Your Sins will be Found out...

SIN-FORGIVENESS-UNFORGIVENESS

Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" He said, "I do not know; am I my brother's keeper?" And the LORD said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground." (Genesis 4:8-10)

This has got to be one of the most tragic stories in the Bible. The third person on the earth murders his own brother--the fourth person and the first to die (ABEL).

After Cain murdered his brother, he tried to cover it up. When God asked him directly about his brother's whereabouts, Cain wouldn't come clean. But God knew exactly what happened. But when Cain was presented with the opportunity to confess his sin, he tried to hide it.

Cain possibly could have kept his dirty little secret from his parents. Maybe covering his tracks by pretending an animal killed his brother. But even if he'd hid the truth from his parents, God knew. God always knows. No matter how hard we try to keep our "skeletons" in the closet, we can't hide them from God. And our sin always has consequences, just like Cain's.

We can't keep anything hidden from God. So, when we mess up, even if it's really bad, we need to confess it to God. He already knows what we did, so it's best to be honest and come clean immediately. For Christ-followers, God gives us a very comforting promise: "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).

Repent means to turn away from, turn away from your sins...