"Be Sure Your Sin Will Find You Out"

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An old man had in his cottage a starling which he had taught to say a few words. When Mr. Maurice would call out, “Where is the little starling?” the bird would answer, “Here I am.”
Next door to Mr. Maurice’s cottage lived a little boy named Charles, who was very fond of coming in to see the bird and hear it talk.
One day Charles came into the cabin and found the old man was out. Going over to the cage he quickly took out the starling and put it into his pocket meaning to run away with it, but just at that moment Mr. Maurice appeared! Wishing to make the bird talk to please his little friend, yet unaware that he was gone from his cage, the old man said, “Where is the little starling?” Directly the poor bird, hidden in Charles’ pocket, cried out as loudly as it could, “Here I am!”
How ashamed Charles was to have his sin exposed! I do not know what Mr. Maurice said to him but Charles learned that day the truth of God’s Word in Numbers 32:2323But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out. (Numbers 32:23): “Be sure your sin will find you out.”
What a terrible thing sin is! We learn from Scripture that all sin is against God. “Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in Thy sight.” Psa. 51:44Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. (Psalm 51:4).
Again it says, “ALL have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Rom. 3:2323For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (Romans 3:23).
But, dear friends, here is another verse, and a wonderful one too:
“The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.” 1 John 1:77But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7). If we own we are sinners, and come to the Lord Jesus by faith, believing that HE died for our sins, then we can truly know that His blood has washed all our sins away.
ML 06/07/1959