hello everybody hi have you ever played hide and seek when you were a kid i did and my kids were
little they're bigger now they're teenagers but we've played hide and seek many times
when i talk to you about the whole idea of hiding in secret as you know when people play that game
you know kids hide in the closet or they hide in the bathroom or behind a stove or somewhere
a wood-burning stove so they won't be found they've got their secret place
well jesus talks about god being in secret in matthew chapter 6 verse 6 jesus said when you pray
enter into your closet and when you have shut your door pray to your father who is in secret
and your father which sees in secret shall reward you openly i want to talk about the word secret
and the word openly why is it that that god is in secret right now a little bit like hide and seek
you know we we don't see him we can't find him physically right now because he's up in
heaven we pray to him we pray by faith but he is still in secret now why is that why doesn't god
just show himself openly to us all right now well the reason is simple and that's because
of sin because when adam and eve sinned and then the whole human race became infected by sin and
sin has been going down the line through the ages to this moment we are sinners which means
we are we're commandment breakers we're law breakers we've all broken the ten commandments
we haven't loved god with our whole heart soul mind and strength in our neighbor as ourselves
and so we're in sin or as sinners that's the way we are now if god would would just appear openly
to us right now in our sinful state the vast majority of human beings would just be wiped out
they'd be destroyed because god is so bright his glory is so powerful he's so majestic he's such a
an awesome being that when god comes into contact with sin sin just gets destroyed
and if sin is in people then people will be destroyed so it's because of god's love for us
now even as sinners that he has hidden himself and that's why he is in secret but as jesus said
if we pray to our father who is in secret your father who sees in secret shall reward you openly
the time of openness is coming and we don't know how much longer we have down here in this sinful
world all the signs of the times indicate the time is running out and it won't be long until jesus
comes openly and turns on the light switches the switch and his blazing glory floods this planet
and when that time comes if we are still in sin if we haven't given our lives to him and
been forgiven and if we haven't let the holy spirit bring us into harmony with his character
which is expressed in the ten commandments then we will be wiped out so this is the time we have
to get ready this is the time to pray to develop a habit of praying to our father who is in secret
to confess our sins to trust jesus as our savior to pray for cleansing cleansing of of our lives
of our past and of our hearts so that through the holy spirit we can line up with god's character
and we can be ready for the big day so that's my message for you god is in secret right now
because of sin but he's coming openly so let's get ready thanks for watching wait before you go and
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