Christianese tends to look better on the outside than what is living on the inside. Saying all the right Christian slogans , serving the poor and needy and sick is difficult to discredit; but that is the subtlety of satan. When he entices a believer to promote themselves over Christ Jesus, it must be done delicately and subtly. Declaring one’s humility because of the works they perform, and being defensive at every...

Romans 7:6

But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter. 

The Word without the Spirit of Truth (Holy Spirit), is the word without power. Jesus said His words were spirit and life. Confessing the word over and over until we believe it is not entering His rest and not acknowledging His finished work. (Heb. 4:10) Otherwise we would need to receive Christ and confess wi...