Cover Up

Sometimes our "sins" are obvious at the time. Consider a person driving through a red light and causing a crash. Consider further that the intersection happened to be monitored by a traffic camera. That person’s "sin" is obvious – both to those on the scene of the accident and to the judge who later views the recording. In another scenario, however, perhaps a mechanic had failed to install the brake lines properly. Unknown to the driver, the fluid had leaked out until at just that wrong moment the brakes failed. It all looked the same on camera, but later the true "sin" was discovered.

Sin is like that. We can look at some people and see how terrible their sin is. Things like murder, terrorism, or human trafficking are obvious. But we can look at others, and even ourselves, and fail to see the sin that is covered up.

There are three cover-ups for sin. First, there are sins of the heart that never make it to the light of day. Anger, hatred, prejudice, lust, and greed may never make their way to the surface. There is also the cover-up of sins that make it to the surface but go unseen. The perpetrator doesn’t get caught. These first two cover-ups are not solutions. There is, however, a third cover-up that deals with the problem of sin. It is the process of confession, repentance, forgiveness, and restitution. It is made possible through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross. Our sins are "covered by the blood."

So, instead of covering up our sins and nervously wondering when we will get caught, we are invited to confess our sins and to allow the blood of Jesus to wash away our sins. Those sins will never be remembered against us!