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THE RIGHTEOUS CONFESSION

Confession From, Not For

There is a difference between confessing for something and confessing from something. There is a difference between speaking because I am trying to get somewhere and speaking because, by faith, I recognize where God has already placed me.

I can have the right words coming out of my mouth and still possess the wrong consciousness in my heart. I can say, “I have it,” while inwardly thinking, “I am trying to get it.”

The deeper question What consciousness is my confession coming from?

Romans helps us see something powerful. Before righteousness speaks, righteousness is revealed. Romans 1:16–17 tells us that the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel of Christ and that the just shall live by faith.

Then when we arrive at Romans 10, Paul lets us hear what happens when the righteousness which is of faith gets a voice.

Romans 10:6–10 KJV

“But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)

Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)

But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

That 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.

For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

Notice the consciousness from which righteousness speaks. Righteousness does not talk as though Christ still needs to accomplish what Christ has already accomplished.

Jesus does not still need to come. He came. He does not still need to die. He died. He does not still need to be raised. He was raised.

Righteousness speaks from accomplishment — not toward accomplishment.

Think about the confession of Jesus as Lord. Am I confessing Jesus as Lord so that God will raise Him from the dead? No. He has already been raised. Am I confessing so that redemption can be accomplished? No. Something happened before I ever opened my mouth.

I am confessing from something I believe God has already accomplished.

The Gospel Is Preached → Righteousness Is Revealed

The Heart Believes → Righteousness Speaks

This is why righteous confession is not merely mouth-work. It is the voice of a believing heart. The mouth expresses something faith has embraced.

Two people can say exactly the same words: “I have it.” One may mean, “I am saying this because I am trying to get it.” The other may mean, “I have heard what God says, I believe Him, and faith has received what He says belongs to me.”

Same words. Different consciousness.

One is speaking toward possession. The other is speaking from possession.

So then, the question is not merely, “What are you saying?” The greater question may be, “Where are you saying it from?”

The righteous confession is the voice of faith speaking from a consciousness established in what God has revealed and accomplished in Christ.

I do not confess to make God’s Word true. I confess because His Word is true.

The gospel reveals. The heart believes. Righteousness speaks.

And because I believe Him — I speak from there.

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