That is precisely the intent of a confession — it refuses to go along with the pretense that God has not spoken. A confession asserts that God has spoken clearly and specifically. Holding to a confession is an act of humility, admitting that we are not, as we would wish, the final arbiters of truth. Instead, in our confessions we proclaim that God has given us absolute, nonnegotiable truth. Confession is our obedient response to what God has spoken. It is an acknowledgment that God is God, and that we are not.
—Michael Reeves
Don’t Be Caught without a Confession, https://tabletalkmagazine.com/posts/dont-caught-without-confession/