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Testimonies on Sexual Behavior, Adultery, and Divorce
be deception practiced; lies will be told; for those who commit such
sins will not be slow to lie as well. But all sin shall be revealed.
No Concealing of Sins From God—God sees the sinner. The eye
which never slumbers knows everything that is done. It is written in
His book. One may conceal his sin from father, mother, wife, and
friends, and yet all lies open before God, and is placed in His book of
record.... David was a repentant man, and although he confessed and
hated his sin, he could not forget it.
He exclaimed, “Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit? or whither
shall I flee from Thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art
there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, Thou art there. If I take the
wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even
there shall Thy hand lead me.... Yea, the darkness hideth not from
Thee; but the night shineth as the day” [
Psalm 139:7-12
].
God is everywhere. He sees, He knows, all things, and understands
the intents and purposes of the heart. It is in vain that an attempt should
be made to conceal sin from His notice. He saw our first parents in
Eden. He saw Cain when he raised his hand to kill Abel. He saw the
sins of the inhabitants of the old world, and numbered their days and
punished them with a flood. He saw the sins of His own covenant
people, the Jews, when they plotted against the life of the Son of God.
Book of God’s Remembrance—As surely does He mark every
transgression, and every secret thing will be brought into judgment.
They may be hid from mortal man, they may be hid from the good,
the pure, and the holy, from friends and from foes; yet God sees them.
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All sins will be revealed in the day of judgment, and unless they have
been repented of beforehand, they will receive punishment according
to their magnitude; for a record of all the deeds of men is kept in the
book of God’s remembrance. All the good actions, all the evil actions,
of life are recorded.
The fact that the accumulated sins are treasured up and at last
exposed, is a terrible fact; and why those professing to be sons and
daughters of God venture, in the face of light, in the face of knowledge,
to sin against their own conscience and by their sin involve others in
the same ruin, is a mystery. Have they ever tasted of the powers of
the world to come? Have they ever enjoyed sweet communion with
God? Then how can they turn to sensual, condemning, soul-degrading
practices?