ONE-YEAR JOURNEY OF THE BIBLE
Day 56 -Numbers 32-34 (Be Sure Your Sin Will Find You Out)
“But if you do not do so, then take note, you have sinned against the LORD; and be sure your sin will find you out.” (Numbers 32:23b)
Moses assured the tribes of Gad and Reuben who promised him that they will help their brothers fight to possess the land across the Jordan river to the west even though they were receiving their inheritance on the east side of the river that if they do not do so, they have sinned and will surely be punished by God.
Many don’t believe in a God who punishes people because God is supposed to be all love. Our text is a good case in point of why this type of theology is erroneous just the perspective of common sense. Consider what could happen if there was no consequential punishment had the tribes of Gad and Reuben failed to keep their promise to fight: one-sixth of Israel’s army missing; loss of moral of the rest of the tribes due to the unfairness of those who did not go to war; incentive for the rest of the tribes to follow after the bad example of Reuben and Gad; undermining the authority of Moses and of God Himself resulting in choas and disorder in their society; and the list could go on and on. No military in this world would let an offence like that go unpunished.
Common sense isn’t the only reason why sin must be punished; God’s Word specifically says that God’s attribute of justice demands that sin must be punished:
“The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.” (Ezekiel 18:20)
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23)
God said that everyone has sinned from the time of birth (Romans 3:23) and have received a death sentence as a result. But God so loved the world that He gave His only Son Jesus to die for us so that we should not perish in hell but receive eternal life (John 3:16). That is the good news of the Bible.
For sure, all sins will be found out on judgment day and each person who stands before the Judge of the universe will have to answer for every sin that he or she has committed. But those who have asked forgiveness from Christ will not stand before that judgment throne of God because Jesus already paid for their sins.
How about you? Have you asked Christ to forgive you of your sins yet? Not to do so would be the biggest mistake you will ever make in your life because “Be sure your sins will find you out”.
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