0:00:00.000,0:00:03.311 Don't think you can hide from God. 0:00:03.311,0:00:05.230 And don't think He can't expose you. 0:00:05.230,0:00:08.989 Even if it's true that[br]no one knows your sin, 0:00:08.989,0:00:11.321 God can give a prophetic word to someone 0:00:11.321,0:00:12.919 to expose that sin. 0:00:12.919,0:00:18.210 There is no possible way[br]in the universe to hide. 0:00:18.210,0:00:20.199 But even if you did hide 0:00:20.199,0:00:22.919 until the day of your death, 0:00:22.919,0:00:25.086 God has planned a day where He will bring 0:00:25.086,0:00:26.991 all things to light. 0:00:26.991,0:00:30.030 And there will be no hiding then. 0:00:30.030,0:00:32.240 And why get caught then? 0:00:32.240,0:00:34.892 When it's too late? 0:00:34.892,0:00:36.770 When the judgment day has been sealed? 0:00:36.770,0:00:40.491 When your destiny in hell is sealed? 0:00:40.491,0:00:42.828 When you could come clean now? 0:00:42.828,0:00:45.921 And receive mercy and grace in this life 0:00:45.921,0:00:48.472 and for eternity? 0:00:48.472,0:00:51.371 If you look like a fool[br]and a wicked sinner 0:00:51.371,0:00:53.031 for the rest of your life, 0:00:53.031,0:00:54.660 wouldn't it be worth it if you 0:00:54.660,0:01:00.180 were counted righteous in eternity? 0:01:00.180,0:01:02.092 In fact, why not model 0:01:02.092,0:01:05.781 your response to God's[br]exposure after David's? 0:01:05.781,0:01:08.260 Look at chapter 12:13, 0:01:08.260,0:01:10.070 "David said to Nathan, 0:01:10.070,0:01:15.680 'I have sinned against the Lord.'" 0:01:15.680,0:01:17.660 Verse 13 of chapter 12. 0:01:17.660,0:01:19.170 "David said to Nathan, 0:01:19.170,0:01:22.670 'I have sinned against the Lord.'" 0:01:22.670,0:01:25.630 No if's. No and's. No but's. 0:01:25.630,0:01:27.412 No excuses. 0:01:27.412,0:01:29.389 Just a simple confession: 0:01:29.389,0:01:34.231 Yes, I agree with what I[br]have been accused of. 0:01:34.231,0:01:38.101 I have sinned against the Lord. 0:01:38.101,0:01:41.842 It is a miracle when[br]anyone says those words. 0:01:41.842,0:01:44.350 It is an absolute miracle[br]of the Holy Spirit 0:01:44.350,0:01:46.131 when anyone says those words. 0:01:46.131,0:01:48.070 And the only words more miraculous 0:01:48.070,0:01:51.039 than those words are[br]then the following words: 0:01:51.039,0:01:52.459 "And Nathan said to David, 0:01:52.459,0:01:55.471 'The Lord also has put away your sin. 0:01:55.471,0:01:57.570 You shall not die.'" 0:01:57.570,0:02:00.229 Christian, that is what is[br]over your whole life. 0:02:00.229,0:02:02.301 The Lord has put away your sin. 0:02:02.301,0:02:05.340 You shall not die. 0:02:05.340,0:02:07.949 But if you hold on to your sin and hide it 0:02:07.949,0:02:11.070 how do you even know you're a Christian? 0:02:11.070,0:02:13.822 The mark of a Christian[br]is that they come clean. 0:02:13.822,0:02:15.229 If we say we have no sin, 0:02:15.229,0:02:16.929 we deceive ourselves 0:02:16.929,0:02:19.610 and the truth is not in us. 0:02:19.610,0:02:21.490 But if we confess our sins, 0:02:21.490,0:02:25.580 He is faithful and just[br]to forgive us our sins 0:02:25.580,0:02:31.702 and to cleanse us from[br]all unrighteousness.