HOMOLOGEO - lit., to speak the same thing.
The Holy Spirit convicts the Christian of sin. The Christian agrees that he/she is guilty of that particular sin.
Confession, as used in our verse 1 John 1:9, is admitting oneself guilty of what the Holy Spirit has convicted inward, and now declared outward in penitent prayer.
God's ideal is for His child to be quick to agree that the sin is real and to turn from it and ask forgiveness. This being done immediately prevents a break in fellowship with the Father. "We walk in the light as He is in the light."
Because we children play in this world, we need constant cleaning. There is only one agent that is capable of constantly cleansing God's children from the dirty sin of this world - "THE BLOOD OF JESUS!"
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