Secrets of the Heart

Text: Luke 12:2

Luke 12:2-5 (Parallel Matthew 10:26) | 2 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. 3 What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs. 4 “I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

Mark 4:22 (Parallel Luke 8:17) | For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open.

Numbers 32:23 | “But if you fail to do this, you will be sinning against the LORD; and you may be sure that your sin will find you out.

Romans 2:16 | This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.

There is nothing that goes unnoticed by God.

God records all that we do.

Matthew 23:27-28 | “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. 28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

There are no secrets.

Everyone will stand before God to be judged.

2 Corinthians 5:10 | For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

Proverbs 28:13 | Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

1 John 1:9 | 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.