Like Peter, we once denied Jesus before others. How, then, can we become people who confess the Lord? “Also I say to you, whoever confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God; but he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God” (Luke 12:8–9). (1) First, as I read today’s passage, Luke 12:8–9, I became interested in the words Jesus used—“confess” and “deny”—and I would like to reflect on these two terms: (a) The Greek word for “confess” here is homologēsē (ὁμολογήσῃ), the aorist subjunctive form of the verb homologeō (ὁμολογέω). Literally, it comes from “to say the same thing” (homos = same, lego = to say), and in the biblical context it carries the following deep meanings (Internet): 1. Core meaning: a public confession of faith To confess: It ...
