Surely this thing is Known!

(Exodus 2:14) "Surely the thing is known."

How long will mankind live with secrets? For as long as they can get away with them I suppose! All have tried and will continue trying to keep their hidden secrets out of sight. That is why they are called secret sins. Now it would be good for us to understand what the Word teachers about this type of behaviour. But from the outset I will make a bold statement and categorise all of mankind as falling into this trap and this type of sin. I cannot give you scripture and verse to prove my point, I could referrer to many references singling out individuals, but let me rather focus on what the scripture teachers on this subject as a general topical study.

Moses lived in Egypt and had been raised by the princess (pharaohs daughter) so he was entitled to Egyptian privileges but he understood his birthright as a Hebrew. One day Moses saw an Egyptian guard beating a Hebrew slave, one of his people. Now this is the point which I would like us to pay special attention too... “He looked this way and that, and seeing no one; he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.” He assumed that because no one would see the crime he was about to commit, he felt it would be safe to accomplish his intention, so he killed the Egyptian! It is exactly the same for all who believe that if no one knows about what we do in secret we will be safe and we will get away with it. That could not be further from the truth, it is another decoy that the devil has used from the beginning to get us to believe we will escape judgment; “But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die.” (Genesis 3:4)

Do we see the subtlety used here? The woman ate, her eyes where opened and she knew that she was naked, but she did not die there and then. Spiritually she did die! She was cut off from the presents of God, but her body didn’t die just as Satan had said. The next day she still was breathing the same air she inhaled the day before. But her body and her cells now began to die off as she now began to age. It is the same for mankind when we reason with this type of mentality, until we are caught in our sin. Moses felt that he got away with murder, until he was confronted by those he protected; “Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid, and thought, "Surely the thing is known." And because it was now know he had to take action to escape judgement. Nevertheless he had to have his heart exposed, to understand that he now needed to flee in order to live. “When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. And he sat down by a well.” (Exodus 2:15)

If we flee from our sin to the Lord Jesus we will find forgiveness, this is the beauty of the gospel message, and this is why the Lord Jesus came to die for mankind, so that we could escape eternal judgment. But as long as you feel you will get away with your secret sins and have no need to find forgiveness, you will continue in trickery and deceit. But there is a day coming that every action of every person will be as it where an open book before God and you will be judged accordingly. We all will be judged! Yet all those who are covered by the blood of the Lamb will escape judgment for sin as the Lord Jesus Christ has already paid the price for all of the sins that repentant sinners have committed. Yes, this is the hope we (believers) now look forward too! We will not be judged for sin, that penalty had already been taken care of in and through our great Saviour, the Lord Jesus! “And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” (Hebrews 10:10)

There will be another judgment every believer will face, it is known as a “works judgment!” But let us leave that topic for another day. Now let me address all those who reject this glorious gospel message; a wise king, a man who lived long ago has this to teach us and I quote; “For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil. (Ecclesiastes 12:14)

Nobody will get away with any secret sin, as God sees all! Do not be fooled into believing a lie, repent and turn to Him and find forgiveness for you sin while you still breathe here on earth. While you have breath you still have hope, but when you breathe your last breath it will be time for judgment. What will you do I wonder?

Signing off

Tyrone