"Therefore whoever confesses
Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.
But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before my Father
who is in heaven." If we deny Christ we are going to be lost. We
must not be ashamed to confess to other people that we believe that Jesus
Christ is the Son of God. Jesus says in Mark
8:38, "For whoever is ashamed of Me and
My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man
also will be ashamed when he comes in the glory of His Father with the
holy angels." If He is ashamed of us, that means that we are going
to be lost.
There are several examples of people confessing their faith in
Christ in the Bible. One is found in Matthew 16:16-17,
"Simon Peter answered and said, You are
the Christ, the Son of the living God. Jesus answered and said to him,
Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, for flesh and blood has not revealed this
to you, but My Father who is in heaven."
Christ was well pleased with Peter's confession and He will be with ours
also.
In Acts
8:36-37 a man asked the question, "See here is water. What hinders me from being
baptized?" Then in verse 37,
"Then Philip said, "If you believe with
all your heart you may. And he answered and said, I believe that
Jesus Christ is the Son of God." Here we
see that we must believe with all our heart that Jesus Christ is the Son
of God and not be ashamed to make that confession to others before we are
baptized. Would you be willing to confess to others that you believe
that Jesus is the Christ the Son of the living God?
Questions Lesson
12 Confessing
Christ (click on the button
of the answer of your choice)
1) (Matthew 10:32) If we want Christ to confess us
before God the Father We must confess Him before
men. We should deny Him before
men. It is not necessary to confess Him before
men.
2)
If we deny Christ before men He will confess us before the
Father.
3) (Mark 8:38) If we are ashamed of
Christ
He will not be ashamed of us on Judgment
Day.
We will not be lost.
He will be ashamed of us on Judgment
Day.
4)
If Christ is ashamed of us, that means we are going to be
lost.
5) (Matthew 16:16-17) When Peter said "You are the Christ, the Son of
the
living God"
Christ was embarrassed.
Christ was well pleased.
Christ didn't
care.
6)
We must be willing to confess that we believe that Jesus Christ is the
Son
of the living God.
7) (Acts 8:36-37) Before we are baptized
we
Do not need to confess that we believe that Jesus Christ is the
Son
of God.
Are to confess that we believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of
God.
Are to confess our sins to a
priest.
8) When we are baptized we must believe in God and Jesus with all of
our
heart.
