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Don't think you can hide from God.

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And don't think He can't expose you.

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Even if it's true that
no one knows your sin,

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God can give a prophetic word to someone

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to expose that sin.

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There is no possible way
in the universe to hide.

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But even if you did hide

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until the day of your death,

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God has planned a day where He will bring

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all things to light.

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And there will be no hiding then.

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And why get caught then?

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When it's too late?

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When the judgment day has been sealed?

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When your destiny in hell is sealed?

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When you could come clean now?

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And receive mercy and grace in this life

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and for eternity?

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If you look like a fool
and a wicked sinner

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for the rest of your life,

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wouldn't it be worth it if you

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were counted righteous in eternity?

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In fact, why not model

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your response to God's
exposure after David's?

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Look at chapter 12:13,

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"David said to Nathan,

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'I have sinned against the Lord.'"

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Verse 13 of chapter 12.

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"David said to Nathan,

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'I have sinned against the Lord.'"

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No if's. No and's. No but's.

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No excuses.

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Just a simple confession:

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Yes, I agree with what I
have been accused of.

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I have sinned against the Lord.

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It is a miracle when
anyone says those words.

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It is an absolute miracle
of the Holy Spirit

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when anyone says those words.

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And the only words more miraculous

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than those words are
then the following words:

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"And Nathan said to David,

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'The Lord also has put away your sin.

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You shall not die.'"

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Christian, that is what is
over your whole life.

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The Lord has put away your sin.

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You shall not die.

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But if you hold on to your sin and hide it

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how do you even know you're a Christian?

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The mark of a Christian
is that they come clean.

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If we say we have no sin,

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we deceive ourselves

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and the truth is not in us.

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But if we confess our sins,

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He is faithful and just
to forgive us our sins

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and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness.