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Q: What verses in the bible
help you with increasing confidence in yourself?
A: With regard to
verses in the Bible helping to increase confidence in
yourself, we need to
start by realizing just what condition we are in.
We are told by many today that man is the ultimate being,
the final
development in evolution, the one who can achieve anything.
If you believe
it, you are it and if you believe you can do it, then it's
done. These are
statements that are all too commonly heard today.
However, the Bible is very clear on the state of man. First
of all, before
we can even begin to look at the question of confidence, we
need to look at
our state before God. Consider the following verses
carefully.
Psalm 14:1-3 "THE fool hath said in his heart, There is no
God. They are
corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that
doeth good. The
LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to
see if there were
any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone
aside, they are all
together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no,
not one."
Psalm 51:5 "Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did
my mother
conceive me."
Psalm 58:3 "The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go
astray as soon
as they be born, speaking lies."
Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned, and come short of the
glory of God;"
Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of
God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
The first thing we need to realize is that we all, every one
of us, are not
only sinners now, but were conceived and born in sin. This
sin nature
separates us from God, and until that situation is remedied
in our own
personal lives we will remain separated from Him and in
danger of hellfire.
The remedy is only found in one Person; the Lord Jesus
Christ.
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting
life."
John 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth,
and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
2 Corinthians 5:21 "For he hath made him to be sin for us,
who knew no sin;
that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."
It is my personal belief that a lack of self confidence
often stems from a
lack of self worth. This can result from a whole host of
circumstances in
our lives, yet Satan will seek always to remind us of these.
Yet, the wonder
of the Gospel is that the Lord Jesus Christ proved to us our
own worth by
dying for us at Calvary, that through faith in Him we might
be saved. We
need to understand just how much God loves us.
John 15:13-14 "Greater love hath no man than this, that a
man lay down his
life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever
I command you."
Romans 5:7-8 "For scarcely for a righteous man will one die:
yet
peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But
God commendeth
his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us."
1 John 3:16 "Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he
laid down his
life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the
brethren."
1 John 4:10 "Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that
he loved us,
and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins."
You see, we all need to realize that God loves us, God loves
you as an
individual, just the way you are, and he openly displayed
that love for you
by the giving of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ at Calvary.
When we accept
this wonderful truth, His precious blood cleanses us from
all our sin, and
we stand redeemed in Him. We can then more fully understand
the wonderful
statement made in Hebrews 2:11
"For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified
are all of one:
for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren."
Those who trust in the finished work of the Lord Jesus
Christ for their
salvation He is not ashamed to call brethren. What a
wonderful truth that
is. Now if Jesus Christ is not ashamed of us, why should we
be ashamed of
ourselves? We can rest and glory in Him, and we can learn
the truth that the
apostle Paul learned that could make him say of the Lord
Jesus Christ in
Acts 17:28
"For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as
certain also of your
own poets have said, For we are also his offspring."
When we become a Christian, we become a new creature in
Christ. Old things
are passed away, and we live in Him. Therefore, our
confidence is not in
ourselves, what we can do, or how good we are; our
confidence is in Jesus
Christ and what He has already done. Some verses that might
help with this
are:
Psalm 118:8 "It is better to trust in the LORD than to put
confidence in
man."
Proverbs 3:26 "For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and
shall keep thy foot
from being taken."
Proverbs 14:26 "In the fear of the LORD is strong
confidence: and his
children shall have a place of refuge."
Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth
me."
1 John 2:28 "And now, little children, abide in him; that,
when he shall
appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before
him at his
coming."
1 John 5:14 "And this is the confidence that we have in him,
that, if we ask
any thing according to his will, he heareth us:"
In the book of Ephesians and verses 11-18 we read of the
armour of God that
a Christian should always find himself clothed in. Prior to
these
instructions, we read in verse 10 the following words:
"Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the
power of his
might."
I think that sums up what I'm trying to say about self
confidence. It's all
about the Lord Jesus Christ, who He is, what He's done and
how He is with
those that trust in Him.
Yours in Christ,
Jon Hewett