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SECRET SINS & CONSEQUENCES
Who commit sins and who carry the punishment?
Romans 2:16, "In the day when God will judge the
secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my
gospel."
Every secret sin will attract serious judgment of God
at the end. And the question is, "What is a secret
sins" Or "Which sin is secret?"
Any sin you are hiding from men, keeping it secret, is
simply a secret sin. When it says "secret", it doesn"t
mean keeping it secret from God, since nothing is
secret or hidden before God; but keeping it secret
from necessary people has made it a secret sin.
Hiding your past or immediate sin from people that
ought to know is a secret sin that awaits the serious
judgment of God. On the other hand, to open up a
sin does not mean the whole world must hear or you
must tell everyone in your life or everyone you come
across, no. It means you don"t keep it secret from
necessary people that you need to open up to, even
if it is your past life. Necessary people may be your
marital partner, your spouse, your parents, your
pastors, Christian partners like prayer partners and
close brethren. The necessary people may your family
member or your children. When a child of God falls
into sin, after confessing to God, he or she needs to
confess to one another as the case may be. In the
body of Christ, confessing to one another depends on
the person"s position in the church. A member may
only need to confess to close brethren, immediate
leader and pastor; a leader will need to confess to
close brethren and the pastor, and the pastor will
notify the necessary people. A pastor will need to
confess to the brethren, or the whole church as the
case may be.
Who Carries The Consequences?
When a Christian confesses his sin to necessary
people, he has nothing to lose since he has repented
and decided never to go back into such sin again, and
because God has forgiven him; so confessing to
necessary people brings no shame but God"s
blessings. But there is something very important
which we really need to look into. When a brother or
sister confesses their sins to one another, they
humble themselves for God to honor them, so they
are totally free from such sin and no more
consequence, now or later. But the issue is that, the
people who hear the confessions or who they inform
about the sins need to be very careful, so as not to
carry the load of those sins on their own heads.
When somebody confesses sin to you as a result of
his rededicated Christian life, you must not hold it
against the person, you must not reproach the
person, and you must not disregard or disrespect the
person. Why? Because the person who confesses his
past or a particular sin to you does that to honor
God"s word, so if you despise, you are not actually
despising the person but God whom the person
honors his word.
Let"s look at a story from the Bible:
2 Samuel 6:14-17, " Then David danced before the
Lord with all his might; and David was wearing a
linen ephod So David and all the house of Israel
brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and
with the sound of the trumpet. Now as the ark of the
Lord came into the City of David, Michal, Saul’s
daughter, looked through a window and saw King
David leaping and whirling before the Lord; and she
despised him in her heart."
Verses 20-23, "Then David returned to bless his
household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out
to meet David, and said, “How glorious was the king
of Israel today, uncovering himself today in the eyes
of the maids of his servants, as one of the base
fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!” So David said
to Michal, “It was before the Lord, who chose me
instead of your father and all his house, to appoint
me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel.
Therefore I will play music before the Lord. 22 And I
will be even more undignified than this, and will be
humble in my own sight. But as for the maidservants
of whom you have spoken, by them I will be held in
honor.” Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no
children to the day of her death."
Michal despised King David because he humbled
himself before God, because he honored God; and the
consequence of her action was life barrenness. When
people open up about their past to you, if it is
personal to you, you need to forgive them and forget
about it; if it is in the body of Christ, you must respect
them and counsel them rightly. Do not reproach or
despise people when they open up about their past
or immediate sins. The mystery is that, the person
who repents and confesses will be free from that sin,
no matter how terrible, but the person who hears
and refuses to forgive or who reproaches will carry
the whole consequences of the sin and will be seen
as sinner before God.
The Bible warns us in 1 Timothy 5: 22 that we should
not partake in another man"s sin. One of the various
means of partaking in another man"s sin is by hearing
and despising, gossiping or spreading it to other
person. How will someone else commit sin and you
will be the person to carry the punishment? We
should be very careful. If you refuse to forgive
somebody because they open up to you, you
urgently need to freely forgive, and when you
forgive, you need to forget about it; if you have
despised people in the body of Christ because they
open up, you need to repent and ask for God"s
forgiveness.
God bless you!
If you need counsel on confession of sins or opening
up to the right people, please contact us:
Revelation of Truth Evangelical Ministries - RTEM
Website: rtemoutreach.org
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