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  CONFESSING CHRIST
  by Clement of Rome
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of confessing Christ and
living according to His commandments in order to show that we truly know
God.

Topics: "True Faith", "Heart Devotion"
Scripture References: Isaiah 29:13, Matthew 10:32, John 14:15, 1 John 2:3

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Clement of Rome emphasizes the importance of confessing and honoring God
through Jesus Christ, the means by which true knowledge of the Father is
attained. He highlights the need to not offer sacrifices to false gods
but to acknowledge the one true God. Confessing Jesus before others is a
sign of true faith, as Jesus promises to acknowledge those who confess
Him before the Father. Clement stresses the significance of not just
speaking about God but honoring Him with genuine devotion from the heart
and mind, aligning with His commandments.

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Since, then, He has displayed so great mercy towards us, and especially
in this respect, that we who are living should not offer sacrifices to
gods that are dead, or pay them worship, but should attain through Him
to the knowledge of the true Father, whereby shall we show that we do
indeed know Him, but by not denying Him through whom this knowledge has
been attained? For He himself declares,Whosoever shall confess me before
men, him will I confess before my Father.

This, then, is our reward if we shall confessHim by whom we have been
saved. But in what way shall we confess Him? By doing what He says, and
not transgressing Hiscommandments, and by honouring Him not with our
lips only, but with all our heart and all our mind.

For He says in Isaiah,This people honours me with their lips, but their
heart is far from me.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/clement-of-rome/confessing-christ/
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