Secret Sin
I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 4th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Book of Numbers 32:23:
“…and be sure your sin will find you out.”
I want to speak today about secret faults, secret sins that no one knows about, so you think, so I think, but I want to tell you something now. Be sure your sins will be exposed.
We go to Psalm 19:12, and the writer says:
“Cleanse me from secret faults.”
You know, it is a heavy one, but it is one we need to deal with because if we don’t, it is going to expose us. Yes, I am talking about things like pornography. Yes, you cannot continue to live like that and expect no one to find out. They will find out. I want to talk to that young man who is doing so well in business, but you are not honest. Your employer will catch you out. Stop doing it! I want to speak to that young man who is having an affair with a woman in his office, and he thinks his wife will not find out. She will find out and it will ruin your marriage and your family. Stop it today! There are no secret faults for a believer. We need to confess them and deal with them.
I have spoken at many prisons all over the world, and there is something that breaks my heart every time. When I am allowed to speak to a gathering of prisoners, I will see a young man standing there, and I can see that he is totally out of his depth. There are gangsters there who have been to jail many times, you can see it, but that young man has been caught and sent to prison because of fraud. Now, the young person listening to this message, do you know what fraud is? Well, I want to tell you my interpretation of fraud is when you take something that doesn’t belong to you, like money from the company, and you promise yourself you will pay it by Monday morning. But what you don’t realise is the auditors come in before Monday morning, they look at the books and they see there is a discrepancy and it comes back to you. And you tell them, “Yes, but I meant to repay it.” It is too late. You have to go to jail for your sins.
Today, remember the secret is - you say to me, “Angus, what can we do?” Well, 1 John 1:9 says:
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Just say sorry. Send a text to that woman today and say, “It is over”. Pay that money back. Go and see that employer of yours and say, “Look, I am very sorry, but I will never do it again.” And God will redeem you.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.