The Importance of Confessing the Good Confession in 1 Timothy 6:11-16
Encouraging individuals to embrace righteousness, godliness, and faith, the verses urge them to fight the good fight of faith and hold on to eternal life. Emphasizing the confession of Jesus before others and the significance of openly declaring faith, the passage highlights the eternal consequences of confessing or denying Jesus. It stresses the importance of confessing Jesus not only for present blessings but also for future accountability. Refusal to confess Jesus may lead to denial before God and a disconnection from Him according to the Scriptures.
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1 TIMOTHY 6:11-16 But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses
1 TIMOTHY 6:11-16 ...I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate, that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ s appearing, which He will manifest in His own time
1 TIMOTHY 6:11-16 ...He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen. (NKJV).
THE GOOD CONFESSION (1 Timothy 6:11-16) I. What Should We Confess? A. Jesus before Others (Matt. 10:22-33) B. Jesus Is the Son of God (I John 4:14-16; John 18:33-37)
THE GOOD CONFESSION (1 Timothy 6:11-16) I. What Should We Confess? Not that God for Christ s Sake Pardoned Our Sins Not How We Feel Not Our Sins (1 John 1:9; Jas. 5:16) This is for those who have already confessed Jesus
THE GOOD CONFESSION (1 Timothy 6:11-16) II. How Should We Confess? A. Before Others (Luke 12:4-8) Many Witnesses (1 Tim. 6:12) B. With the Mouth (Rom. 10:8- 11) Necessary to salvation
THE GOOD CONFESSION (1 Timothy 6:11-16) III. How Important Is It to Confess? A. It Is a Privilege Now (Phil. 2:5- 11) B. All Will One Day Confess Jesus (Rom. 14:8-12)
THE GOOD CONFESSION (1 Timothy 6:11-16) IV. What If I Do Not Confess? A. I Will Be Denied before the Father (Matt. 10:33-39) B. I Do Not Have God (1 John 2:21- 23)
