What is a Confession of Faith and what purpose do they serve?
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Soooo.....what is it? Personal, communal, denomination specific? Honestly, other than repenting from unbelief to belief and our love for Jesus Christ of Nazareth our Savior sees no boundaries , the rest comes naturally through His Holy Spirit.The Lord said He will go to the great men, for they had known the way of the Lord, and the judgement of their God, but they broke the yoke and burst the bonds, their transgressions are many, AND THEIR BACKSLIDINGS INCREASED.
Their children have forsaken the Lord, and SWORN BY THEM THAT ARE NO GODS, ( WHAT A CONFESSION OF FAITH IS NOT.) they committed adultery, every one neighed after his neighbours wife. How shall the soul of the Lord not be avenged on A NATION SUCH AS THAT.
Jeremiah 5:5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
Jeremiah 5:7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
8 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
The house of Israel and the house of Judah dealt very treacherously against the Lord, and belied the Lord, saying it is not Him, and the PROPHETS became WIND, the word is NOT IN THEM, this way shall be done unto them.
This people have a REVOLTING and a REBELLIOUS HEART. They do not say in their HEART, let us now FEAR THE LORD OUR GOD.
They OVERPASS THE DEEDS OF THE WICKED, they judge not the cause of the fatherless, they judge not the right of the needy. Shall not the Lord's soul be avenged on a NATION SUCH AS THIS.
A WONDERUL AND HORRIBLE THING IS COMMITED IN THE LAND, the PROPHETS PROPHESY FALSELY, and the PRIESTS bear rule BY THEIR MEANS, and the Lords people LOVE TO HAVE IT SO.
Jeremiah 5:11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord.
12 They have belied the Lord, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
Jeremiah 5:23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
Jeremiah 5:28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
The Lords declares to Israel they shall lave their name for a curse unto HIs chosen, as the Lord would slay them and CALL HIS SERVANTS BY ANOTHER NAME. That he who blesses himself, blesses in the God of TRUTH, and he who SWEARS, SHALL SWEAR BY THE GOD OF TRUTH, as the former troubles are FORGOTTEN AND HID FROM HIS EYES. (And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely. Leviticus 19:12. Jeremiah 5:2.)
These shall be the Lords people, and He will be their God, He will GIVE THEM ONE HEART, AND ONE WAY, that they may FEAR HI FOR EVER, for their good.
He will make with them an everlasting covenant, but will PUT HIS FEAR IN THEIR HEARTS, so they do not depart from Him, He will rejoice over them to do them good, and plant them ASSUREDLY, in that land with HIS WHOLE HEART AND WITH HIS WHOLE SOUL. The Lord declared, as He had brought all that great evil upon that people, so He will bring upon them all the good that He has PROMISED UNTO THEM.
Leviticus 19:12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.
Isaiah 65:15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
16 That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
Jeremiah 32:38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
42 For thus saith the Lord; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.
The Lord said surely the men of Israel will FEAR HIM, they will RECEIVE INSTRUCTION, however He punished them they rose up and CORRUPTED ALL THEIR DOINGS. Therefore wait upon the Lord, said the Lord, HIs DETERMINATION IS TO GATHER THE NATIONS, and ASSEMLE THE KINGDOMS, and all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of HIs jealousy.
For then He will TURN TO THE PEOPLE A PURE LANGUAGE, THAT THEY MAY ALL CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD, TO SERVE HIM WITH ONE CONSENT.
He will come near to them to JUDGEMENT, HE WILL BE A SWIFT WITNESS AGAINST THE SORCERERS, AND AAINST THE ADULTERERS, AND AGAINST FALSE SWEARERS. (WHAT A CONFESSION OF FAITH IS NOT.)
Against those who OPPRESS, the hired hand, the widow and the fatherless, and who TURN ASIDE the stranger from HIS RIGHT, and FEAR NOT THE LORD, said the Lord of hosts.
Zephaniah 3:7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
Zephaniah 3:9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.
Malachi 3:5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.
FALSE PROPHETS, AS THERE ARE ALSO FALSE TEACHERS AMONG US.
They bring in DAMNABLE HERESIES, many follow their SUBTLE WAYS, they speak EVIL OF THE TRUTH.
THROIUGH COVETEOUSNESS, (COVETEOUSNESS IS IDOLATRY.) they with FEIGNED WORDS make merchandise of many,
CLOUDS CARRIED with a tempest, feeding themselves WITHOUT FEAR, CLOUDS they are without water CARRIED ABOUT OF WINDS. (THE PROPHETS SHALL BECOME WIND, AND THE WORD IS NOT IN THEM, THUS SHALL IT BE DONE UNTO THEM. Jeremiah 5:13.)
2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
2 Peter 2:17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
Jude 1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
Jeremiah 5:13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
It is all that we see of the false prophets being wind, that is what a confession of faith is not.Blessings
What is a Confession of Faith and what purpose do they serve?
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