"For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil."

Points To Note:

2 "with the final blow that is sharp enough to hurt, but shrewd enough to jolt us out of apathy. It kills complacency to know that nothing goes unnoticed and unassessed, not even the things that we disguise from ourselves. But at the same time it transforms life. If God cares as much as this, nothing can be pointless….it colors all the teaching of Christ, to whom no detail on earth could be too small to matter in heaven---an idle word (Matt. Ecclesiastes 12:36), the death of. sparrow (Ecclesiastes 10:29),. cup of cold water (Ecclesiastes 10:42), the repentance of one sinner (Luke 15:7)" (Kidner p. 107). 2. "Everything"-we can't hide anything from God, therefore, we need to be honest with ourselves and the Scriptures (Hebrews 4:12-13). 3. Good and evil do exist, there are objective and timeless standards for what is right and wrong. God isn't going to excuse evil. See Proverbs 15:3; 1 Corinthians 4:5

Apart from God everything is vanity, with God, everything matters! As someone noted, "Keep your eye on God because He is keeping His eye on you".

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