“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother.— Matthew 18:15-17
How many of us go about believing ourselves to being ‘good’? Do we ever stop to think we might be carrying around sin which we are not aware of? If someone had the courage to point it out, would we receive it? The truth is that we might not think of the thing as sin, because it has probably been a part of our lives, and who we are for so long.
We might become defensive when confronted and say or think things like: “I’m angry because I didn’t have a good childhood,” or “I don’t have anyone to help me, that’s why I’m always broke, I have to do things for myself,” or “I would like to spend more time doing such and such, but I’m too busy,” or “this is just who I am, God knows my heart.” The reality is that there are many sins we might be committing that we don’t even realise or even see in our own lives.
In 2 Samuel 11, we read about King David, who committed many sins against Bethsheba and Uriah, but ultimately against God. Perhaps he felt he had the right to sin, but it wasn’t until God sent the prophet Nathan in 2 Samuel 12, who confronted David, that he could finally see his sin face-to-face. David took responsibility and confessed: “I have sinned against the LORD” (2 Sam. 12:13).
He admitted his guilt and sin. He understood that there were consequences for his sin. How would we have reacted if someone pointed out the sin we could not see in our lives? Quite often, it’s not what we see ourselves, but what the world sees in us. What do they see? A person stressed beyond measure, angry when things don’t go our way, treating others in a way that is not Christ-like?
We must submit to God’s righteous judgement remembering God’s law of sowing and reaping (Gal. 6: 7-8). We all need each other, don’t despise the confronter, rather the sin we can’t see in our lives.
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