Comments on: Nothing “Safe” about Secret Sin http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/04/20/nothing-safe-about-secret-sin/ A Ministry of Shepherds' Fellowship Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:38:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: donsands http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/04/20/nothing-safe-about-secret-sin/#comment-18147 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:52:49 +0000 http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/04/20/nothing-safe-about-secret-sin/#comment-18147 "does this apply to sins even secrets sins" I believe if we have to give an account for even the secret sins, even the smallest sin, so to say, then we will be condemned. One sin is enough to keep us from the holy presence of God. Only Jesus of Nazereth was able to approach that whitehot burning holiness and not be consumed. Only He is worthy! And He gives us forgiveness, and His robe of righteousness, so that we are worthy in Him, and He is worthy of all our worship and love! And we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is. "whom He did predestinate, them He also called: and whom He called, them He also justified: and whom He justified, them He also GLORIFIED!" Rom. 8:30 Praise His holy name! Hallelujah! “does this apply to sins even secrets sins”

I believe if we have to give an account for even the secret sins, even the smallest sin, so to say, then we will be condemned. One sin is enough to keep us from the holy presence of God.

Only Jesus of Nazereth was able to approach that whitehot burning holiness and not be consumed. Only He is worthy!
And He gives us forgiveness, and His robe of righteousness, so that we are worthy in Him, and He is worthy of all our worship and love!
And we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.
“whom He did predestinate, them He also called: and whom He called, them He also justified: and whom He justified, them He also GLORIFIED!” Rom. 8:30
Praise His holy name! Hallelujah!

]]> by: sarah http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/04/20/nothing-safe-about-secret-sin/#comment-18146 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:50:17 +0000 http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/04/20/nothing-safe-about-secret-sin/#comment-18146 I have a question: It states in scripture that all men's actions, whether good or bad, will be judged at the judgement seat of Christ. Does this mean the sins we repented of will be judged as well? As Christians, we cannot harbor over our past, but how does our past (sinful behavior) play apart in the regeneration on one's soul, and second, the judgement seat of Christ? Hopefully this makes sense =) I have a question:

It states in scripture that all men’s actions, whether good or bad, will be judged at the judgement seat of Christ. Does this mean the sins we repented of will be judged as well? As Christians, we cannot harbor over our past, but how does our past (sinful behavior) play apart in the regeneration on one’s soul, and second, the judgement seat of Christ? Hopefully this makes sense =)

]]> by: John Regnier http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/04/20/nothing-safe-about-secret-sin/#comment-17982 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:34:01 +0000 http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/04/20/nothing-safe-about-secret-sin/#comment-17982 I have a question, if you are saved does this apply to sins even secrets sins we ask forgiveness for? The Bible declares that God will one day judge the secrets of every heart (Rom. 2:16). He “will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil” (Eccl. 12:14). I have a question, if you are saved does this apply to sins even secrets sins we ask forgiveness for?

The Bible declares that God will one day judge the secrets of every heart (Rom. 2:16). He “will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil” (Eccl. 12:14).

]]> by: Joseph Grigoletti http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/04/20/nothing-safe-about-secret-sin/#comment-17902 Sat, 21 Apr 2007 04:48:47 +0000 http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/04/20/nothing-safe-about-secret-sin/#comment-17902 There is a wider application. If Jesus saw the need to teach the law, then why do not most pastors? To many people, especially in modern evangelical circles one is called legalistic if you believe in preaching the law. For that last year I have been studying the book of Leviticus and the more I read it the more, the more i appreciate the cross of Jesus Christ. The laws, even if not all of them are directly applicable to us in the New Covenant, show me just how sinful I am. The more I read and meditate on the laws of God, the more I realize how evil I am at heart and how much more I am grateful for the cross of Christ. The fact that I deserve to die and be stoned under several laws and realizing that the wrath of God was poured out on Christ for me and the sins of all those God desired makes me so appreciated... that God so loved the world that He gave His only Begotton Son, so that if I would believe in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. There is a wider application. If Jesus saw the need to teach the law, then why do not most pastors? To many people, especially in modern evangelical circles one is called legalistic if you believe in preaching the law. For that last year I have been studying the book of Leviticus and the more I read it the more, the more i appreciate the cross of Jesus Christ. The laws, even if not all of them are directly applicable to us in the New Covenant, show me just how sinful I am. The more I read and meditate on the laws of God, the more I realize how evil I am at heart and how much more I am grateful for the cross of Christ. The fact that I deserve to die and be stoned under several laws and realizing that the wrath of God was poured out on Christ for me and the sins of all those God desired makes me so appreciated… that God so loved the world that He gave His only Begotton Son, so that if I would believe in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

]]> by: donsands http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/04/20/nothing-safe-about-secret-sin/#comment-17847 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:04:15 +0000 http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/04/20/nothing-safe-about-secret-sin/#comment-17847 The secret sins are out there. With all the sexual material available on the web, and TV, it's almost impossible not to get trapped. I was lured by these sirens for a while. But God does gave me strength to deal with as I cry out to Him. I have seen others in my church who were overcome, and came to repentance. Others went out from the church. I have seen those who have used credit cards until their debt was in the 10's of thousands, without letting their spouses know. It does all come out. The Head-master of my daughter's scholl years ago was exposed as abusing children sexually for years without anyone aware. We need to be on guard for our own hearts, and on guard for those in our church. This was a very good teaching, and exhortation. The secret sins are out there. With all the sexual material available on the web, and TV, it’s almost impossible not to get trapped.
I was lured by these sirens for a while. But God does gave me strength to deal with as I cry out to Him.
I have seen others in my church who were overcome, and came to repentance. Others went out from the church.
I have seen those who have used credit cards until their debt was in the 10’s of thousands, without letting their spouses know.
It does all come out.
The Head-master of my daughter’s scholl years ago was exposed as abusing children sexually for years without anyone aware.

We need to be on guard for our own hearts, and on guard for those in our church.

This was a very good teaching, and exhortation.

]]> by: Henry in PA http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/04/20/nothing-safe-about-secret-sin/#comment-17835 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:43:23 +0000 http://www.sfpulpit.com/2007/04/20/nothing-safe-about-secret-sin/#comment-17835 In first few chapters of the book "A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life", the Puritan author William Law, (among other points)asserts that the degree of our true spirituality (or the highest point of our spiritual attainment) is most acuratly reflected - when we are at our worst. This is the core our our chartacter, our being, who we really are. The rest of our acts of righteousness and piety are derived or contrived. Others have said that we are who we are in private. While Law may be straining at some points, the fact that God knows our character and our heart in it's naked ugliness cannot be denied. We have learned to cover ourselves with intricately woven blankets of fig leaves... so paul cries out, "Oh wretched man that I am, who will delivery from the body of this death..." In first few chapters of the book “A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life”, the Puritan author William Law, (among other points)asserts that the degree of our true spirituality (or the highest point of our spiritual attainment) is most acuratly reflected - when we are at our worst. This is the core our our chartacter, our being, who we really are. The rest of our acts of righteousness and piety are derived or contrived.

Others have said that we are who we are in private. While Law may be straining at some points, the fact that God knows our character and our heart in it’s naked ugliness cannot be denied.

We have learned to cover ourselves with intricately woven blankets of fig leaves…

so paul cries out, “Oh wretched man that I am, who will delivery from the body of this death…”

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