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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

DAYS OF PRAISE-The Good Confession July 27, 2011

Days of Praise
The Good Confession
July 27, 2011
"I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth
all
things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius
Pilate
witnessed a good confession." (1 Timothy 6:13)
Young Timothy also had "professed a good profession
same word as 'confession' before many witnesses"
(v. 12),
evidently of similar substance and quality to that in the
witness of Christ before Pilate. When the Jews urged Pilate
to condemn Jesus to death, their charge was that "he made
himself the Son of God" (John 19:7). Pilate gave Jesus
opportunity to deny this charge and save His life, "but Jesus
gave him no answer" (v. 9). Both by His silence, when a denial
of the charge could have saved Him, and by His open testimony
before Pilate that He was, in fact, a King from heaven itself-
-indeed "the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings,
and
Lord of lords" (1 Timothy 6:15), it becomes clear that our
own "good confession" must be a confession of our faith in
Jesus
Christ as Son of God, our Savior and Lord, especially when
that
confession is made openly before hostile witnesses.
Jesus said: "Whosoever therefore shall confess me before
men,
him will I confess also before my Father which is in
heaven"
(Matthew 10:32). Paul said, "If thou shalt confess
with thy mouth
the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine
heart that God hath
raised him from the dead, thou shalt
be saved"
(Romans 10:9);
and John said, "Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the
Son of
God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God" (1 John 4:15).
Despite the great blessings awaiting all who make a courageous
and good confession of saving faith in Christ, most people will
refuse
until it is too late. There is a time coming, however,
"every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
glory ofGod
the Father" (Philippians 2:11). HMM
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