Cast Not Away Your Confidence

The book of Hebrews admonishes us to cast not away our confidence which has great recompense of reward(Heb 10:35) One translation says glorious compensation. God is telling us that confidence is an intrical and critical element in recieving from God. What is confidence? Its a practical expression of our trust in God. We must understand the difference b/w confidence and arrogance. Some people that are walking in the confidence of Christ are deemed arrogant. This is only true when there is an exaltation self and not Jesus Christ! The word confidence comes from the words CON-FIDEL This litterally means "Life Of Faith" faith is not a movement, its a lifestyle! Each one of us have been commanded to live the life of faith. We have been given the measure of faith(Rom 12:3) The faith that gives us the victory that overcomes the world is already IN US! however it as to be appropriated applied and then released!!! How do we release our faith? Well, How did we get born again? The bible says that we believed in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, for with the HEART we believith unto righteousness and with the MOUTH CONFESSION is made unto salvation(Rom 10:9,10) Our heart and mouth were both involved in RECIEVING the greatest miracle! The bible says As ye therefore have RECIEVED CHRIST, so ought ye ALSO WALK YE IN HIM(Col. 2:6) In other words the same way we get born again is the same way we get healed, delivered, set free, and prosper. God spoke through the mouth of Paul He that spared not his own son, WOULD HE NOT FREELY GIVE US ALL THINGS?(Rom 8:32) How we recieved the primary is how we recieve ALL the secondary! PTL!!! Ok back to confidence. We develop in it by number one, Ways. we must learn the ways of the Lord. The bible says that the children of Israel knew his acts, Moses knes his ways(Psalm 103:14) Moses was the one that was like Lord show me your glory, and I'll go wherever your presence goes! Moses heart was the presence of the Lord!!! As a result his goodness went right along with it! It was kindof like a package deal. Moses grew from being a timd studderer to being a confident comrad marching into pharoahs court saying LET MY PEOPLE GO! Number two, Words. The confidence in our hearts is released from our lips. Matterofact right words enlarges the capacity of confidence already in our hearts. The bible says that our touges is like the pen of a ready writer(Psalm 45:1) and were told to write the word on the tables(aka Tablet) of our hearts(Prov 3:3) Refuse to use any other words other than what God says SPEAK THE WORD ONLY(Matt 8:8) As we do this we'll be just like the apostle Paul Iknow WHOM I BELIEVE AND AM FULLY PERSUADED THAT HES ABLE TO KEEP THAT WHICH I HAVE COMMITTED UNTO HIM(2 Tim 1:12) Now Enemies of Confidence. Number one, Condemnation. This is onle of the enemies tools in the workshop. He strives through self debasement. Preachers and people will call it humility. Humbling ourselves simply mean to agree and align ourselves whats aready been decreed and declared! Condemnation is a confidence killer!!! There is now therefore NO CONDEMNATION in Christ Jesus(Rom 8:1) You might be like yeah Brian, you just dont know what I've done. The woman was caught in the VERY ACT OF ADULTRY. Jesus said to her NEITHER DO I CONDEMN THEE, go and sin no more(John 8:11) God doesent hold our past against us. Condemnation will suck confidence out of us like honey out of a nector. Number two, Compromise. The latter half of the verse Jesus tells the woman caught in the very act of adultry GO AND SIN NO MORE! Compromise will destroy our confindence too. The bible says If our hearts condemn us, we CANNOT HAVE CONFIDENCE TOWARD GOD(1 John 3:20,21) When we have these areas in our lives we will not be able to have the confidence to enter boldly into the holy of holies accessing throne of grace. This is like another facet that makes sin so dangerous and disaterous it destroys our confidence. Isint it any wonder that the ene,y attempts to keep us in compromise? Number three, Comparison. The bible says comparing ourselves among ourselves is not wise(2 Cor 10:12) The only place our eyes need to be is on the author and finisher of our faith! When we begin to look toward someonelse we'll lose our confidence and begin to get jealous and enter into envy. When were green with envy, were ripe for trouble!!! We live in a society that likes to compare, look Gods no respector of persons, but he IS a respector of PRINCIPLE! Confidence is so important attack these enemies and refuse to allow them in your life in the name of JESUS!