Secret sin on earth, open scandal in heaven
"It may be a secret sin on earth, but it is open scandal in heaven", Lewis Sperry Chafer (1871-1952).
Dear reader, how do you feel reading the line above? Does your heart skip a beat? Does your mind immediately go to your secret sin? Where have you placed it, hidden it away, dear one? How have you kept it from prying eyes and ears thus far? Does anyone know? Have you been exposed yet? Is it just a matter of time before the secret is out?
Sin is the accumulation of boards nailed to the door of your heart
You know what sin is, don't you? It is the something that causes anxiety, fear, doubt, self recrimination. It is the thing that gets between you and the people you profess to love and more horrendous than all of this, it is the very thing that gets between you and God. It is the accumulation of boards, nailed to the door of your heart, keeping your sin in and God Almighty out. Make no mistake dear one, you have been unsuccessful, a failure, a reprovable loser in your efforts to hide in the dark what light will search for and find.
"Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. How uncomfortable are you in the knowing that your "secret sin on earth" (l Psalm 90:8).
Sin is "open scandal in heaven"? You cannot hide, I cannot hide. There is no place for us to sow our secret sin seeds without him knowing. Fear of God is reverence, it is an acknowledgement that God is sovereign, ruler of the universe.
This message may not be for you
You could take this message like a child, chastised and punished, timed out in the corner, sullen and sulking. Fearful of a mean God and worried about punishment, that is a child's point of view and you could very well be, a child with childish ways. If this is true of you, then this message is not for you, move along now. If, on the other hand, you have a feeling, a knowing that what you are doing on this earth is not approved of in heaven, that it hurts your heavenly Father and all of the saints that went before you, then you are accountable, dear one. You acknowledge that you are seen and heard and your sins are a scandal because they all, those wonderful ones in heaven, they all want the very best for you and they expect more because you belong to him.
Go into the dark room of your soul, turn on The Light. Confess your sin, ask forgiveness for it and sin no more. One day, you will be in The Great Company, looking and watching from above with your brethren, Gods people.
Dear reader, how do you feel reading the line above? Does your heart skip a beat? Does your mind immediately go to your secret sin? Where have you placed it, hidden it away, dear one? How have you kept it from prying eyes and ears thus far? Does anyone know? Have you been exposed yet? Is it just a matter of time before the secret is out?
Sin is the accumulation of boards nailed to the door of your heart
You know what sin is, don't you? It is the something that causes anxiety, fear, doubt, self recrimination. It is the thing that gets between you and the people you profess to love and more horrendous than all of this, it is the very thing that gets between you and God. It is the accumulation of boards, nailed to the door of your heart, keeping your sin in and God Almighty out. Make no mistake dear one, you have been unsuccessful, a failure, a reprovable loser in your efforts to hide in the dark what light will search for and find."Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. How uncomfortable are you in the knowing that your "secret sin on earth" (l Psalm 90:8).
Sin is "open scandal in heaven"? You cannot hide, I cannot hide. There is no place for us to sow our secret sin seeds without him knowing. Fear of God is reverence, it is an acknowledgement that God is sovereign, ruler of the universe.
This message may not be for you
You could take this message like a child, chastised and punished, timed out in the corner, sullen and sulking. Fearful of a mean God and worried about punishment, that is a child's point of view and you could very well be, a child with childish ways. If this is true of you, then this message is not for you, move along now. If, on the other hand, you have a feeling, a knowing that what you are doing on this earth is not approved of in heaven, that it hurts your heavenly Father and all of the saints that went before you, then you are accountable, dear one. You acknowledge that you are seen and heard and your sins are a scandal because they all, those wonderful ones in heaven, they all want the very best for you and they expect more because you belong to him.
Go into the dark room of your soul, turn on The Light. Confess your sin, ask forgiveness for it and sin no more. One day, you will be in The Great Company, looking and watching from above with your brethren, Gods people.
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