John Osteen's How to Boldly Confess the Word of God (early 1980s)

empower is in the is in the mouth and especially when you put the word of Almighty God that's alive and full of power in your mouth it has tremendous power to create for you learn how to speak God's word for victory in your life as John Osteen shares on how to boldly confess the word of God next go ye into all the world and teach the gospel to every creature this is John Osteen a ministry fulfilling the Great Commission from Houston John Osteen has established an international outreach of compassion for suffering people all over the world his trust is to our mission to reach the unreached the multitudes that need the good news of Jesus Christ ladies and gentlemen John Osteen welcome to the program today we're glad you're viewing today I'm going to believe God to help you as I teach you the Word of God the entrance of God's Word gives light many times we are our own worst enemy in trying to get things from God I'm going to teach you today how to overcome that now get your Bible or get ready to listen let's go live into the service and I'll teach you the Word of God Hebrews chapter 13 verses five and six it said let your conversation be without covetousness and be content with such things as you have for he said I will never leave thee nor forsake thee so that we may boldly say the Lord is my helper and I will not fear what man shall do unto me isn't that a wonderful scripture did I have an Amen for he has said I will never leave thee nor forsake thee so that we may boldly say the Lord is my helper and I will not fear what man shall do unto me now I want to teach you today a message that I believe will bring you out of despair depression defeat sickness disease trouble heartache or whatever storm you may be going through you see many times I know that in spite of all of my teaching and all of the Bible teaching that you get that you do not receive from God and you do not know why now the reason is you have become in many instances and even I have become in many instances my own worst enemy we undo what God's Holy Spirit is doing we undo in our ignorance what God has begun to do in our lives and we wonder why well by brother so-and-so can't help us why went to church and this didn't help me why rid the Bible and didn't it didn't help me why am I not receiving answers to my prayer why am I not getting victory in my life well how many of you do want victory say Amen well I'm talking now about a very fundamental area of receiving from God and God impressed me to pull these two phrases out to remind you of your part in getting her Millar he has said that we might boldly say he has said I will never leave thee nor forsake thee now why did he say that he said that so that we might boldly say what he said do you understand that he has said that not that we not might just believe it not that we might just believe it but he has said it that we might boldly say it he has said that we might boldly say in other words God has given us promises not just to admire them not just to look at them not just to read them and I might go so far as to say not just to believe them but he has said that we might say you see the word confession means to say the same thing that's all the word confession means normally we think about you know when we confess our sins we admit our guilt and all of that but actually the word confession simply means to say the same thing if we can fast sickness and disease we're saying the same thing that the devil says if we confess God's word we're saying what God says so to confess means to say the same thing or to agree with don't worry so much about having faith just agree with what God says he has said that we might boldly say you see Isaiah said God declared I create the fruit of the lips what's been coming out of your mouth jesus said whosoever shall say to this mountain be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea and shall not doubt in his heart but shall believe though that those things which he saith shall come to pass he shall have what so ever he's saying that is whatever he continually says because you see we're in God's class when we speak words God created with words and our words because have creative power when they're spoken out of my heart now you folks on television many times you're the your own worst enemy you you you say you believe the Bible and you talk like the devil stronger than God you talk this defeat and disease and and and and talk about the problem instead of the solution well God has said that you might know this say what God has already said I create the fruit of the lips now he said he has said that we might boldness and I'm going to give you six seven strong confessions that you can make daily these are very elementary but I'll tell you folks we need to come back to the basics and stay in the thing that worked for us in the first place never get so smart and so such a know-it-all spirit that you can't be taught the basic things that really work all right he has said now the first passage of Scripture I'll just quote it to you is found in Romans 10:9 and 10 you can turn to it or you can just listen to me quote it now you know you began your Christian life by the use of your mouth you got your first great miracle from God which is the new birth by the use of your mouth now what did God say in his word about salvation that we might boldly say and claim as our own here it is that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus Christ is Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation now God said that that we might boldly say I believe that Jesus Christ is my Lord and that God raised him from the dead therefore I'm Sayed I say it boldly I am saved for with my heart I believe under righteousness and with my mouth I make my confession unto salvation God said that so that I might not just admire it not just think about it but that I might boldly say it the second confession is found in 2nd Corinthians 5:17 now listen to this verse of scripture God has said it that we might boldly say it therefore if any man or woman be in Christ he is a new creature old things are passed away and behold all things have become new God said that so that I could boldly say it and agree with it you see many people concerning salvation they get in a milky religious area and said well I join the church and well I decided to live right well I quit my living in the world and I've decided to try to turn over a new leaf know that in what God says God doesn't say anything about that God wants you to be specific and strong in your confession he has said if any man be in Christ he is a new creation old things are passed away and behold all things well I have become new now why did God say that so that I could stand up and boldly say what God says and I boldly say I'm a new creation thank God that old John Osteen that used to live in the world is dead and gone God said it and I boldly say it I am a new creation old things are passed away behold all things have become new thank God let's say it God said it so that we got might boldly said let's say it together I'm in Christ therefore I boldly say I am a new creation old things are passed away behold all things all things have become new my god it's so he said it I boldly say it it's mine I'm a new creation give yourself a hand clap we'll go ahead and cut for joy the third confession is found in Colossians 2:13 12 and 13 and here it is you could just write it down and listen to me quoted it says giving thanks to the Father now listen to it carefully talking about you giving thanks to the Father who has delivered us from the power and the authority of the darkness of the devil's Kingdom and has translated us into the kingdom of his dear son amen isn't that great now why did God say that he has said that I might boldly say he has said that I might boldly say now you see God's already said that but many Christians go around said I tell you the devil's about to kill me I tell you the demons have got a hold of me I wish I could find someone who had some authority oh I tell you I'm about to have a nervous breakdown oh I'm telling you the devil's always defeated me just seem like I can never have any victory at all see they talked like that they they they they wonder why God doesn't help them because you see God doesn't doesn't confirm that devil talk brings the devil on the scene but God talk brings God on the scene Amen see we need to square our shoulders hold up our head and in the midst of sickness and disease and trouble and it when it looks like the devil is swamped us and everything has gone down the river and we've lost it all stand and put your face in the face of the storm I'll tell you God likes that and bolas say say God has said it so that I can boldly say it and I'll say it now he hath delivered me Satan hear it Angels hear it God hear my confession you have delivered me from the power and the authority of darkness and you have translated me into the kingdom of your dear son thank god I've been delivered amen now the fourth confession is this it's found in John the Gospel of John chapter 1 verses 12 and 13 along in 11 and 12 it says he came into his own in his own received him not but whose miners' received him to them gave he power to become the sons of God which were born not of blood nor the will of the flesh nor the will of man but of God you see Jesus God is saying that to as many as received him you see nearly everybody in the United States here where we live nearly everybody would tell you they believe in Jesus but they just believe with their head you see the Bible talks about believing with your heart many a person listening to my voice if you're not careful you're going to miss heaven by about this far between your head and your heart you go to miss you're going to miss heaven by about 9 inches 12 18 maybe 18 inches I mean it's cerebral to miss heaven by that but that little little bit you see but you see it's a difference when you hit in your heart nearly everybody says I believe in Jesus but many of you will die lost without God and go to hell with your name on a church roll and be living good lives because you have never really received Jesus into your heart and had the new birth you see that's what really counts Oh God has said to as many as received him to them gave he power to become the sons of God which were born not of blood nor the will of man another will will of the flesh but of God so that we might boldly say I have received Jesus into my heart and so I boldly say I have been born of God that's what God likes to hear let's say it's a he has said that I might boldly say and I've only say I have received Jesus not into my head not into my feet but into my heart and because I've received Jesus I boldly say what God has said I'm born of God I've gone again I'm born of God thank God I'm in the family of God give yourself ahead and clap whoops amen amen well here's the next confession it's found in first Peter chapter 1 verse 18 in Galatians 3:13 it says for as much as you know you were not redeemed with corruptible things such as silver and gold but with a precious blood of Christ as a lamb without spot without blemish Galatians 3:13 says Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law now the curse of the law is sickness disease poverty ill health in all in our mind in our emotions and losing of our family our children all the misery and the heartache of the human race that's all the curse of the law now God has said I have redeemed you now you folks on television listen to me God has said you are redeemed out from under the curse of the law by the blood of Jesus Christ he has redeemed you by that blood and you have a right to say what God is saying the sixth confession it says in Galatians 3:13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law being made a curse for us that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles the blessing of Abraham god has said that you might boldly say exactly what he's saying I'm telling you folks this works this will bring you out of poverty it'll bring you out of cancer it'll bring you out of leukemia it'll bring you out of the authorizers it'll bring you out of all kind of blindness and deafness in your body it'll bring you out of depression it'll bring you out of the storms of life it'll bring your marriage back together again I'm telling you God creates the fruit of the lips we have what we say and if you ought to change things change what you're saying now he said Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law at the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles well the blessing of Abraham is listed in Deuteronomy 28 it said we're blessed in the city and we're blessed in the field we're blessed when we come in we're blessed when we go out we're blessed in the fruit of our body we're blessed in our basket and we're blessed in our story the Lord when our enemies comes against us one way they flee seven the Lord has commanded the blessing to be upon us in our storehouses and in all that we set out him to do he has he has made us to lend and not borrow he has made us the head and not the tail above only and not beneath whether that's blessed amen that's blessing but you see God said the blessing is upon you not so you can just take it for granted well I'm blessed you know God said it and I'm blessed and just go around saying well you know it in your heart well you know I just take the attitude I'm blessed well that's a good attitude to take but that is not why God said that God has said that you might boldly say in other words if you don't want if you don't what if you don't put it in your mouth and speak it with your lips it's not going to have creative power let me tell you something there was a Bible in our house in our household there was a Bible in our household all the days of my life now I never did find 90 belphin it was down in a trunk somewhere and they press leaves with it and things like that you know on flowers and put notes they didn't want to lose in that because nobody ever picked the thing up you know you know what I'm talking about that that Bible was in there all the days of my life and I was on my way to hell with the Bible in my house it didn't do me one bit of good until I put it in my heart and put it in my mouth and begin to say it and I became a new preacher did you know that there are untold blessings in this Bible for you they won't do you a bit of good on your shelf they won't be a bit do you a bit of good you're just leaving them there in the Bible you got to take them out look out and put them in your heart and boldly say it's mine I'm claiming this this is mine and begin to say what God says do you know many people hear our sermon on healing and then go out and say what the devil says and what the doctor says and what the report says and what their bodies say did you know that you know when you have a choice of saying what other people say or what your body says our circumstances say you have a chance opportunity to say those things but he has said it that you might boldly say it you see creative power is in the is in the mouth and especially when you put the word of Almighty God that's alive and full of power in your mouth it has tremendous power to create for you are you out there we've got to get our mouth working there's power of life and death in the what in the tongue and tell you folks our tongue can either make us or break us but you know I use my mouth even when I don't use God's word you know I talked over whether it's going to stop me I was driving down to the speeder be careful on feeders who feeders are traps and I driving down there and I'm telling you that the Holy Ghost ever talked to me he said slow down about a quarter of a mile as a policeman down there waiting but you know I don't pay attention to that I just couldn't I mean less than a minute or two I rounded a little bit on that feeder go to about 45 miles an hour or 50 or 50 boy and now he was waving me over Holy Ghost said I told you so well you know I use my mouth even there he I got out I gave him my bad license you know no they make him do that anybody I just give up I said you know I said unit I said you know the Lord told me you were sitting down here that's what I told him I said just a quarter of a mile back God spoke to me if I ever heard him in my life I said he told me just right around this bin there was a policeman I said aren't you glad God knows where y'all and and he got to around get my life getting my license number back there you don't he saw Lakewood Church he said what's this I said well that's the church he looked at me and he said I'm gonna let you go but he said I want you to do this next time God talks you you listen hoax I'm telling you your mouth can get you out of trouble now if just normal words like that will help you how much more if we will take God's eternal word and put it in our mouth and speak it where he said I create the fruit of the lips give the Lord a hand clap would you all right now the sixth one is found in 1st John 1 8 and 9 it says it says in there if we confess our sins now many people become new creatures many people become new creatures and and and then they start living for Jesus and they make mistakes and the stumble involved and then they say well God's just going to kick me out of the kingdom no he's not you see God's made provision for you to be restored now first John 189 says if we confess our sins we agree with God see God says that sin I say the same thing that's ciency that's a that's a confession saying the same thing if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness now why did he say that so that I might boldly say it you see it's so easy when you fail God and you just feel so down and you feel like a dog and you just mess the day up anybody have a mess today up lift your hand and say hallelujah see I'm not alone but you see he has said these things at verse John so that we might boldly say them oh when I feel the guilt East when I feel like a dog Dody knows I'm guilty the children's no no I'm guilty God knows I'm guilty the devil knows I'm guilty the Angels know I'm guilty Jesus knows I'm guilty the Holy Ghost knows I'm guilty and I just finally admit to I'm guilty but when I just feel like a dog I just stand still and say oh thank God for first John chapter one I mean folk verses 89 it says you have said father if we confess our sins you are faithful and just to forgive me our sins and to cleanse me from all unrighteousness so I boldly say since I have confessed that this is wrong that I am forgiven and I'm cleanse from all unrighteousness hallelujah he said it that I might know they say that's what you need to do all right here are the seven confessions he said it that we might boldly say let's say I am saved I boldly say it based upon his word I am saying I am a new creation I am delivered I am born again I am redeemed I am blessed I am forgiven I he has said it I boldly say I'm not ashamed of it thank God I paid your father that I am saved I am a new creature I am delivered I am born of God I am redeemed I am blessed I am forgiven yeah act like it come give order now you see you folks listening on television by the very fact if you said these things with us by the very fact that you said them there's a lifting in your spirit you said by those in you mean to tell me that this is how God works I mean to tell you that's why you turned on the television today because you need to know that sometimes you your own words you're your own worst enemy and you're destroying what God's trying to do start agreeing with God and talking like it for he has said that you might boldly say don't say what your body says don't what say what your neighbors say don't say what the bad report says don't say what your empty pocketbook says don't say what your bill say don't say what your mind said don't say what all these circumstances say get the Word of God read it put it in your mouth and say it boldly and it will come to pass

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Published: Thu Jul 24 2014