Why not "Sweep Sin under the Rug"?


Why not "Sweep Sin under the Rug"?


One who claims to know Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior 
cannot be busy
About the Masters Business and regard iniquity in their
hearts at the same time....and to regard iniquity in our hearts Psalm
(66: 18).

Is to "sweep sin under the rug" ( my paraphrase) We can go through all the religious exercises of living out a
Christian lifestyle but remember, our God is a person and He wants a
relationship. From this same passage of scripture we learn that the Lord
will not hear me. That intimate relationship whereby we "draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you" ( James 4;8) is instantly forfeited. We can pray until we are "blue in the face" but the Lord will not hear us until we take the rug off and expose that sin. "
If
we
confess
our
sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us
our
sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9
Have you ever heard the expression "this book will keep you from sin and sin will keep you from this book"? Well, I know from my personal walk with God, that if I "turneth away my ear from
hearing
the
law, even my prayer shall be abomination" Proverbs 28:9 You see, if sin is swept-ed under the rug and left unchecked it will eventually pile up so that bible study and prayer will be next to nothing. We can learn from David what happens when sin is swept-ed under the rug.

If he was in fellowship prior to succumbing to the sin of adultery with Bathsheba then he apparently did not have the whole armor of God on. Anyway, many times when sin is swept-ed under the rug then one sin will lead to another. You can read the account of what David did in order to remove Uriah , Bathsheba's husband, out of the picture... 2 Samuel 11: 14-17
And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the
forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be
smitten, and die.
And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.
And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and
there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the
Hittite died also. Do you see the damaging effects of unconfessed sin? Instead of "freezing up to his sin he covered it! David is living proof that the pleasures of sin are but for a season. Hebrews 11:25 How about the sin of Ananias and Sapphira? Prior to what they had done, there was great unity among believers resulting in the selling of their possesions. Money was laid at the apostles feet ."But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet." Acts 5: 1,2 Instead of repenting instantly they thought they could cover their sin and get away with it......"be
sure
your
sin
will
find
you
out" Numbers 32:23 Instead of
making some money..at the expense of character, integrity, personal holiness and more importantly, their intimate relationship and fellowship with God Himself...they "fell down, and gave up the ghost! They were instantly struck down by a Holy God that hates sin!!! So you can see why we should not sweep sin under
 the rug!

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