Joshua 7:13-15 Secret Sins

 13Get up and consecrate the people, saying, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Among you, O Israel, there are things devoted to destruction. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them. 14In the morning you must present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe that the LORD selects shall come forward clan by clan, and the clan that the LORD selects shall come forward family by family, and the family that the LORD selects shall come forward man by man. 15The one who is caught with the things devoted to destruction must be burned, along with all that belongs to him, because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD and committed an outrage in Israel.’ ”

“Though the identity of the sinning family was unknown to Joshua, it was known to God. Secret sin on earth is an open scandal before God. Therefore, we should live our lives with “one set of books,” with one kind of life that can be seen by anybody, anywhere.” (Guzik)

Secret Sins 

Psalm 90:8 You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

Psalm 19: 12Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.

Isaiah 29: 15Woe to those who dig deep

to hide their plans from the LORD.

In darkness they do their works and say,

“Who sees us, and who will know?”

Ephesians 5: 12For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

Dear Lord cleanse me of my hidden faults and give me one set of books. In Jesus name I pray, amen.

Blessings