We have been meditating on the value of Scripture. It is not only precious, it protects us from all kinds of moral and spiritual evil. David distinguishes between two primary categories of sin – “secret faults” and “presumptuous sins.” The Old Testament Levitical system made a distinction between sins of ignorance and deliberate sins, providing atonement for the former, but not for the latter.
There can be no doubt that David loved the Lord with all of his heart, mind, and soul. But we need to learn – as he did – that loving God does not mean that we will no longer need to deal with sin in our lives. We must learn both how to detect sin and to defeat it. Otherwise we will be more vulnerable to Satan's deceptions and accusations.
One day our secret faults – if unconfessed – will be manifested for all to see (Rom. 2:16). God will “bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will make manifest the counsels of men's hearts” (1 Cor. 4:5). Even believers will receive the things done in their bodies “whether it be good or bad.” In view of how difficult it is for us to understand our own errors and how prone we are to be partial to ourselves and blind to our own faults, we need to continually go to God with the prayer, “Search me, O God and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me; and lead me in the way everlasting” (Psalm 139:23,24). After we have done all in confessing and forsaking our sins, let us remember that “If our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things” (1 John 3:20).
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Bob Vradenburgh is the senior pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. He has spent 40 years in full-time Christian service: the first 20 years as a missionary and the past 20 years in the pastorate. Bob’s passion is the expository preaching of God’s Word,...