The Israelite tribes of Reuben, Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh made a request to Moses that instead of going to the west side of the Jordan to claim their portion of the Promised Land they be allowed to take their portion on the east side of the river. They insisted that they would help the other tribes in claiming their portions on the west side. Moses agreed. Then he said, “But if you do not help them, you have sinned against the Lord and be sure your sin will find you out.”
It is easy to boast great things we plan to do for the Lord. It is quite another to do them. Attempting to hide sin is like trying to hide a skunk under your coat especially a skunk that has been dead a few days. There is one thing of which we can be sure, the person who sins and does not repent will find his sins exposed before God one day.
In place of attempting to hide our sins we should confess them before God and repent.
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