He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy (Proverbs 28:13). People who try to cover their sins are not justified or sanctified in the eyes of God. The Bible declares, The soul that sinneth, it shall die (Ezekiel 18:20); and that message is woven throughout both the Old and New Testaments. If a person does not repent, sooner or later, he will have to give an account of every sin before God.

Since the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, so many people have not and will not forsake their sins. Instead, they attempt to cover them up and hide their wrongdoings from people and God, but that doesn’t work. God knows all and sees all, and He has a record in Heaven of everything people do and say. The only way that record can be erased is through the power in the divine blood of Jesus Christ; and when it is, the Bible says, He [the Lord] will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea (Micah 7:19).

Fig Leaf Religion

Deceit originated in the Garden of Eden. When Adam and Eve sinned against God, their eyes were suddenly opened to their nakedness; so they used fig leaves to cover themselves. They were deceived into thinking that would also conceal their sin from God, but it didn’t. When God came down to the Garden to talk with them, He wanted to know why they were hiding and asked, Where art thou (Genesis 3:9)?

God already knew what they had done; He just wanted them to confess. And when they did, God immediately did away with their fig leaves by killing an animal and clothing them with the skins. Adam and Eve introduced fig leaf religion to the world, and people are still trying to use it today. They are deceived and think they will get by and make it to Heaven with sin in their lives; but the Bible warns, Your sin will find you out (Numbers 32:23). Those with any sin will lift up their eyes in hell one day.

Saved by Grace

Many people believe good morals and charity work will justify them before God when the Word says, For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast (Ephesians 2:8,9). People and their works have nothing to do with God’s salvation. It is a gift that cannot be earned or merited, and it is only offered to humanity through God’s grace.

Divine grace made a Calvary where Jesus died and spilled His blood for the remission of sins, and no man can boast in such salvation. People attempt to cover their sins by going to church, giving donations and being baptized in water; and those practices are all good, but they do not give a person salvation. Water does not wash away sin. Only the divine blood of Jesus can do that.

Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he [the Lord] is righteous. He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil (I John 3:7,8). Jesus came to Earth with divine blood to destroy the works of the devil, and sin is the work of the devil.

Godly Sorrow or Worldly Sorrow

To repent of your sins, you must first confess them with godly sorrow, not the sorrow of the world. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death (II Corinthians 7:10). The sorrow of the world is being sorry for the pain and trouble your sins have caused you and being sorry that your sins were exposed and uncovered.

Godly sorrow is being as sorry for your sins as God is that you committed them. It is being so sorry you sinned against God that you confess them and forsake them. Godly sorrow is being sorry that Jesus had to come to this world and die on the Cross because of your sin. Only through godly sorrow can a person find forgiveness with God and be born again.

Unfortunately, many people who say they are Christians have never repented with godly sorrow and been born again through the divine blood of Jesus. As a result, they did not forsake their sins; and they cannot stay out of sin.

Jesus Brought Life

Jesus came to Earth as the Son of man with divine blood in His human body, and only through the blood of Jesus can a person be cleansed of sin. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin (I John 1:7).

If you don’t have Jesus and His divine blood dwelling on the inside of you, you have no salvation, justification or sanctification before God. Without the divine blood of Jesus, you have no freedom from sin; and Heaven will never be your home. Jesus declared, I am the door (John 10:9). Jesus is the door into Heaven.

Jesus said, I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly (John 10:10). All the love, peace, faith, grace and power you need to be an overcomer and to be a blessing to others is found in Him; but that abundant life is not yours unless you forsake your sinful ways and become born again through the blood.

Jesus was the Word of God made flesh, and He lived among men here on Earth. Today, people are to live in the Word of God. The Psalmist wrote, Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee (Psalm 119:11). If a person covers their sin, they cannot live by the Word of God; and their lives become like chaff in the wind that blows and scatters in all directions.

Beware of False Teaching

The Apostle Paul wrote, The time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables (II Timothy 4:3,4). That time is now, and most people will not accept the truth about living free from sin. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived (II Timothy 3:13).

This is an age of great deceit, and people are trying to cover their sins in so many ways. Jesus warned, Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves (Matthew 7:15). Such people are teaching that no one can live a holy, righteous life and that everybody sins. They say you just have to do the best you can, and God will understand. They are offering people a covering for their sins, but it is deceit; and that covering will one day put their souls in hell.

But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away (Isaiah 64:6). Don’t be deceived into thinking you can use your self-righteousness as a covering for your sins.

The Bible says, Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me (Psalm 51:5). No amount of human goodness, kindness, morality or good works can wash away the sin we were all born into. In the eyes of God, those things are all as filthy rags; and they will not cover your sin.

There is no excuse, justification or alibi for sin. When Jesus returns to rapture His glorious church to Heaven, the world will be turned over to God’s judgment; and that judgment will be poured out without mercy in a way the world has never seen before.

David’s Sin Uncovered

It has been proven in the Word again and again that you can’t hide your sins from God, yet people who are full of deceit and seduction continue to try. King David tried to cover his sin when he committed adultery with Bathsheba, and she became pregnant. Bathsheba’s husband, Uriah, was a soldier in the Israelite army, and they were in the midst of a war; so Uriah was away fighting. David gave Uriah special leave to go home because he wanted Uriah to sleep with his wife. He wanted him to think the baby was his, but Uriah wouldn’t sleep with his wife while all the other soldiers were still at war.

David then invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and David made him drunk; but Uriah still would not sleep with his wife. So David sent Uriah back to the war with a letter for Joab, the captain of the army. The letter told Joab to send Uriah into the heat of the battle and have all the other soldiers pull back from him. Joab followed those orders, and Uriah was killed.

David then took Bathsheba to be his wife, and he thought his sins were covered. Then one day, the prophet Nathan appeared before David and told him about a poor man who had one little lamb that he had raised and loved as if it was his own daughter. Then there was a rich man who had many flocks of sheep. When a visitor came to stay with him, he didn’t kill one of his own sheep to feed the visitor; he killed the poor man’s one little lamb.

David’s anger was greatly kindled against the [rich] man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die: And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man (II Samuel 12:5,7). God had used Nathan to uncover David’s sin; and then God pronounced judgment upon him saying, Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife (II Samuel 12:10). Fortunately, David sought God day and night, and he received forgiveness; but he paid a heavy price for the rest of his life.

Some Died for Their Sins

Achan brought great trouble upon Israel when he tried to cover his sin. God had performed a mighty miracle, and Israel had conquered the great city of Jericho. As the people entered the city, Joshua instructed them not to take any spoils for themselves; but Achan did not listen. Instead, he took garments, some silver and a wedge of gold and hid them under his tent.

Afterward, when Israel went to battle against another enemy who was much weaker than the mighty Jericho, they suffered a great defeat. Joshua didn’t understand, and he cried out before the Lord; and the Lord uncovered Achan’s sin. Then Achan, his family and his animals were all killed; and all of their possessions were destroyed. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire (Joshua 7:25).

In the time of the Early Church, Ananias and Sapphira sold a possession to donate money to the church; but they conspired together to hold back part of the price from the church and keep it for themselves. The Holy Spirit uncovered their deceitful plan and revealed it to Peter. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?...thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost (Acts 5:3,4,5).

Later, Sapphira went before Peter without knowing what had happened to her husband. And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much. Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord (Acts 5:8,9)? Then the Lord killed her as well.

These stories reveal what God thinks of covering sin; and in the near future, God will uncover all sin and deceit. Then He will destroy it along with the unrepentant vessels He finds it in. Jesus said, For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known (Luke 12:2).

God Knows Everything

Friend, you cannot be covering your sin and be watching for the Lord’s second coming. It can’t happen. When you cover your sin, you won’t have compassion for lost souls or be seeking to build the Lord’s Kingdom because you will be interested only in building your own personal kingdom for self in this life. You may think you are getting by because your sin is not uncovered right away, but be not deceived; God is not mocked (Galatians 6:7). Just because judgment does not fall upon you at once doesn’t mean it isn’t coming.

Do not let the devil deceive you because of God’s love and longsuffering; you are not getting by with your sins. It’s just that God is a loving, longsuffering God, and He is patiently waiting for you to repent and stop covering your sin. Then the blood of His Son, Jesus, will set you free.

God knows all about your life. If you are doing, saying or looking at things you know God would not approve of, He has a written record of it in Heaven whether you believe it or not. But He is giving you time to go to Calvary and confess all of your sins before Him with godly sorrow. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness (I John 1:9).

If you choose to continue on in your deceit and cover your sins, you will one day reap what you have sown; and it will be a bitter harvest of corruption. You then may say as Cain did, My punishment is greater than I can bear (Genesis 4:13); but it will be too late.

Confess Your Sins

Friend, stop covering your sin and give your heart to the Lord right now. Make your confession unto God and let the power in the blood of Jesus deliver you. Say this prayer with me and mean it from your heart: Oh, God, I confess all of my sin before you. Forgive me, Lord, and I will serve you for the rest of my life. And I believe there is power in the divine blood of Jesus to wash away all of my sin. Come into my heart, Jesus. Come into my heart.

If you meant that prayer, Jesus is yours. When He gave His life on Calvary, He made it so easy for you to receive His gift of salvation. Simply open your heart's door and receive it, and salvation will be yours.

Now, you must go on to receive the Holy Ghost baptism. Jesus is coming soon, and you will only make the one flight out by having the power of the Holy Ghost within. Get off to yourself and start praising the Lord with your whole heart. Don’t stop until the Spirit comes in and takes over your tongue. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance (Acts 2:4).

Believe for a Miracle

In the blood Jesus spilled at Calvary, there’s not only power to cleanse you of sin, make you a new creature and give you eternal life, there is power to heal your sick body. You may have a deadly disease or affliction, and the doctors may say there is no hope; but there is hope in Jesus Christ and the power of His divine blood. The Bible says, With his [blood] stripes we are healed (Isaiah 53:5). Healing is on the table, and it can be yours. Jesus paid the price, and all you have to do is believe and receive.

Friend, I am the Lord’s believer, and I am here to agree with you in prayer. Let the Lord make you whole today. Lord, in the name of Jesus, I bring those who are sick, afflicted and diseased. Oh, God, do move for their need as they look to you. Through the power in the blood of your Son, Jesus, lay a healing hand upon them right now. In the holy, blood name of Jesus, heal and set them free. Let the virtue of the blood flow to each one and make them completely whole for your honor and glory. Lord, make them testimonies for you in this final hour. I ask it all in the holy, blood name of Jesus. Amen.

Friend, watch every sign of improvement and give God the honor, the praise and the glory. Then write, email or post a message on social media and let us know what God has done for you. Let Him make you a testimony in this hour. God bless you today.