1. Welcome

2. Our Common Salvation Faith Repentance Confession Baptism
“Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.” Jude 3
Faith
Repentance
Confession
Baptism

3. What is Faith ?
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Heb. 11:1
Substance
Ground, basis, support
ASV = “assurance”
Of things hoped for
Romans 10:17 NKJV “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
Evidence
Proof
ASV = “conviction”
Of things not seen

4. Change of
Life
Produces
Godly
Sorrow
Deep
Contrition
Produces
Repentance
Change
of Mind

5. Confession Agreement - assent Same Speak Acknowledge
“For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Romans 10:10
Acknowledge
Admit - make known
Same
Agreement - assent
Speak

6. Confession S A L V A T I O N Be Baptized Confess Repent Believe Hear
Confession of our faith
Confession of sins Be
Baptized
S A L V A T I O N
Confess
Our faith
Repent
Believe
Hear

7. Must confess Christ to Be saved
Deut. 30:14
Romans 10:8-10
8. 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;
9. 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.
10. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
1 Cor. 15:3-4

8. Must confess Christ to Be saved
Matt. 16:13-16
13. When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
14. And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
15. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16. And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

9. Must confess Christ to Be saved
“Thou art the Christ”
- the Messiah
- Hebrew for anointed
- anointed of God as the Redeemer
“The Son of the living God.”
- Jews did not expect him to be the Son of God
- Nathaniel was first John 1:49 “Rabbi, thou art the Son of God.”
Jesus promised to build His church on this Truth Mt.16:18

10. Must confess Christ to Be saved
Acts 8:37 is an example of the confession
“And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”
Philip preached “Jesus”
Faith, Repentance, Confession, Baptism
Requested baptism
Made this confession

11. Must confess Christ to Be saved
Confession is not:
- Dream or some experience
- Personal testimony
- “God for Christ’s sake has pardoned my sins”

12. Must confess Christ to Be saved
Matt. 10:32-33
32. Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
33. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.”

13. Must confess Christ to Be saved
John 12:42,43
42. Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
43. For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

14. Polycarp
86 years of age
“Eighty and six years have I been his servant, and he has done me no wrong, and how can I blaspheme my king who saved me?”

15. Angels The Evidence For Truth About the Confession
Matt. 1: = Angel to Joseph
Gabriel appeared to Mary - Luke 1:26

16. The Good Confession
Luke 2:13
Luke 2:10

17. Simeon The Evidence For Truth About the Confession
Should not die until he had seen God’s anointed
Luke 2:25-35
Held Jesus in his arms as an infant

18. John the Baptist The Evidence For Truth About the Confession
Prepared way for the Messiah
“Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” John 1:29
“And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.” John 1:34

19. John’s Disciples The Evidence For Truth About the Confession
John 1:45 “… We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
John 1:49 “… Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

20. Pontius Pilate The Evidence For Truth About the Confession
Luke 23:14 “I have found no fault in this man.”
Matt. 27:19 “Have thou nothing to do with that just man:”

21. The Evidence For Truth
About the Confession
Bartimaeus
Judas Iscariot
One of the thieves
Centurion

22. Jesus The Evidence For Truth About the Confession Mark 14:61-62
“art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”
“And Jesus said, I am:”

23. “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him”
The Evidence For Truth
About the Confession
God
God confessed that Jesus was His Son
1. At his baptism - Mat. 3:17
2. At his transfiguration – Matt. 17:5
“This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him”

24. When is the Confession to be made?
Acts 8:37
After Philip explained Isaiah 53
Produced belief - repented of former life
Requested to be baptized
Mark 16:16 “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.”
Confession precedes baptism
Confession follows faith
Confession follows repentance

25. When is the Confession to be made?
Romans 10:10
“For it is with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
Confession means we accept Jesus as Lord.

26. Confession With the mouth to become a Christian
Continual daily confession by the life we live.
“Ye are the Light of the world” Matt. 5:14
“I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”
Confession is not limited to the lips; it includes our life.

27. And be baptized for the Remission of your sins?
Are You Willing To Confess Him ?
And be baptized for the
Remission of your sins?

29. Nelson Chapel Church of Christ
5039 Six Mile Road
Maryville, Tn
July 9, 2017
Sermon by Arthur Pigman
2705 Druid Hill Dr.
Maryville, Tn
CCL