Faith & Reason Nexus

Attempts to Conceal Sin in Biblical Narratives

1. Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3)

• Are You Still in Your Sins?

1. Achan (Joshua 6)
2. David (2 Samuel 12)
3. Peter (Mark 14)
4. Ananias & Sapphira (Acts 5)

Reasons Why People Attempt to Hide Their Sins

1. They Think God is like a Man and Can be Fooled
2. They Fail to Remember that God is All-Knowing
3. They Think They can Outsmart God
4. They Think God will forget their Sins
5. They Think God will Change His Mind about Sin

Conclusion: Many Have Tried to Hide Sin, All Have Failed to Do So The Inescapable Nature of Sin – Part 2

Various Tactics Employed in Trying to Hide Sins

1. Some Try to Deny that They Have any Sins
2. Some try to Cover up Their Sins
3. Some Rename Sins in Order to Try and Conceal Them
4. Some Feel if They can Justify Their Actions, this Makes Them Right

The Inability to Successfully Hide Sins

• Are You Still in Your Sins?
• The Bible Teaches that They Cannot (Psalm 69)
• Because Sin is Damnable (Mark 16:16)
• Because Sin is Deadly and Must be Destroyed
• Man Has no Power to Destroy Sin, Only the Blood of Christ Can Remove Sin (Acts 22:16)

Conclusion: Why Men Cannot Hide Their Sins

• Many Have Tried to Hide Sin, All Have Failed to Do So