The Truth Will Eventually

Come Out

 

"There is no use, and no need, of concealing anything; right and wrong, truth and error, are about to come into open and deadly collision; and the day is coming when all hidden things shall be disclosed, everything seen as it is, and everyone receive his or her recompense." - Comprehensive Commentary

 

"...hidden things are meant to be brought out to the open..." - The Expositor's Bible Commentary

 

No matter what it is - your innocence, God's Truth, people's hypocritical ways, what was spoken in secret, the deepest secrets and private motives of men's hearts, or prophecies concerning coming events - all will be disclosed or manifested before all.

 

In Matthew 10:26, the Lord Jesus said - "Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known." He was referring to the persecutors who would bring reproach upon His faithful servants. He assured His followers that - although their true character was presently disguised with false colors - their innocence, godly principles, integrity, graces, and services would - in due time - be revealed before all. Their vindication would surely come.

 

In Matthew 10:27, Mark 4:22, Luke 8:17, He exhorted His disciples to speak publicly what He taught them in private -

 

"What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that speak ye upon the housetops."

"For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was anything kept secret, but that it should come abroad."

"For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad."

 

What He revealed to them in secret, in private, in confidence, in corners, and "in the ear" - as far as instruction concerning the Kingdom of God - was to be proclaimed publicly - "upon the housetops." They were to give free and fearless utterance to the whole counsel of God.

 

Just like the doctor - in explaining the law in Hebrew - had an interpreter always by him in whose ear he whispered his instruction and then he - in turn - spake it aloud to others - even so were the disciples to receive His "whisperings" in their ear and then proclaim them abroad. One possible setting for such open proclamations was the flat rooftops of the Palestinian houses.

 

He used the powerful illustration of a lit candle on a candlestick to demonstrate how the truths of the Gospel and its power to change lives must never be hidden from others but openly proclaimed -  

 

"Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house"(Matthew 5:15).

"And He said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?"(Mark 4:21).

"No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light"(Luke 8:16).

 

The disciples were enlightened in order that others would also see the light. Never were they to "muffle" themselves - excuse themselves for obscuring the truth because they were modest, shy, or inadequately trained. As they were the recipients of God's grace, even so were they to minister grace unto others. Even as "Wisdom" in the book of Proverbs is found "crying without...uttering her voice in the streets... crying in the  chief places of concourse"(Proverbs 1:20-21), even so were they to "go...into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature" Mark 16:15) and let their "light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven"(Matthew 5:16). 

 

In Luke 12:1-2, the Lord Jesus addressed the hypocrites. Notice what He said - "...Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known."

 

Here He was talking to all those who tell lies and live a lie under the pretense of holiness. In other words, they are insincere in their every day affairs. They attempt to hide certain actions or attitudes, but before long, that which is "covered" is made manifest.

 

King Solomon admonished us in Ecclesiastes 10:20 with these words - "Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter." Here we see that that which is hidden in the thought life or spoken in a most secret and private place will eventually come out into the open and be spread abroad. 

 

In 1 Corinthians 4:5, the Apostle Paul cautioned all believers against censoriousness, the severe judgment of others, or jumping to conclusions concerning another's faithfulness to the Lord - "Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, Who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God."  We can be assured of one thing - the deepest secrets as well as the hidden inclinations, purposes, intents, and motives of every man's heart will be revealed when the Lord comes back.

 

There is a time to conceal something and then there is a time to reveal it(Ecclesiastes 3:7). God told Daniel to "...shut up the words, and seal the book..." for it was intended for a future age - a period of fulfillment beyond his lifetime. But in Revelation 22:10, He spoke to the Apostle John and said - ".Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book..." The reason being is because his message was immediately needed by the churches in order to console them during persecution and to impress upon them the nearness of Christ's coming.

 

"There is no use, and no need, of concealing anything..."

 

Are you hiding something today?

 

Whether it be the truths of God's Word...your talents and gifts...your shortcomings, faults, sins, or a hypocritical lifestyle with every excuse imaginable - be assured that the truth will eventually be known by all.

 

"...hidden things are meant to be brought out to the open.."

 

No matter how hard you try - you cannot change that fact!