Call-In Classic Christianity Radio – Bob George P1160 (08-28-26)
True Confession vs. Asking for Forgiveness: Stop Begging for What is Already Yours
Within the institutional church, believers are constantly conditioned to believe that “confessing” means getting on your knees and begging God for another localized installment of grace. They treat 1 John 1:9 like a horizontal “Christian bar of soap” to keep themselves in good graces with God.
But under the strict legal jurisprudence of the New Covenant, this works-based transaction is a complete inversion of the Truth.
It is not that we do not confess—of course we do!. But we must understand what biblical confession actually is.
1. The Linguistic Reality of Homologeō
In our modern English vernacular, “confess” almost always carries a criminal connotation—a suspect in an interrogation room pleading for a plea bargain to escape sentencing. But this is not the word John used.
The Greek word translated as “confess” in the New Testament is homologeō (ὁμολογέω). It is a compound word:
- Homos meaning “same” or “identical”.
- Logos meaning “word,” “to speak,” or “the legal account”.
Forensically, homologeō means Socratic agreement—to speak the exact same thing or to say the same thing as another.
When a believer stumbles in their horizontal walk under the dome, true confession is not a sorrowful petition to “get clean”.… Click to Read More And Follow Along With The Message
