The Catholic Defender: Hold fast to our Confession
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Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. Your confession is what you say. You should persistently continue speaking in faith, agreeing with what God has said, regardless of circumstances.
(1) With this new affirmation that we have to come before the throne of God, the priest implores
(2) He is our true hope for salvation, as well as for our perseverance in the Christian life. Our confession of hope, “Jesus is Lord,” shows that we are holding fast to a person, the Son of God.
(3) Holding fast to our confession of hope requires conditioning. It’s not merely something we recite when times are getting tough, but rather a persistent fight to exercise our faith by actively engaging in the gospel revealed in God’s word, no matter what our circumstances.
The first thing we must realize is that we hold fast to our Confession in the Covenant Catholic Church.
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you unless you believed in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:1–2
but test everything; hold fast what is good. 1 Thessalonians 5:21
Only hold fast what you have until I come. The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, Revelation 2:25–26
"Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession." (Heb. 3:1)
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.
“Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage” (Galatians 5:1). It is one thing to gain freedom. It is another thing to maintain it. The truth is the same way we gained our freedom in Christ is the way we maintain it.
Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith, be courageous, be strong. (1 Corinthians 16:13)?
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