Nothing hidden

In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. – Luke 12.1-3

When we do wrong we secretly deeply hope that we are going to be able to ‘get away with it.’ If no one sees it how bad can it be? If I keep it to a whisper how much trouble can it cause? If nobody catches me on my sin is it really sin?

Too many times it is easy for us to live that way. We have sins that we deal with that we know are wrong and we know we need to deal with and yet we still hold them dear hoping against hope that no one will ever find out. I have dealt with a couple of situations of late where people refused to acknowledge and confess their sin and repent even against overwhelming evidence. Eventually though truth won out. ‘Be sure your sins will find you out’ became reality.

We can be assured that when we choose to sin we will not get away with it forever. I heard it preached one time that at the Bema seat all of our sins will be broadcast so everyone who ever lived will see the dirty little sins we ever did. I think that’s taking it a bit too far, but we need to know that our can’t be secret forever. We will be found out.

Wouldn’t it be much easier to deal with now and move on?