There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known.For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.But there is nothing covered up, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
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… Luke says in verse 17, for there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed. and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. It is the kindness of God that he does not let us sit in our sin. And he gives you a chance to repent. He gives you a chance to turn around. And then at some point, he cares more about your character than your career. He cares more about your character than what everybody else sees. And your sin comes out. It will come out because he's trying to save you. He's trying to rescue you from a life of sin. It only stays secret for a while, and then it isn't anymore, and then suddenly you're feeding the pigs. But today is a day of salvation. Today, you get the choice to say it yourself. You get the choice to say it yourself, to repent, to confess. In the book of James, it says that we confess our sins to God to be set free. We confess to each other to be healed. …
9. But will their evil deeds too (since, if we take in his whole life, there is not a man on earth who liveth and sinneth, not), will these be remembered in that day, and mentioned in the great congregation ? Many believe they will not; and ask, “Would not this imply, that their sufferings were not at an end, even when life ended? — seeing they would still have sorrow, and shame, and confusion of face to endure.” They ask farther, “How can this be reconciled with God’s declaration by the Prophet, — ‘If the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all My statutes, and do that which is lawful and right; all his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be once mentioned unto him?’ (Ezek. 18:21, 22). How is it consistent with the promise which God has made to all who accept of the gospel covenant, ‘I will forgive their iniquities, and remember their sin no more?’ (Jer. 31:34) Or, as the Apostle expresses it, ‘I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more?’” (Heb. 8:12). 10. It may be answered, It is apparently and absolutely necessary, for the full display of the glory of God; for the clear and perfect manifestation of his wisdom, justice, power, and mercy, toward the heirs of salvation; that all the circumstances of their life should be placed in open view, together with all their tempers, and all the desires, thoughts, and intents of their hearts: otherwise, how would it appear out of what a depth of sin and misery the grace of God had delivered them? And, indeed, if the whole lives of all the children of men were not manifestly discovered, the whole amazing contexture of divine providence could not be manifested; nor should we yet be able, in a thousand instances, “to justify the ways of God to man.” Unless our Lord’s words were fulfilled in their utmost sense, without any restriction or limitation,” There is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; or hid, that shall not be known” (Matt. 10:26); abundance of God’s dispensations under the sun would still appear without their reasons. And then only when God hath brought to light all the hidden things of darkness, whosoever were the actors therein, will it be seen that wise and good were all his ways; that he saw through the thick cloud, and governed all things by the wise counsel of his own will; that nothing was left to chance or the caprice of men, but God disposed all strongly and sweetly, and wrought all into one connected chain of justice, mercy, and truth. …
If not here at the final judgment. FOR LUKE CHAPTER 12 AND VERSE 2 SAYS, for there's nothing covered that shall not be revealed, neither hid that shall not be known. What a disgrace that's going to be. Your wife, your children, your parents, your pastor, your friends will know. You will not be able to hide this sin. You may be hiding it now, but sooner or later it will be made known. THAT'S WHAT VERSE 14 IS TALKING ABOUT. I remember reading about a newspaper that had this motto, if you don't want it printed, don't let it happen. My dear friend, if you do not want this known, then repent of it and be done with it or never get into it because there is that disgrace. And then number five, not only is there that disgrace, there's that dominion. Look, if you will, in verse 22. And he goes on to say, His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself and he shall be holding with the cords of his sin. …
III. I shall apply myself, thirdly, to several different characters of men. 1. To those who live in secret wickedness. Let such consider, that for all these things God will bring them into judgment. Secrecy is your temptation. Promising yourselves this, you practise many things, you indulge many lusts, under the covert of darkness, and in secret corners, which you would be ashamed to do, in the light of the sun, and before the world. But this temptation is entirely groundless. All your secret abominations are even now perfectly known to God, and will also hereafter be made known both to angels and men: Luke xii. 2, 3. “For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness, shall be heard in the light: and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.” Before human judges are brought only those things which are known; but before this judge shall be brought the most “hidden things of darkness, and even the counsels of the heart,” 1 Cor. iv. 5. All your secret uncleanness, all your secret fraud and injustice, all your lascivious desires, wishes, and designs, all your inward covetousness, which is idolatry, all your malicious, envious, and revengeful thoughts and purposes, whether brought forth into practice or not, shall then be made manifest, and you shall be judged according to them. Of these things, however secret, there will be need of no other evidence than the testimony of God and of your own consciences. …
1. Every truth which is revealed in the oracles of God is undoubtedly of great importance. Yet it may be allowed that some of those which are revealed therein are of greater importance than others, as being more immediately conducive to the grand end of all, the eternal salvation of men. And we may judge of their importance even from this circumstance, — that they are not mentioned once only in the sacred writings, but are repeated over and over. A remarkable instance of this we have with regard to the awful truth which is now before us. Our blessed Lord, who uses no superfluous words, who makes no “vain repetitions,” repeats it over and over in the same chapter, and as it were, in the same breath. So, (Mark 9:43, 44, ) “If thy hand offend thee,” — if a thing or person, as useful as a hand, be an occasion of sin, and there is no other way to shun that sin, — “cut it off: It is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.” So again, (Mark 9:45, 46, ) “If thy foot offend thee, cut it off: It is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.” And yet again, (Mark 9:47, 48, ) “If thine eye” — a person or thing as dear as thine eye — “offend thee,” — hinder thy running the race which is set before thee, — “pluck it out : It is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell-fire: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.” …