TEXT: 2 Sam.12:1-12

MEMORY VERSE: "Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. But he knoweth not that the
dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell." Pro.9:17-18

"Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel" Pro,20:17

The stolen waters and bread eaten in secret are things people do under cover, hidden from other's awaresess
which are seemly pleasant and enjoyable to the flesh but the end of it is in doom.

These are things done
illegally in secret.

They are the secret sins men hide to commit in the secret, the secret pornography.
masturbation, secret insincerity, diplomatic styles, the secret bribes, secret deceits etc.

From our text
2 Sam.11:1-27, we can see the secret manipulations of King David how he committed adultery with Uriah's
wife and planned to cover it up by calling back Uriah from the war front and asked him to go horme so that he
can sleep with his wife to cover the adultery and even make him drunk but Uriah refused to go home being a
loyal and patriotic soldier.

So David plotted another secret plan to eliminate his servant Uriah in cold blood
who have been so loyal to him and to the Nation just to cover up the same adultery.

After David killed Uriah
and married his wife, David's secret sins were exposed by God in the open to the whole Israel.

The Bible says
"For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun." 2 Sam. 12:12.

That is
what happens when we sin and try to hide it, God will eventually expose it.

The Bible says "But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin
will find you out." Num.32:23.

All secret sins are open before God, there is nothing hidden from Him,
therefore the evil motives and secret manipulations people do in the homes, government offices, private
companies, schools, churches, etc. to cover up evil are all open before the Almighty God.

The Bible says
Ihou hast set our iniguities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Psalm 90:8.

Some of us have secret sins that we have hidden from our spouses, parents, friends or pastors
because of fear, shame or disgrace we still hide them.

These secret sins can only lead us to hell when we do not
open or confess and repent from them.

The secret witch doctor house you patronized, the secret incest,
lesbianism, homosexualism, fornications, adulteries you have committed, the secret stealing, cheating
briberies, nepotism, false witnessing. secret lies etc should be opened up to receive mercy.

The Bible says, "He
that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Pro.28:13.

Instead of committing secret sin and hiding it you should rather confess and repent now that
there is still opportunity.

Complete repentance and confession of sin from the heart is one
the requirements to receiving forgiveness, cleansing and salvation and thís ends here on earth while we are
still alive, on the judgement day no confession of sin receives forgiveness.

"For God shall bring e
every work into judgment, with every secret thing, , whether it be good, or whether it be evil."Eccl. 12: 14.

"In the day when God shall judge the
secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel" Rom. 2: 16.

That is why we have to open up our sins, settle all matters before it is too late.

The Bible says "Some men's are open before hand, going before to judgement; and some men they follow after. I Timothy 5:24.

*Meditation for the day:* "Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. Psalm 19:12


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