Is Romans 10:10 Confession an After-Report? Robert Breaker’s Cookie Analogy Tested in Genesis

Short answer: No. Robert Breaker says confession in Romans 10:10 is only an after-report, and the word “unto” is the evidence. This Heart + Unto study checks the Genesis verses that have both “heart” and “unto.” If “unto” meant an after-report, it should be easy to see here, and it is not.

Quick facts

In his video “The Mandatory Vocalization Cult” (35:51), Robert Breaker says confession “is what comes after the fact.”
He illustrates it with a cookie story: you eat the cookie first, then you confess it.
The after-report argument says the “unto” in Romans 10:10 is the definitive evidence.
If that were true, “unto” should show up as an after-report hundreds of times in Scripture.
By my count, 199 verses from Genesis to Revelation use “heart” and “unto” in the same verse.
This series covers each book of the Bible as its own video. Genesis comes first.

What does Romans 10:10 say?

Romans 10:10: “For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

The argument that confession is purely an after-report rests on the word “unto” in this verse.

What is Robert Breaker’s cookie analogy?

Robert Breaker: “Then, we will confess that we got it. Confession is what comes after the fact. Confession isn’t what makes the thing happen. Confession is, the thing happened, let me confess it.

My wife makes some cookies. She says, ‘Don’t steal the cookies.’ She walks to the bathroom. She’s not looking, she’s gone. I run, I eat a cookie.

An hour goes by. She comes back, she says, ‘Who ate the cookie?’

I confess I ate the cookie. Did I eat the cookie an hour later when I confessed, or did it take place already? Now I’m confessing unto the fact that I ate the cookie. That’s what I’m doing.

So, confession is made unto salvation means, according to scripture, that when you are saved by believing from the heart, then you confess: ‘I believe the gospel. I believe the death, burial, resurrection, shed blood uh for our sins according to the scriptures, how He died, I’m trusting in the blood.’ That is salvation.

When you believe, then you confess. Then you say, ‘And I have believed it.’”

Does “unto” mean an after-report?

The claim is that “unto” in Romans 10 means an after-report. If that is true (I argue it is not), it should be easily verifiable, because we should see hundreds of times in Scripture where “unto” is used as an after-report.

By my count, there are 199 verses from Genesis to Revelation that use “heart” and “unto” in the same verse. This series covers each “heart + unto” verse in every book of the Bible as an individual video, to see whether that book’s “heart + unto” verses are or are not an after-report.

Starting with Genesis.

What do the Genesis “heart + unto” verses show?

Genesis 17:17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

My point: this is easy and obvious. The child has not been born yet, so “unto” would be illogical as an after-report.

Genesis 20:5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

My point: “unto” here just means “to me.” It says who was spoken to. It does not turn the speaking into a confession of something already done.

Genesis 20:6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

My point: under the cookie model, God would be confessing that He had already talked to him. But God is speaking to Abimelech in the dream. That does not make sense.

Genesis 24:45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

My point: “unto” marks where she went and who he spoke to. It is not used as an after-report or a cookie.

Genesis 42:28 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?

My point: “unto” here means “to.” The idea that this is a cookie does not hold up.

So, is “unto” an after-report in Genesis?

No. In these verses, “unto” points to a person, a place, or someone being born. None of them uses “unto” to mark a later confession of something already finished. If “unto” were the sign of an after-report, Genesis is where we should see it, and we do not.

Next in the series: Exodus.

Sources

Robert Breaker, “The Mandatory Vocalization Cult #sinnersprayer #confession #falsedoctrine #mouth #vocal #salvation”: https://youtu.be/b8j-ol-hslI?t=2151