Faith is a spiritual principle. Christians are spiritual people living in natural bodies. If we apply ourselves to develop and live by faith, we will begin to see more and more of God’s promises manifest in our lives and we will fulfill in greater fashion the call He has on our lives. One such applicable biblical principle that is foundational to developing our faith is to express it through confession. Confession is faith’s way of expressing itself. By confessing God’s word we are releasing His will. Ephesians 5:1 tells us to be, “…followers of God, as dear children” (King James Version). The greek word for followers is mimetes, which means an imitator (The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of The Bible, 1996). It is God’s will that I be an imitator of Himself. Seeing Jesus came to earth as the Son of God then it would stand to reason that I need to be an imitator of Christ because the Son came, and in the power of the Holy Spirit revealed faith. Because Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:2) then it is absolutely critical for a child of God to operate in their faith as Jesus did in order for him or her to see the promises of God manifested in his or her life. In this 15th episode of The Vine I delve into the faith and confession message because this is absolutely foundational for any Christian because faith works when we speak, it is the key to our success, and when used with confession it has the power to change our circumstances.

Blessing,
Shawn McNeaney