The Bible is the Word of God. It is declared to be quick [living] and extremely powerful [Heb. 4:12]. The Scripture also declares itself to be a letter of death.
2 Cor. 3:6 ... the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.
Which is it? What, then, is being said? How does that which brings death (in its legalistic sense) become living and powerful?
The fleshly [sarxist] nature of man attempts to manipulate the letter of the law to justify himself and to have what he wants. Confession is made without real understanding of spiritual truth and seeks to satisfy self. This is defined by the Word as lust. The flesh parrot's [or echo's] the Word but does not abide, nor have any part with it, in it. The confession is useless, impotent, and has no benefit at all. It is not mixed with enabling faith because there is no real relationship between the One who gave the word and the one who repeats the word.
It takes revelation [quickening] of the Spirit to bring the dead letter to life in each individual situation and circumstance of a person's life. This is as true for those lost souls who respond to the Gospel as it is for we Christians who expect results from our confession.
Romans 10:17 teaches us that faith comes by giving audience to what was heard and that hearing comes by the God Words quickened by the Spirit. Having heard what Jesus said, we can then speak. This is the confession of faith that will bring the manifestation of the thing spoken.
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