Firm Foundation
Fundamentals of Faith
The Laws of Confession Part II
March 8, 2015
Principles of the Laws of Confession
Principles:A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior.
God’s principles of Faith and confession, unlock the supernatural to work for you and me. Everything, All things, are available to those who believe. In order to possess (take hold of) “all” we must understand the methods God has set in motion to receive “all”.There will always be an action on our part to possess.
If we are to walk in the supernatural then we must learn the spiritual laws which govern Kingdomprinciples. Jesus gives us everything we need to know about how His Kingdom operates in the gospels.
If we don’t fully understand who we are in the Kingdom, when the (storms and unscheduled emergencies comes, (and they will,) we will be overtaken.
Key Principles
- Principles of the Promise (Psa 127:1)
- Principles of Patience(James 1:4) (Hebrews 6:12)
- Principle of Praise (Joshua 6:20)
- Principles of Provision (Exodus 3:17)
- Principles of Promotion (Matt 18:1-4)
- Principles of Seed (Genesis 8:22)
Principles of the Heart “The Mouth”
The mouth and the heart are connected --Romans 10:9-10 For if you tell others with your own mouth that JesusChrist is your Lord and believe in your own heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is by believing in his heart that a man becomes right with God; and with his mouth he tells others of his faith, confirming his salvation. (TLB)
The term "HEART" in the Bible usually refers to the central core of a man, the inner person. The "heart" is the way to speak of THE WHOLE PERSON. The heart embodies our mind, our will, and our emotions. The HEART operates on the “All” or nothing principle. Each time the heart contracts, it does so with ALL its force. It holds nothing back!
We speak words that say we believe, and when we speak words we speak our HEART.
The physical heart is found at the center of a person's body, not the end of a person's leg, or near a person's elbow. God did not place the heart in a place where it could be easily accessed. (Citadel)
The heart is the center of man's understanding. Solomon knew that; on his own; and by himself he could never handle the responsibilities of being king over all Israel. His father David knew that he could never have defeated the enemies within and outside without the wisdom, understanding and protection of God.
The heart is where decisions are made. Everything you express comes out of the heart. All the affections and feelings are in the heart.
Prov 4:23 Out of the heart are the issues, the springs, the outgoings of life. The heart is the SOURCE and the heart is the SUBSTANCE.
Heart Strings
- Seeking Heart
- Divided Heart
- Tender Heart
- Determined Heart
Open Heart Surgery
Since the heart is so important to what we think, say, and do, we each need to regularly do open heart surgery with the scalpel of the Word under the guiding hand of the great physician, the Lord Jesus. We accomplish this through the teaching, guiding, convicting ministry of the Holy Spirit.
Like a sharp two-edged sword, the Word divides the inner man asunder (apart) to reveal the true condition and needs of our hearts (Heb. 4:12).12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Principles of “The Word”
We cannot afford to take an a la carte spiritual approach to the Word and pick and choose what we want. The signs of these times will not tolerate a crock pot approach to the “established” Word of God.
Scripture’s goal is not material or even spiritual gain for oneself, nor self-realization or promotion, but the realization of our calling as chosen ambassadors of Jesus Christ.
We have in the Bible the Word of God—and Jesus says it contains power. It has power to cleanse a person's mind, because we can think only by what goes into the mind, concepts that are contained in words. Words are merely symbols of ideas that we use to reason. We turn those ideas into action, into conduct, which becomes part of our character and our attitude.
Matt 12:33 “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. The tree is the heart and the fruit is the mouth.
Words connect us to God. Words are how God comes from the Spiritual realm to our world in the natural realm
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Psalm 107:20 He sent out his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave.
Prov 20-21--20From the fruit of their mouth a person’s stomach is filled; with the harvest of their lips they are satisfied.
21 The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Washing of the Word
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her26 to make her holy, cleansing[a] her by the washing with water through the word,Eph 5:25-26
What words are you washing the people you love with? Brillo scrubbing pad or Luffa sponge? Sprinkler or Sandblasting?