Confess Christ, or He will deny us.
WHOSOEVER therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 10:32-33
WHOSOEVER therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed.
Mark 8:38.
THAT if thou shalt confess with thy mouth (not your influence) the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Romans 10:9.
ALSO I say unto you, whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man confess before the angels of God: But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
Luke 12:8-9.
We should confess Christ, not only to honor Him, but because of the influence we may have on others.
ONE of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew Simon Peter’s brother.
He first findeth his own brother Simon and saith unto him, we have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ, and he brought him to Jesus.
John 1:40—42.
NEVERTHELESS among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
John 12:42—43.
Illustration: Mark 5:15-20