Confess

Confession Unto Salvation
Carlos M. Aguilar

Jesus states in Matt 10:32, "Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.” Jesus loudly and clearly proclaims that confession is a necessary part of salvation, necessary because of the commitment, which it evokes from the one doing the confessing. There is no longer any doubt whose side you are on. You have publicly acknowledged that you are a believer in and follower of Jesus Christ your Lord and the Son of God.

It is interesting how the society one lives in influences the emphasis, which is given to any command of God. During the day and age of Paul the real difficult commandment was the confession. One might believe in the Lord, and have strong convictions about the truthfulness and validity of Christianity, yet live for quite some time without doing something about it. In that day and age, as we noticed earlier, confession brought on severe hardship (Jn 12:42-43 cf. Jn 9:22). God needs, and desires that quality of commitment. He chose this as a means of membership/salvation.

The term defined confession means, "to say the same thing as another, to agree with, assent, to profess, not to deny. All the word really means is that when someone says something, you agree with it, and go forth speaking the same way, and the same things. Notice what Paul said in Rom 10:9-10-“that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Confession is crucial to our souls salvation.

Like faith and repentance, confession is not a one-time thing that never needs to be repeated and has no influence upon our life as a Christian. In I Tim 6:12-14 Paul uses the confession that Timothy made so many years earlier as motivation for him to keep the commandment. Paul says, “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate, that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ's appearing.” What is he referring to here? Timothy, as have all Christians confessed that Jesus is Lord, Christ, and King. Upon that confession the individual automatically binds upon himself all laws and commands of Christ. Jesus said in Matt 7:21, “Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven” (See also Luke 6:46).

Note the thought of Heb 3:1-3, “Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house. For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as He who built the house has more honor than the house.” These verses stress faithfulness in the high priest of our confession. Notice the emphasis in Heb 4:14-16, “Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” This is part of what God has decreed will make you a member of His church and save your soul.

Are you willing to make this great confession before mankind? If so Jesus will confess your name before the Father in heaven.

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