Secrets

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It's one of the most popular convention locations in the
United States - Las Vegas. We can each guess as to what
some of the reasons for its popularity might be. But it's
become a popular destination for people other than
conventioneers. A recent advertising campaign is
offering Las Vegas as the place to go if you want to
get away with something. Using some scenes that
suggest some covert relationships and secret romantic
liaisons, the tantalizing promise that flashes across
the screen simply says: "What you do here stays
here." Wrong!

This isn't about a particular city or an advertising
campaign. It's about that dark side of all of us that
the idea of "getting away with it" appeals to.
There is this instinct in us that seems to say,
"What you do when you're alone, when you're
away from home, when you're 'off duty,' when
no one knows you, you can do it and no one
will ever know. It doesn't count." What a lie!

Hebrews 4:13, our word for today from the
Word of God, assures us that "nothing in
all creation is hidden from God's sight.
Everything is uncovered and laid bare before
the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
" It couldn't be more blunt. God has seen it all.
And if God knows, and He does, you're caught.
Oh, the consequences, the judgment may not
come instantaneously, but be sure they will
come. In the words of Numbers 32:23, "Be
sure your sin will find you out." There's no
such thing as anonymous sin - as sin you
get away with.

What we read describes God, the great Creator
of the universe and the Creator of you, as
"Him to whom we must give account." You
will stand before God one day, and no one
knows when their appointment with God is.
There will be no excuses, no rationalizations,
no cover-ups, no plea bargains - only reckoning.
What you think is a secret is not a secret with
the only One who really matters. Romans 2:16
says, "God will judge men's secrets through
Jesus Christ" (Romans 2:16). Maybe you've
fooled everyone. You can't fool Him.

The thought of facing the judgment of the
God against whom we've all rebelled is nothing
short of terrifying. As the Bible says, "It is a
dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living
God" (Hebrews 10:31). But the amazing good news
Jesus brought is that you and I don't have to pay
the awful, eternal death penalty for our sin.
Someone already did. Jesus did. In the words
of the Bible, "He loved us and sent His Son
as an atoning sacrifice for our sins" (1 John 4:10).
Imagine - God's love for you is so great that
He poured the hell for your sin against Him
on His own Son so you would never have
to pay for it yourself. So you could spend
eternity in the heaven that you could never
deserve rather than the hell you do deserve.
He really, really loves you. He went a long
way to forgive you.

But you have to first face your sin and see
it for what it is - the defiant hijacking of your
life from the God who made you. Then you
have to decide you're ready to turn from the
sin that killed Him and place your life in His
hands. Which is where you were created to
be anyway. And the weight of a lifetime of
sinning and secrets and darkness can come
off your shoulders this very day because,
as the Bible says, "The blood of Jesus His
Son, purifies us from all sin" (1 John 1:7).
He is alive today. You can tell Him right
now, "Jesus, Your death for my sin is my
only hope and I am Yours." If that's what
you want, let me send you my booklet
about beginning with Him. It's called
Yours For Life. Just let me know you want it.

This can be the day of your new beginning -
when God's spiritual shower makes you
clean and every sin of your life is erased
from His book forever - your judgment
cancelled. Ron Hutchcraft

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