The Big Idea:
Since creation, this is what humans have done when they sin: they hide. They wear masks. They lie to cover their shame. They attempt to cover their guilt so that their sin is not obvious to others. And we attempt to hide from God.
Main Points:
1. Though our natural inclination might be to hide our sin from God, the path to forgiveness is through confession. When sin is revealed, confessed, and repented of, sins are forgiven by our merciful God.
2. Shame has never been a part of God’s plan for our lives. Shame comes from the evil one who wants us to forever be condemned. Jesus didn’t come to condemn us. He came to save us.
3. This is the message of the gospel. No more hiding. No more shame. No more guilt. No more condemnation.
Today’s Scripture Verses:
Genesis 3:8-10 - “Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
Psalm 69:5 - “You, God, know my folly; my guilt is not hidden from you.”
Ecclesiastes 12:14 - “For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.”
Jeremiah 16:17 - “My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from me, nor is their sin concealed from my eyes.”
1 John 1:9 - “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
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