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Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. Proverbs 28:13
D.L. MOODY
“He that covereth his sins shall not prosper.” He may be a man in the pulpit, a priest before the altar, a king on the throne; I don’t care who he is. Man has been trying it for six thousand years. Adam tried it and failed. Moses tried it when he buried the Egyptian whom he killed, but he failed. “Be sure your sin will find you out” (Numbers 32:23). You cannot bury your sin so deep but it will have a resurrection by and by, if it has not been blotted out by the Son of God. What man has failed to do for six thousand years, we had better give up trying to do.
ERWIN LUTZER
The story of David committing adultery with Bathsheba is well-known. She became pregnant, and then he had her husband, Uriah, killed. For a while, David thought his sin was covered, he had done what he needed to do to get out of the mess and salvage his reputation. But the cover-up didn’t work very well. It never does.
Whether we were brought up in a strict or lenient home, we all have a conscience. And there’s nothing we can do about the stain of sin upon our conscience. Time will never obliterate our sin. We need God to do that for us.
Are we willing to come honestly and openly and say, “Jesus, here I am, exposed in your presence”? We begin there, and then we go to those whom we have wronged and we say, “At all costs, I want to be right before God and man.”
We can’t hide our sin from God, nor from ourselves, and usually not from others.
PRAYER
Father, search my heart. Convict me of my hidden sins so I can confess and repent of those sins.REFLECTION QUESTIONS
What is the danger of unrepentant and unconfessed sin?
What sin are you tempted to hide? What would change if you brought it honestly before God?