“Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.” Hebrews 4:13
The truth is what makes people free, if they will accept it and own up to it. Otherwise, it will be their judge.
Human nature, being deceitful, is first prone to “not come to the light”, but rather to avoid its manifestations. Being wise in one’s own eyes, leads to using diversion tactics. Rather than accept responsibility and face up to the matter at hand, one considers themselves to be smart if they can throw off on something or someone else.
This was the first recorded practice of deceitfulness on man’s part in the Bible. When God confronted Adam regarding his sin of eating of the forbidden fruit, Adam attempted to shift the issue off himself and onto Eve (Genesis 3:12). When God approached Eve, she blamed the serpent (Genesis 3:13).
But guess what? Even though Adam and Eve could cleverly change the conversation, they could not change their guilt, nor could they escape God judging them for what they had done, nor did their attempts to side step accountability prevent them from losing the blessedness of Eden’s paradise. Their attitude just testified to their guilt and reason for judgment against their obstinacy.
Disobedient King Saul (1 Samuel 15:13-23) first insisted that his intentions were for something better than God’s way. Then he tried shifting the responsibility for what he had done unto the congregation. Then he tried making out like it was all an unintentional mistake. But God judged it all as being stubbornness and rebellion on Saul’s part and “fired” him from being king over Israel.
David tried to divert attention away from his adultery with Bathsheba by using the war to eliminate her husband from the picture and then by giving the desolate widow and her unborn child a place in the royal family. But not only did this not eliminate the guilt or the judgment for his sin, it brought shame and disgrace to his person, as well as gave the lost world reason to denounce the faith in the God that David professed to believe in and serve. God held David accountable, not only for his sin, but also the effects of his sin upon others.
“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” Galatians 6:7
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