Now, remember, it isn’t how much you cry; it isn’t how much you repent; it isn’t how loud you can cry to God; it isn’t how sincere you can be; it’s how much faith that you have when you come to Him. He doesn’t save you on the merits of your prayer. He doesn’t save you upon the merits of your righteousness. He saves you upon the merits of your faith. It’s by faith are you saved, and that through grace. Now, you come to the altar realizing that you’re a sinner and you are sorry for your sins. You repent of what you’ve done. And you can stay there and cry for week in and out. And it would never save you until you believe in your heart that you are saved. Is that right? Then you confess it. Now, He can’t do nothing for you until you confess it. Is that right? For He is the High Priest of (conjunction)—of your confession. He can do nothing…“You confess Me before men, I’ll confess you before the Father.” Is that right? “What you say I done down here for you, that’s what I say the Father that you…that I have done for you.” He’s the High Priest. You get that young man? The High Priest of your confessions. Now, here He is setting here to make intercessions on my confession, and I have a right to confess that He’s done anything for me that’s in the redemptive blessings. There you are. What was the redemptive blessings? “He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquity, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, with His stripes we’re healed.” Is that right? That’s every believer’s possession. That’s mine.

The Manifestation of the Spirit, 1951-07-17, Toledo, OH, §19