Your Sins Will Find You Out

Don’t go to your grave thinking that your sins can be safely hidden.

There is a misconception common to all men. It is the belief that your sins can be hidden from God’s sight. Moses assured the Israelites that it could not be done when he warned, “be sure your sin will find you out” (Numbers 32:23). There may be times when we can deceive others, but God is never fooled.

Achan learned this lesson when he hid some stolen goods in the floor of his tent and thought no one knew. The problem was, God knew, and Achan and his family perished (Joshua 6:18-7:26). Ananias and Sapphira learned a similar lesson when they tried to lie to God. But, God knew their hearts. They died! We have no secrets from the Lord. “All things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do” (Hebrews 4:13).

Time cannot hide your sins. They may appear safely buried like a murdered corpse, and the grass may grow over the grave, but resurrection awaits. Your sins, no matter how carefully concealed they may be, someday they will be exposed! Don’t go to your grave thinking that your sins can be safely hidden. Every thought we think, every word we speak, and every deed we do (good or bad) is known by our Heavenly Father (Ecclesiastes 12:14; Matthew 12:36).

Sin has been, and will always be, man’s greatest problem. All of us are guilty (Romans 3:23). Two alternatives are before us. We can confront the problem and with God’s help overcome it, or we can continue to pretend that the problem does not exist. You can’t hide your sins from God, none of us can, but you can be cleansed by the blood of Christ (1 Peter 1:18, 19). There is hope in Him. “And now why tarriest thou? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord” (Acts 22:16).

Salvation:  Hear - Believe - Repent - Confess - Be Baptized - Live Faithfully