Positive Confession

Introduction

Positive confession is a biblical truth. Like any other truth, it can be misused on the one hand, or maligned on the other. The important thing is to accept all biblical truth, including positive confession. Then, it is vital to walk in the light of all truth.

Confession as Diagnosis

Since homologeo means to agree with God in one’s speech, what is the implication when we discover that one is not “saying the same thing” that God says? It means two things: (1) one needs correction in that particular area and (2) one has a decision to make: one must change and agree with God.

By listening to oneself and comparing one’s confession with the Word of God, one can diagnose his own spiritual pathology. Then, with God’s help, he can begin a course of treatment.

The logical progression of God’s work in the Christian begins with God himself:

“God said it, I believe it, that settles it,” is a popular saying. A more accurate way of stating that principle is, “God settled all truth in eternity. God spoke the truth through his Son and in his Written Word and I believe it.”

Receiving the Word of God into the heart produces New Testament faith:

. . .faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ (Romans 10:17).

Unless one is deliberately being a hypocrite, what he says comes from his heart. It is his faith speaking. Jesus said,

You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned (Matthew 12:34-37, NIV).