Can you imagine what an arrow in the air might say if it could only speak audibly and as understood by human beings? And, if the vacant home next door could scream for occupants, would the cobwebs, their friends, and neighbours of reptiles and insects gladly welcome the new residents and guests especially when they are being depraved of occupancy, survival and growth?
In this world, who is capable outside of the fullness of God’s grace (John 1 vs 16) of telling, saying, revealing and confessing something so fundamentally wrong, bad, intriguingly ill, dangerous, unsettling and unravelling, yet once rectified and redeemed, it is so life-saving, destiny-restoring and enriching to people, marriages, ministries, business, livelihoods, societies, and even families and heritages, among others to an extent that even the air, beings, powers, spirits and authorities in the atmospheres of one’s environment yearns to hear it said, communicated and/or demonstrated?
And specifically, will you if necessary and called upon, be willing and able to confess the truth, faith, hope, love, integrity and uprightness, and so on of one’s intentions, knowledge, actions, wisdom and belief systems within his/her righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost as a believer?
And what will it cost you and your family, and would it be with the right choice of words and acts within a good confession or even within a poor confession? And just why will such a confession be made; be it good or bad, and precisely how would you regret, if so, on your revelations, actions and guilts if you are to ask yourself questions later on?
Let me share the intentions and blessings of Confessions; good or bad. According to what I have learned about societal expectations and norms, confessions can take a variety of forms. These include judicial confessions, extra-judicial confessions, retracted confessions, and confessions made by co-accused parties.
However, there are clear and unmistakable doctrines and outlines of confessions as contained in the Holy Scriptures that manifest in the righteous paths and living of marriages, families, organizations, communities, and among individuals and nations when it comes to spiritual warfare, ways, living and lifestyles.
Therefore, when the Bible says to “get understanding” in all that you do, it also means to “integrate your faith, hope, and love with the righteousness of God’s mind regarding of any and all situations that arise in your life; employing the mind, authority, and power of God’s fullness of grace, love, joy, glory, among others to motivate that of a manifested presence, power and glory of a redeemed, blessed and empowered person through Jesus Christ, be it in a seemingly good times or bad times and its seasons.
2 Corinthians 6:3-10 English Standard Version; “We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, 4 but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, 5 beatings, imprisonments, riots, labours, sleepless nights, hunger; 6 by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love; 7 by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; 8 through honour and dishonour, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; 9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed; 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything”.
Even against all odds and in spite of great opportunities, there are great ways to live rightfully and with the proper perspectives in life. This scripture contains blessings that are truly tangible and experiential in the lives of many people, especially in this current dispensation of times and seasons of uncertainties and unfolding turbulence of the world. In all of this, it is crucial and pertinent that, among other things, one’s pronouncements and declarations inside his or her confessions of faith are also in accordance with the guidance and wisdom of the Scriptures in Philippians 4:8 English Standard Version; ‘’Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things”.
The King James Version (KJV) translation of Revelation 3:17 reads, “Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked,” you also have to agree with Joel 3:10 and decree and declare that you will be rich, and increase with goods, and lack nothing when you are in conformity and compliance with the doctrine, righteousness, faith, wisdom and power of the word of God.
But, how can you proclaim your fullness in Christ in all His fullness and the glory that awaits you when you have so many important tasks to do, settle and complete in the grace of God?
One of these things is to say, offer, declare, announce, and proclaim the appropriate, acceptable, and timely confessions, whether they are prophetic or requested and hoped, However, prayers and confessions are only a small part of getting things moving and producing results; you also need to decide, make plans, and take action.
You must spiritually, physically, and fundamentally know, acquire insights from, and comprehend the following additional references in order to achieve firstly the Fullness of God, then secondly His Fullness of Christ, and thirdly His Fullness of the Holy Spirit, as well as
4. Fullness of Times
5. Fullness of Grace
6. Fullness of Love
7. Fullness of Glory
8. Fullness of Joy
9. Fullness of life, and so forth.
Now, let delve into these types of fullness that can be experienced by the redeemed of the Lord and what each means to the believer and his or her benefactors and dependents.
Ephesians 4:12-13 English Standard Version;“ to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood,[a] to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ”.
Galatians 4:4-7 English Standard Version; “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
The wisdom tenets of right confessions include the following:
1. Sincere and good confessions are so filled with grace and anointing that, like a grafted tree, the pruning and establishing of its new growth yields benefits beyond the advantages of the past.
Number 5 vs7 says “7 He shall confess his sin that he has committed,” the English Standard Version states. And he must fully atone for his wrong by adding a fifth to it and give it to the person he wronged.
2. This grace and anointing inspire and enable God’s righteousness—Jesus Christ—to take control of the confessing individual’s character and spirit by bestowing onto them his blood-earned, betrothed, and paid faithfulness and justice that redeems.
1 John 1:9-10 The English Standard Version reads, “9 If we acknowledge our transgressions, he is true and just to pardon our transgressions and to purify us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we claim we haven’t sinned, we are calling him a liar and denying his truth.
3. The voice of sound utterances based on faith, convictions, hooe, obedience, and its attributes of honesty, sincerity, and truthfulness of thought and speech are what often provide, preserve and protect good and respectable confession.
Rom 10:9 Because, according to the English Standard Version, “you will be saved if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead.”….. to be cont’d.
– Charles Kwamena Ackon
