Your Sins Will Find You Out

First, a joke. A young boy brought home a poor report card. "What do you have to say for yourself?" his mother said, seeing his poor grades. He shrugged, smiling sheepishly. "Well," he said, "at least you know I'm not cheating!"

As today's sermon cautions, "Your Sins Will Find You Out." Today's sermon scripture is Numbers 32:23: "But if you fail to do this, you will be sinning against the LORD; and you may be sure that your sin will find you out."

King David's life shows this. Though he loved God, he sinned. He killed Uriah to cover up his adultery with Bathsheba. As our passage cautions, David's wickedness was discovered. God sent Nathan to meet David, revealing his wrongdoing and imposing judgement (2 Samuel 12:7-12).

Einstein remarked, "Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters." King David painfully learned this.

However, David's response to being caught is a model for us. He repents and begs for compassion in Psalm 51. "For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me," he laments in verse 3.

The Bible includes King David's narrative. Jonah tried to avoid God's instruction to go to Nineveh. His disobedience got him into a big fish.

Peter refused Jesus three times before the rooster crowed, as Jesus predicted. Like David, he repented after his denial was discovered.

"Nothing in all creation is hidden from God," says Hebrews 4:13. Everything is revealed to him to whom we must account."

Church, what's the message? God sees all our sins. He sees, knows, and summons us to light.

"Father, we cannot hide our sins from You," we plead. Give us courage to face, confess, and repent. We seek Your mercy. Help us live Your truth and satisfy You. Jesus' name, Amen."

Dear brothers and sisters, we serve a God who sees and knows all. His grace and mercy are great, but our sins will find us. He demands confession, repentance, and a holy life.

Church, walk in His light and remember that His grace offers forgiveness and a new start. Happy week! Bless you!