Confession of Jesus Christ - Internal Bondage

Internal Bondage

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Mark 5:1–13 LEB

1 And they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes. 2 And as he was getting out of the boat, immediately from the tombs a man with an unclean spirit went to meet him, 3 who lived among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him any longer, not even with a chain, 4 because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the shackles had been shattered. And no one was strong enough to subdue him. 5 And during every night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was crying out and cutting himself with stones. 6 And when he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and knelt down before him. 7 And crying out with a loud voice he said, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore you by God, do not torment me!” 8 (For he was saying to him, “Come out of the man, unclean spirit!”) 9 And he was asking him “What is your name?” And he said to him, “My name is Legion, because we are many.” 10 And he was imploring him many times that he would not send them out of the region. 11 Now a large herd of pigs was there at the hill feeding, 12 and they implored him, saying, “Send us to the pigs so that we may enter into them.” 13 And he permitted them. And the unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs, and the herd—about two thousand—rushed headlong down the steep slope into the sea and were drowned in the sea.

Result 1

Mark 5:14–20 LEB

14 And their herdsmen fled and reported it in the town and in the countryside, and they came to see what it was that had happened. 15 And they came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting there clothed and in his right mind—the one who had had the legion—and they were afraid. 16 And those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man, and about the pigs. 17 And they began to urge him to depart from their region. 18 And as he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed began to implore him that he could go with him. 19 And he did not permit him, but said to him, “Go to your home to your people and tell them all that the Lord has done for you, and that he has had mercy on you.” 20 And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him, and they were all astonished.

Result 2

Mark 6:53–56 LEB

53 And after they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and anchored there. 54 And as they were getting out of the boat, people recognized him immediately. 55 They ran about through that whole region and began to carry around those who were sick on stretchers, wherever they heard that he was. 56 And wherever he would go, into villages or into towns or to farms, they would put those who were sick in the marketplaces and would implore him that if they could touch even the edge of his cloak. And all those who touched it were healed.

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Confession of faith in Jesus Christ is necessary for salvation

Romans 10:9–10 LEB

that if you confess with your mouth “Jesus is Lord” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses, resulting in salvation.

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Matthew 10:32–33 LEB

32 “Therefore everyone who acknowledges me before people, I also will acknowledge him before my Father who is in heaven. 33 But whoever denies me before people, I also will deny him before my Father who is in heaven.

Mark 8:38 LEB

38 For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

2 Timothy 2:12 LEB

12 if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us;

1 John 4:15 LEB

15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides in him and he in God.

1 John 2:23 LEB

23 Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.

Confessing Jesus Christ as Lord is only possible by the Holy Spirit

1 Corinthians 12:3 LEB

Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is accursed,” and no one is able to say “Jesus is Lord” except by the Holy Spirit.

Results of confessing faith in Jesus Christ

A change in lifestyle

Acts 2:38–41 LEB

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all those who are far away, as many as the Lord our God calls to himself.” And with many other words he solemnly urged and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this crooked generation!” So those who accepted his message were baptized, and on that day about three thousand souls were added.

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Acts 18:8 LEB

8 And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his whole household. And many of the Corinthians, when they heard about it, believed and were baptized.

Acts 22:16 LEB

16 And now why are you delaying? Get up, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name!’

A change in lifestyle

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Matthew 7:21–23 LEB

21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many miracles in your name?’ 23 And then I will say to them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who practice lawlessness!’

2 Timothy 2:19 LEB

19 However, the solid foundation of God stands firm, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and “Everyone who names the name of the Lord must abstain from unrighteousness.”

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Luke 19:8–9 LEB

8 And Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, “Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I am giving to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone, I am paying it back four times as much!” 9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham.

1 Timothy 6:12 LEB

12 Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

Hebrews 13:15 LEB

15 Therefore through him let us offer up a sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.

1 John 1:6 LEB

6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

1 John 2:4 LEB

4 The one who says “I have come to know him,” and does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in this person.

Persecution

John 9:22 LEB

(His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already decided that if anyone should confess him to be Christ, he would be expelled from the synagogue.

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John 12:42–43 LEB

42 Yet despite that, even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be expelled from the synagogue. 43 For they loved the praise of men more than praise from God.

2 Timothy 3:12 LEB

12 And indeed, all those who want to live in a godly manner in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

Demons confessed Jesus Christ’s divinity

Luke 4:41 LEB

And demons also were coming out of many, crying out and saying, “You are the Son of God!” And he rebuked them and did not permit them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

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Matthew 8:28–29 LEB

28 And when he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from among the tombs met him, very violent, so that no one was able to pass by along that road. 29 And behold, they cried out, saying, “What do you have to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”

Ultimately all will confess Jesus Christ’s lordship

Philippians 2:9–11 LEB

9 Therefore also God exalted him and graciously granted him the name above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven and of those on earth and of those under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Notable confessions of faith in Jesus Christ

John 1:49 LEB

Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the king of Israel!”

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Matthew 14:33 LEB

33 So those in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God!”

Matthew 16:16 LEB

16 And Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!”

John 6:69 LEB

69 And we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.”

John 11:27 LEB

27 She said to him, “Yes, Lord, I have believed that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who comes into the world.”

John 20:28 LEB

28 Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

The refusal to confess Jesus Christ

Matthew 10:32–33 LEB

“Therefore everyone who acknowledges me before people, I also will acknowledge him before my Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies me before people, I also will deny him before my Father who is in heaven.

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2 Timothy 2:12 LEB

12 if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us;