition

And the question is, what does the Bible mean when it says confess? Somebody asked me, what does it mean, pastor? We think that confessing means saying I'm sorry or listing all of the things that we did wrong. However, the word confess is used 34 times in the New Testament. [01:16:33] (32 seconds)  #ConfessNotJustSorry

Ain't nobody gonna be mad, sister Penny, at this moment but the devil. But I come this morning on assignment to make the devil mad because the devil has confused us in thinking that confessing is listing all of your sins and shortcomings. We we must be careful not to fall in the trap of that because it will begin to cause you to think that you are worthless. [01:19:56] (31 seconds)  #ConfessionNotShame

Let me help some of you because some of you are still lost. Confession is confessing your condition and not confessing what you did wrong. Somebody say preach, pastor. My brothers and sisters, not confessing each and every sin. No. That's not what confession is. Confession is just a pure 100% acknowledgment of your sinful nature. [01:27:07] (36 seconds)  #ConfessStateNotActs

This is where we make a lot of mistakes, beloved, in understanding what the word of God is actually saying. We have a major problem in our culture, and it has to do with the fact that we take contemporary use of words and its definition and apply it to biblical understanding and interpretation. And when you take how the current culture defines words and apply it to Bible, you misinterpret and misunderstand what God is really saying. [01:14:17] (42 seconds)  #ContextMattersBible

I'm trying to set somebody free. It is a one time acknowledgment of our sinful state and our sinful nature. It is a one for all agreement with God. In other words, you're saying, Lord, I stand in agreement with you. [01:24:16] (27 seconds)  #OneTimeConfession

But you have to read who was John talking to. Oh my god. Who was John addressing when he wrote his letter? Well, I've done it for you. I found out that John was talking to a group of people who were not believers. John was talking to a group of people who were false believers. They claim to be believers, but they don't actually believe. They don't think that they are sinful. [01:29:47] (38 seconds)  #WarningToFalseBelievers

Ain't nobody gonna be mad, sister Penny, at this moment but the devil. But I come this morning on assignment to make the devil mad because the devil has confused us in thinking that confessing is listing all of your sins and shortcomings. We we must be careful not to fall in the trap of that because it will begin to cause you to think that you are worthless. [01:19:56] (31 seconds)  #RejectDevilsTrap

Some of you still looking at me funny. Jesus did not die for your individual sins. Oh, Chris. Jesus did not die for your cussing problem. Jesus did not die for your gluttony. Jesus did not die for your bad attitude. He died because your nature is sinful. [01:27:43] (37 seconds)  #JesusDiedForSinNature