There is no such thing as\nsecret sin. Trying to hide sin from God is like running from your shadow. God knows. \nWhat does the Bible say? 15 key\nverses: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Proverbs 28:13<\/strong> \u201cIf you hide your sins,\nyou will not succeed. If you confess and reject them, you will receive mercy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Psalm 69:5<\/strong> \u201cGod, you know what I\nhave done wrong; I cannot hide my guilt from you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Psalm 44:20-21<\/strong> \u201cIf we had forgotten\nthe name of our God or lifted our hands to a foreign god, wouldn\u2019t God find out\nsince he knows the secrets of the heart?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Psalm 90:8<\/strong> \u201cYou have set our\nwrong-doing before You, our secret sins in the light of Your face.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Numbers 32:23<\/strong> \u201cBut if you don\u2019t do\nthese things, you will be sinning against the Lord; know for sure that you will\nbe punished for your sin.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n God knows everything about you and he is always\nwatching you.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. Jeremiah 16:17-18<\/strong> \u201cI see everything\nthey do. They cannot hide from me the things they do; their sin is not hidden\nfrom my eyes. I will pay back the people of Judah twice for every one of their\nsins, because they have made my land unclean. They have filled my country with\ntheir hateful idols.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. Psalm 139:1-2<\/strong> \u201cLord, you have\nexamined me and know all about me. You know when I sit down and when I get up.\nYou know my thoughts before I think them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. Psalm 139:3-7<\/strong> \u201cYou know where I go\nand where I lie down. You know everything I do. Lord, even before I say a word,\nyou already know it. You are all around me\u2014in front and in back\u2014 and have put\nyour hand on me. Your knowledge is amazing to me; it is more than I can\nunderstand. Where can I go to get away from your Spirit? Where can I run from\nyou?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reminders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. Luke 12:1-2<\/strong> \u201cSo many thousands of\npeople had gathered that they were stepping on each other. Jesus spoke first to\nhis followers, saying, \u201cBeware of the yeast of the Pharisees, because they are\nhypocrites. Everything that is hidden will be shown, and everything that is\nsecret will be made known.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. Hebrews 4:12-13<\/strong> \u201cGod\u2019s word is alive\nand working and is sharper than a double-edged sword. It cuts all the way into\nus, where the soul and the spirit are joined, to the center of our joints and\nbones. And it judges the thoughts and feelings in our hearts. Nothing in all\nthe world can be hidden from God. Everything is clear and lies open before him,\nand to him we must explain the way we have lived.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The danger of unconfessed sin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 11. Isaiah 59:1-2<\/strong> \u201cSurely the Lord\u2019s\npower is enough to save you. He can hear you when you ask him for help. It is\nyour evil that has separated you from your God. Your sins cause him to turn\naway from you, so he does not hear you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12. Psalm 66:18-19<\/strong> \u201cIf I had harbored\nsin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. However, God heard; he\nlistened to my prayer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Repent of the hidden sins you don\u2019t know about.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 13. Psalm 19:12<\/strong> \u201cHow can I know all the\nsins lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Repent: Turn away and follow Christ.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 14. 1 John 1:9<\/strong> \u201cIf we confess our sins,\nhe is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all\nunrighteousness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 15. 2 Chronicles 7:1<\/strong>4 \u201cIf my people, who are called by\nmy name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their\nwicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and\nwill heal their land.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bonus: Don\u2019t deny your sins.\nSee it as God sees it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Isaiah 55:8-9 \u201cFor my\nthoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the\nLord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than\nyour ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There is no such thing as secret sin. Trying to hide sin from God is like running from your shadow. God knows. What does the Bible say? 15 key verses: 1. Proverbs 28:13 \u201cIf you hide your sins, you will not succeed. If you confess and reject them, you will receive mercy.\u201d 2. Psalm 69:5 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[530],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n