[Your Sin Is Never Private]( Current Teaching Series [Rethinking Your Life]( [Listen to Today's Broadcast]( [Your Sin Is Never Private](
By Rick Warren â 01/23/2024 [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Pinterest]( [Email](mailto:?subject=I'd%20like%20to%20share%20a%20Daily%20Devotional%20from%20Pastor%20Rick%20with%20you&body= âNone of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone.â Romans 14:7 (NIV) Sin may be secret, but itâs never private. It will either come out now, here on earth, or at Judgment Day, but itâs going to be known. Numbers 32:23 is one of the scariest verses in the Bible: âYou may be sure that your sin will find you outâ (NIV). Another reason why sin is never private is because everything you do, good or bad, affects other peopleâeven if they donât know whatâs going on. If someone close to you stayed up all night doing some really immoral things and then saw you in the morning, you would notice something was off. You might not know what happened, but the result of their sin would be obvious in the way they behaved. Very few people could act as if nothing happened. It doesnât even have to be some big sin you commit. It could be the sin of omission. If you have a regular quiet time with God and then go a few days without spending time in Godâs presence, thereâs probably going to be a difference in how you react to people and circumstances. Thatâs because when youâre not plugged in, you donât have spiritual power to fight sin. The Bible says in Romans 14:7, âNone of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves aloneâ (NIV). A lot of people will say, âWhat I do with my life is no one elseâs business. As long as Iâm not hurting anybody, why should anyone else care?â But you are hurting other people. God made us to be connected people, and what we do and say always has an effect on others. Sin affects you in ways you donât even realize, and then your actions affect others. When you sin, it cuts you off from Godâs power and keeps you from your potential. It limits the good you can do and the impact you can have. Isnât it sad to think of what you and others are missing when youâre not at your God-given best? There is only one way to move past the sin that holds you back and hurts others: Confess it. [PLAY todayâs audio teaching from Pastor Rick >>]( Talk It Over - How do you act and think differently when you have unconfessed sin?
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