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What does it mean to confess?

Webster’s Dictionary defines confession as telling or making known a wrong. But it actually goes much deeper. In Greek to confess means to speak the same thing. But the same things as what? It means to speak the same thing God speaks by calling what we do by its real name. It’s calling sin what it is, sin.

It’s not calling the sin of homosexuality an alternative lifestyle. It’s not calling drunkenness going out and having a good time. It’s not calling fornication and adultery messing around.

By not calling sin for what it truly is, we fail to get real about our sin, and we run the risk of missing out on God’s kingdom.

(From Here to There: A Journey to Spiritual Transformation, pages 32-33)