“And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.” Genesis 3:8 KJV
Back in Genesis and the above verse leaps off the page. Here is the first futile attempt of man hiding his sin from God.
Today, we do the same; also to no avail! God saw Adam when he sinned; He saw him when he tried to cover his sin; He saw when he hid himself. And God still does - every time we do too!
God has not changed and the sinful heart of man hasn’t either.
Man’s first sin required a blood sacrifice, which God Himself provided, when He killed the the animals and gave them a covering for their nakedness.
“Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.” Genesis 3:21 KJV
Our sins, today, still require a Blood Sacrifice; again which God Himself has provided through His Son Jesus Christ!
“And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.”
Hebrews 9:22 KJV
“For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.” Hebrews 9:26-28 KJV
Knowing what God considers “sin” is imperative for The Believer!” And to know, one must read His Word; all of it!
“For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”
Matthew 6:14-15 KJV
Unforgiveness is the biggest sin of all and yet that is THE one we hide from not only God, but from ourselves! We bury it and the pain associated with it deep in our heart! But God still sees that sin! The pain stays until repentance is made for that sin! If it still hurts it’s not forgiven!
We are in fact holding onto our sin; covering it, if you will, with leaves as Adam did! It requires The Blood!
Again, Jesus said: “But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.”
Mark 11:26 KJV
“If ye love me, keep my commandments.” John 14:15 KJV
“Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Matthew 22:37-40 KJV
When we don’t love; when we don’t forgive; when we don’t repent; when we judge, etc - we sin.
“For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,” Hebrews 10:26 KJV
However: “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” 1 John 1:8-10 KJV
Ask God to reveal the sin hiding in your heart. I promise He will! He will show you the faces; bring names up; let you relive the situations that still hurt; that have not been forgiven; giving you another chance to forgive and repent of that sin of unforgiveness!
Time is so short. Repent while you can! Someday it will be too late!
Even so - MARANATHA
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