You Cannot Keep a Secret from God God
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You Cannot Keep a Secret from God
God: Omnipotent • Nothing too difficult. Jer. 32: 17, 27 • Seen in creation, crossing of Red Sea, resurrection, etc. • Also seen in His judgments against sin and sinners.
God: Omniscient • Psalm 139: 1 -12 – Comforting for the faithful, but not for the wicked. • • God does see. Ezek. 8: 12 Hairs of our head are numbered. Luke 12: 7 Knows men’s hearts. 1 Sam. 16: 7; 1 Kings 8: 39 Seen in Jesus. Matt. 9: 3, 4
God: Hates and Punishes Sin • From the beginning. • Days of Noah. Gen. 6: 5 -7 • Wrath; cannot enter kingdom of heaven. Rom. 1: 18; 1 Cor. 6: 9, 10; Gal. 5: 19 -21
God: Even Secret Sins Will Be Punished • Your sin will find you out. Num. 32: 23 • Secrets revealed in judgment. Eccles. 12: 13, 14; Rom. 2: 16 • God is not mocked. Gal. 6: 7, 8 • We can’t “get away with it” forever. • Others can’t keep getting away with it. • All secrets will be revealed. Luke 12: 1 -3
Often Revealed in This Life • • Cain and Abel. Gen. 4 Moses. Exodus 2 Achan. Joshua 7 David and Bathsheba. 2 Samuel 11, 12 Gehazi. 2 Kings 5 Sardis. Rev. 3 Ananias and Sapphira. Acts 5
Conclusion • • Never ask, “Who sees us? ” Isa. 29: 15 All is open before God. Heb. 4: 13 Are you trying to keep something hidden? It will be revealed. Rom. 2: 16
