No public declaration about being part of the family of God.Īll such things are good works that are important for the life of the Christian, but which are not requirements for receiving eternal life. No submission to Jesus as Lord and Master. Never forget that we gain the free gift of eternal life simply by believing in Jesus for it. Yet when we study the word confess in Scrip-ture, we discover that confession, or agreement with God, has nothing whatsoever to do with gaining or keeping our eternal life, but rather with aligning ourselves with God’s perspective on things. Almost every statement in Scripture requires us to either agree or disagree. Obviously, there are lots of truths we can agree with God about. To confess is to align with what God is saying, or to agree with Him about something. Therefore, the word “agree” might be the best translation of homologeō. When God makes a statement about some truth, we can either agree with God or disagree (John 1:20 1 John 2:23). The opposite of confession is denial ( arneomai). Instead, it has in view a conversation with God or others about what is true, and we agree with them about what they are saying. The word confess comes from the Greek word homologeō, and it literally means “to say the same thing.” The word means more than just to admit, proclaim, or declare something. We need to understand the meaning of the word “confess,” the meaning of the word “forgive” and the overall message and theme of 1 John. So what did the Apostle John mean when he wrote 1 John 1:9? To understand this verse, we need to understand three things. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.īut does this mean that if we do not confess our sins to God, He will not forgive us? No, the truth is that God has already forgiven you for all your sins, past, present, and future. In 1 John 1:9, we are invited to confess our sins so that God will forgive us.
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