Sanctuary
By Dr. David Jeremiah
Paying the Piper
Be sure your sin will find you out. –Numbers 32:23
The great news of the gospel is that we have a forgiving God. When we come to Him, open our hearts, and confess our sins, God does hear us and forgive us. He's just waiting for us to come and ask Him. God puts confessed sins behind His back as far as the east is from the west. He buries them in the deepest sea.
God forgets what He forgives. Yet there's a postscript: the Lord won't erase history. Some consequences may be set in motion while we are out of fellowship with God, and we must reap what we sow. Even when we have been restored to fellowship through the forgiveness process, sometimes we have to "pay the piper."
It is impossible to get away with sin. You can't do it. Numbers 32:23 says it this way: "Be sure your sin will find you out." Just as surely as you can't get away with sin, you can't get away from God's love. No matter how evil your conduct, God loves you. The reason you have that hurt in your heart right now is because you're God's, and He doesn't want you out of fellowship with Him.
© 2002, 2011 David Jeremiah
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