For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
Nothing covered stays covered and nothing hidden stays hidden, but all will be revealed and made open as day, for God knows secrets, intentions, thoughts and acts that darkness cannot hide from Him. In its setting it warns against the hypocrisy of the Pharisees that even words spoken privately will not remain secret, and fair appearances cannot conceal dishonesty and double dealing, for sin will find out the sinner. Everything left concealed will be revealed in the trying day of God when it will be too late for wrongs to be righted, when the heavenly records bring every deed vividly to mind and hidden sins are made known to the whole world, while sins confessed beforehand will be borne away. It assures those who obey God that their hardships are known to Him so they need not let fear keep them from His commands, it is a promise to hold in the heart under faultfinding and wrongful accusation with assurance that truth will come to light, and it calls for guarding the heart with perpetual vigilance and hiding self in Jesus rather than living for praise.
What Is Revealed
In its setting the warning is aimed at the hypocrisy of the Pharisees, showing that even words spoken in private will not remain secret. Nothing covered stays covered and nothing hidden stays hidden, but all will be revealed and made open as day. The all-seeing eye is upon each person, and the books of heaven will reveal every secret thing whatever its character. Nothing in a person's life remains hidden from God, for He knows secrets, intentions, purposes, thoughts, and acts, and every deed with its influence is fully known. Darkness and night cannot hide them from Him.
God witnessed Herod's feast, the command to execute John, and the cruelty that followed. John's warning that nothing could be hidden from God later spoke to Herod's conscience, filling him with remorse and fear. Even actions and words that seem insignificant to people will be revealed and weighed. God has accurately measured the use of the abilities and opportunities entrusted to each person, with an enduring record of deeds, influence, and neglected duties. Fair presentations and smooth, truthful appearances cannot conceal dishonesty, double dealing, and untruthful habits, for sin will find out the sinner and whoever covers sin will not prosper.
Nothing done in sin remains hidden before the pure angels, but every secret act will be revealed. Deeds that advance righteousness and deeds that work against it both have consequences, including the influence a person's impenitence has on others. Each person is accountable in proportion to the light given and rejected, so those who reject greater light face greater condemnation, while those with less light who accept salvation receive eternal life.
Exposure in Judgment
Everything left concealed in darkness, everything hid and everything covered, will be revealed in the trying day of God, when it will be too late for wrongs to be righted or sins to be washed away. All secret conduct will be exposed, and this includes hidden evasion and self-justification such as J. B. Cook's breaking of the fourth commandment by doing work on the Sabbath while turning over in his mind how to get around God's law. That hidden evasion will be brought to light and held up against him as a charge in the day of judgment, when he will feel its weight and force at a time when he cannot keep it off. Sins hidden from other people will eventually be revealed, for at the judgment, after each case has been decided for life or death, the heavenly records bring every deed and transaction vividly to mind and the guilty person's own lips confess, so that hidden sins are then made known to the whole world. Such a confession, forced by condemnation and fear of judgment, cannot save the sinner.
Nothing covered stays covered and nothing hid stays hid, but all will be revealed and made open as the day, with the all-seeing eye upon each person and every secret thought and action known to God, whom darkness and night cannot hide. Fair presentations and smooth, truthful appearances cannot conceal dishonesty, double dealing, and untruthful habits, for sin will find out the sinner and whoever covers sin will not prosper. In that revealing every sinner will find his true place, so that one who dies unrepentant as a sinner will come up with the wicked in the second resurrection, and parents must meet their work of stewardship over the souls of their children. God will strip away the pious appearance of people who deceive His flock and bring confusion into the church, exposing their concealed designs and deeds. Their sins will not remain hidden but will be exposed on the day of God's fierce anger, and their deception increases their punishment.
Secret corruption and dealings now shrouded in mystery will be brought to light, and every secret matter with its effect on His cause will become clear. Every hidden thing will be revealed and sins that are secret will come to light, so confession must be made before that time, for sins confessed beforehand will be placed on the scapegoat and borne away. A person's concealed condition will eventually be exposed, and since hiding sin cannot prevent its discovery, the person must choose between sin and surrendering wholly to God and receiving Christ's purity and righteousness.
Trust and Faithful Living
In its setting against the hypocrisy of the Pharisees, where even words spoken privately will not remain secret, the verse with the verses around it assures those who obey God that their experiences and hardships are known to Him, so fear need not keep them from following His commands. It is a precious promise to store in mind and heart and to repeat when enduring stinging faultfinding, ill-treatment, or wrongful accusation, instead of returning an angry answer. Keeping the mind stayed upon the word of God gives assurance that what is covered will be revealed and what is hidden will be made known, that the truth will come to light, and calls for trusting God through the trial.
It is a lesson of great importance for all sons and daughters of God to guard the heart with perpetual vigilance lest it be estranged from God. This means not living to please self or to court praise, but hungering and thirsting after righteousness instead of thirsting for human appreciation and honor, which only brings injury. It calls for hiding self in Jesus and never exalting self, and for learning from the Spirit that sanctification brings self-abasement and lowliness with inward spiritual perception of truth. Confidence rests in that the Lord understands every sacrifice made for His cause without ostentation or display, and being open and frank rather than underhanded gives reason to praise God and to rejoice, because nothing hidden will remain hidden and the books of heaven will reveal every secret thing whatever its character.
Those blessed with great light, including students, are called out of tame, listless striving into wholehearted service of Christ with daily prayer and watchfulness, awakening earnest religious interest before a mixed congregation of believers and unbelievers. Applied to worship and training, this means building only a plain, neat, tasteful, debt-free tabernacle in harmony with faith and never spending the Lord's money on needless adornment or a cathedral, because believers are pilgrims and strangers whose citizenship is above. That house is to be devoted to educating children and youth as well as older members in the same humility. Because what is concealed will eventually be made known, the true nature and consequences of proposed documents for raising money will come to light, so Seventh-day Adventists should wait until they know what they need to know and should not sign documents to draw on church members' funds.
Nothing covered stays covered and nothing hidden stays hidden, but all will be revealed and made open as day, for God knows secrets, intentions, thoughts and acts that darkness cannot hide from Him. In its setting it warns against the hypocrisy of the Pharisees that even words spoken privately will not remain secret, and fair appearances cannot conceal dishonesty and double dealing, for sin will find out the sinner. Everything left concealed will be revealed in the trying day of God when it will be too late for wrongs to be righted, when the heavenly records bring every deed vividly to mind and hidden sins are made known to the whole world, while sins confessed beforehand will be borne away. It assures those who obey God that their hardships are known to Him so they need not let fear keep them from His commands, it is a promise to hold in the heart under faultfinding and wrongful accusation with assurance that truth will come to light, and it calls for guarding the heart with perpetual vigilance and hiding self in Jesus rather than living for praise.
What Is Revealed
In its setting the warning is aimed at the hypocrisy of the Pharisees, showing that even words spoken in private will not remain secret. Nothing covered stays covered and nothing hidden stays hidden, but all will be revealed and made open as day. The all-seeing eye is upon each person, and the books of heaven will reveal every secret thing whatever its character. Nothing in a person's life remains hidden from God, for He knows secrets, intentions, purposes, thoughts, and acts, and every deed with its influence is fully known. Darkness and night cannot hide them from Him.
God witnessed Herod's feast, the command to execute John, and the cruelty that followed. John's warning that nothing could be hidden from God later spoke to Herod's conscience, filling him with remorse and fear. Even actions and words that seem insignificant to people will be revealed and weighed. God has accurately measured the use of the abilities and opportunities entrusted to each person, with an enduring record of deeds, influence, and neglected duties. Fair presentations and smooth, truthful appearances cannot conceal dishonesty, double dealing, and untruthful habits, for sin will find out the sinner and whoever covers sin will not prosper.
Nothing done in sin remains hidden before the pure angels, but every secret act will be revealed. Deeds that advance righteousness and deeds that work against it both have consequences, including the influence a person's impenitence has on others. Each person is accountable in proportion to the light given and rejected, so those who reject greater light face greater condemnation, while those with less light who accept salvation receive eternal life.
Exposure in Judgment
Everything left concealed in darkness, everything hid and everything covered, will be revealed in the trying day of God, when it will be too late for wrongs to be righted or sins to be washed away. All secret conduct will be exposed, and this includes hidden evasion and self-justification such as J. B. Cook's breaking of the fourth commandment by doing work on the Sabbath while turning over in his mind how to get around God's law. That hidden evasion will be brought to light and held up against him as a charge in the day of judgment, when he will feel its weight and force at a time when he cannot keep it off. Sins hidden from other people will eventually be revealed, for at the judgment, after each case has been decided for life or death, the heavenly records bring every deed and transaction vividly to mind and the guilty person's own lips confess, so that hidden sins are then made known to the whole world. Such a confession, forced by condemnation and fear of judgment, cannot save the sinner.
Nothing covered stays covered and nothing hid stays hid, but all will be revealed and made open as the day, with the all-seeing eye upon each person and every secret thought and action known to God, whom darkness and night cannot hide. Fair presentations and smooth, truthful appearances cannot conceal dishonesty, double dealing, and untruthful habits, for sin will find out the sinner and whoever covers sin will not prosper. In that revealing every sinner will find his true place, so that one who dies unrepentant as a sinner will come up with the wicked in the second resurrection, and parents must meet their work of stewardship over the souls of their children. God will strip away the pious appearance of people who deceive His flock and bring confusion into the church, exposing their concealed designs and deeds. Their sins will not remain hidden but will be exposed on the day of God's fierce anger, and their deception increases their punishment.
Secret corruption and dealings now shrouded in mystery will be brought to light, and every secret matter with its effect on His cause will become clear. Every hidden thing will be revealed and sins that are secret will come to light, so confession must be made before that time, for sins confessed beforehand will be placed on the scapegoat and borne away. A person's concealed condition will eventually be exposed, and since hiding sin cannot prevent its discovery, the person must choose between sin and surrendering wholly to God and receiving Christ's purity and righteousness.
Trust and Faithful Living
In its setting against the hypocrisy of the Pharisees, where even words spoken privately will not remain secret, the verse with the verses around it assures those who obey God that their experiences and hardships are known to Him, so fear need not keep them from following His commands. It is a precious promise to store in mind and heart and to repeat when enduring stinging faultfinding, ill-treatment, or wrongful accusation, instead of returning an angry answer. Keeping the mind stayed upon the word of God gives assurance that what is covered will be revealed and what is hidden will be made known, that the truth will come to light, and calls for trusting God through the trial.
It is a lesson of great importance for all sons and daughters of God to guard the heart with perpetual vigilance lest it be estranged from God. This means not living to please self or to court praise, but hungering and thirsting after righteousness instead of thirsting for human appreciation and honor, which only brings injury. It calls for hiding self in Jesus and never exalting self, and for learning from the Spirit that sanctification brings self-abasement and lowliness with inward spiritual perception of truth. Confidence rests in that the Lord understands every sacrifice made for His cause without ostentation or display, and being open and frank rather than underhanded gives reason to praise God and to rejoice, because nothing hidden will remain hidden and the books of heaven will reveal every secret thing whatever its character.
Those blessed with great light, including students, are called out of tame, listless striving into wholehearted service of Christ with daily prayer and watchfulness, awakening earnest religious interest before a mixed congregation of believers and unbelievers. Applied to worship and training, this means building only a plain, neat, tasteful, debt-free tabernacle in harmony with faith and never spending the Lord's money on needless adornment or a cathedral, because believers are pilgrims and strangers whose citizenship is above. That house is to be devoted to educating children and youth as well as older members in the same humility. Because what is concealed will eventually be made known, the true nature and consequences of proposed documents for raising money will come to light, so Seventh-day Adventists should wait until they know what they need to know and should not sign documents to draw on church members' funds.