“If I covered my transgressions as Adam, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: Did I fear a great multitude, Or did the contempt of families terrify me, That I kept silence, and went not out of the door? Oh that one would hear me! Behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, And that mine adversary had written a book.”
Job 31:33-35 KJV
Job starts ending his speech, “Did I hide my sin the way Adam did, or conceal my guilt behind closed doors Because I was afraid what people would say, fearing the gossip of the neighbors so much that I turned myself into a recluse? You know good and well that I didn’t. Oh, if only someone would give me a hearing! I’ve signed my name to my defense—let the Almighty One answer! I want to see my indictment in writing”. Job was not hiding his sin but the law had not yet been given to expose sin. In fact, the law was introduced into God’s plan to bring the reality of human sinfulness out of hiding. And yet, wherever sin increased, there was more than enough of God’s grace to triumph all the more! For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the sin of mankind and took the punishment of our sin, thank God! Our old man is crucified with Christ, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. Hallelujah!
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