No matter who you are or
what your position in life, you are a sinner. Thankfully, we can be a sinner
saved by grace. The simple fact of the matter is that we sin because we are a
sinners. Even when you try to hide it! I say, “try to hide it” because you
cannot hide your sin. Look at how that Bible reminds us of this reality.
Examples of Our Inability
to Conceal Sin
Genesis 3:8 And they heard
the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and
Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the
trees of the garden.
Joshua 7:21 When I saw
among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of
silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and
took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and
the silver under it.
Proverbs 28:13 He that
covereth his sins shall not prosper: But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them
shall have mercy.
Isaiah 29:15 Woe unto them
that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, And their works are in the
dark, And they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Isaiah 30:1–2 Woe to the
rebellious children, saith the LORD, That take counsel, but not of me; And that
cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, That they may add sin to sin: That
walk to go down into Egypt, And have not asked at my mouth; To strengthen
themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, And to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
You May Think Sins Are
Secret But God Knows
2 Kings 17:9 And the
children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the
LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the
tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
Job 10:14 If I sin, then
thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
Job 14:16 For now thou
numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?
Job 24:16 In the dark they
dig through houses, Which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: They
know not the light.
Psalm 19:12 Who can
understand his errors? Cleanse thou me from secret faults.
Psalm 90:8 Thou hast set
our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Ezekiel 8:12 Then said he
unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do
in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD
seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
Amos 5:12 For I know your
manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: They afflict the just, they take
a bribe, And they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
Ephesians 5:12 For it is a
shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
Sins by Another Name –
Works of Darkness
Job 24:14 The murderer
rising with the light Killeth the poor and needy, And in the night is as a
thief.
Proverbs 7:8–10 Passing
through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house, In the
twilight, in the evening, In the black and dark night: And, behold, there met
him a woman With the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
John 3:20 For every one that
doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should
be reproved.
Romans 13:12 The night is
far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness,
and let us put on the armour of light.
Ephesians 5:11 And have no
fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
1 Thessalonians 5:7 For
they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the
night.
No Excuses – Sin is Sin
Even in Secret
Genesis 4:8–10 And Cain
talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field,
that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. And the LORD said
unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my
brother’s keeper? And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s
blood crieth unto me from the ground.
Even in Haste
Genesis 25:32 And Esau
said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright
do to me?
Even though it is hidden
for many years
Genesis 42:21 And they said
one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the
anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is
this distress come upon us.
Even when provoked by
others
1 Kings 21:7 And Jezebel
his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and
eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of
Naboth the Jezreelite.1 Kings 21:20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found
me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold
thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
Even under the influence
Daniel 5:1–2 Belshazzar the
king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the
thousand. Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden
and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple
which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his
concubines, might drink therein.
Even when others approve of
it
Mark 14:10–11 And Judas
Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto
them. And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money.
And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
Even when it is done out of
ignorance
Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus,
Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his
raiment, and cast lots.
Final Thoughts
Every human suffers from the
effects of sin. In fact, it is inherited from all the way back in The Garden.
You can try to conceal it, you can try to keep sins secret believing that if
they are secret they do not exist and you can try to make excuses. The fact
remains we are all subject to sin and we all have a choice to walk in it or
not. I like how Paul puts it “For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye
light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is
in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) Ephesians 5:8-9.
