Theme Vision_May Week 4:The Liberating Power Of Confession And Why It Matters

Praise the Lord and welcome to this uh last week of the month of May.

It has been an amazing month and our theme Liberating Power of Confession, Testimony Connected.

And for the rest of this year, I want to encourage you to hold fast to your confession.

Hold fast to your confession, the liberating power of confession.

Hebrews chapter 10, verse 19.

Hebrews 10:19

The Bible tells us, therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the most holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain that is his body.

And since we have a great priest over the house of God, then verse 22 says, Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience, and having our bodies washed with pure water.

And then verse 23 invites us, let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess or to the confession that we have, for he who promised is faithful.

I want to invite you for the rest of the year to hold on to your confession.

Because of three things.

Number one, we have been given access.

The Bible tells us that therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the most holy place by the blood of Jesus.

The blood of Jesus Christ has given us access to the holy place, to the most holy place.

And the most holy place is where God dwells.

And so through our confession, we have a confession of hope that we have full access to God through the blood of Jesus Christ.

But secondly, because we have a connection.

Again, the Bible tells us, and since we have a great priest, great high priest over the house of God, we have one who connects us to this God through his blood, the high priest who is our connection.

And therefore, we hold fast to the confession of hope that we have in all seasons and through all circumstances, because we have a connector, we have a connection, and that is the great high priest.

But finally, because we have a promise, and this promise is assured.

And why is this promise assured?

This promise is assured because, again, the Bible tells us that he who promised is faithful.

This promise is assured because we have a faithful God on our side, and therefore, throughout this year, hold on to your confession of faith because you have access by the blood of Jesus.

Hold on to your confession of hope because you have connection through the great high priest.

Hold on to your confession of hope because you have a promise that is assured by this faithful God.

May the Lord bless you indeed, and may the Lord show himself mighty on your behalf in Jesus' name.

Amen.