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times shuddered as I have listened to Christians speak unguarded words that have
arisen from an impure source. Rather than confessing the truth that Yahweh has
declared to them, they speak forth all the fear and unbelief that is in their soul. I
have observed these same ones crippled in their spiritual walk as it has become
exceedingly difficult for them to embrace the promises of God. It is therefore
necessary that all those who are seeking to rule over sin and addictive desires be
careful to control that which comes out of their mouth. If you are confessing that
your addiction is too strong for you, then it will be.
It is not my intent in this book to campaign against worldly programs for
those who struggle with addictions, but I feel it is necessary to declare something
here. Many people in and out of the church are led to participate in 12 step
programs that are not the product of the Spirit of Christ. I have sat in on many of
these meetings. As the meetings open, every person introduces themselves and a
common declaration is made by those in attendance. They say, “My name is
_____ and I am an alcoholic.” If they are a drug addict, they simply substitute
this for the word alcoholic.
Satan understands the power in our words, and he has accomplished a great
victory in bringing untold millions of men and women to make a confession of
their continued bondage to sin in this way. Such a confession is contrary to the
truth of God. The apostle Paul wrote the following to the Christians at Corinth.

I Corinthians 6:9-11
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of
God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,
nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor
drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but
you were justified in the name of the Lord Yahshua Christ and in the Spirit
of our God.

Drunkards will not inherit the Kingdom of God. But this is not who
Christians are. Our confession is always in the past tense regarding our slavery to
sin. “Such WERE some of you.” Christians are not these things now, though they
may have been in the past. Christ breaks every bondage. He has set the captives
free. You were washed. You were sanctified (set apart as holy to God). You were
justified in the name of Christ.
To continue to declare that you are an addict or an alcoholic after being born
anew of the Spirit of Christ is a false confession. It is the same as if the Israelites
had gotten out into the wilderness, and had seen Pharaoh and his armies drowned
in the sea, but they continued to confess that they were Pharaoh’s slaves. How
preposterous! Neither are the children of God slaves to sin anymore. We must put
on a new mindset, and we must begin to confess those things that God declares
concerning our identity in Christ.
Those who spoke in agreement with Yahweh’s promises to them were able to
enter the land and defeat the enemies that dwelt therein. Those who confessed
their weakness and inability, and who failed to reckon on the presence of God in
them, failed to enter and overcome all adversaries.