The Bible makes it very
clear that anything you do in
secret is no secret with God. He
sees everything you do; and He will
reward you accordingly, whether it be a
good reward or a bad reward. Nothing remains
hidden from God; He has the power to bring
all things to light and judge them accordingly.
For nothing is secret, that shall not be made
manifest; neither anything hid, that shall
not be known and come abroad (Luke 8:17).
For God shall bring every work into judgment,
with every secret thing, whether it
be good, or whether it be evil (Ecclesiastes
12:14).
Many people try to keep secrets from others,
and they think no one will find out; but God
sees everything you do and every meditation
of your heart. Neither is there any creature
that is not manifest in his sight: but all
things are naked and opened unto the eyes
of him with whom we have to do (Hebrews
4:13).
God knows all about the evil things people
are doing in the darkness. He revealeth the
deep and secret things: he knoweth what is
in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with
him (Daniel 2:22).
God Hears Righteous Prayers
God hears every fervent prayer you pray
in secret, and He will answer those prayers.
Jesus said, But thou, when thou prayest,
enter into thy closet, and when thou hast
shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is
in secret; and thy Father which seeth in
secret shall reward thee openly (Matthew
6:6). That does not mean you always have to
shut yourself away; you
just have to get your mind
completely on the Lord and
let nothing disturb you. The Bible
says, The effectual fervent prayer of
a righteous man or woman availeth much
(James 5:16).
When you pray to be heard of men rather
than God, He sees your hypocrisy and will
not answer your prayer. Jesus said, When
thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites
are: for they love to pray standing
in the synagogues and in the corners of the
streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily
I say unto you, They have their reward
(Matthew 6:5). The only answer to prayer that
a hypocrite will receive is that others will see
or know about their prayer, and what a sad,
empty reward that is.
God Heard Cornelius
God took notice of the prayers of Cornelius.
He had never been taught the full Gospel, but
he feared God and had an honest heart. There
was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius,
a centurion of the band called the
Italian band, A devout man, and one that
feared God with all his house, which gave
much alms to the people, and prayed to
God alway (Acts 10:1,2).
Cornelius was a Roman centurion, and it
was not lawful for the disciples who were
Jews to go into the homes of such men; but
God knew Cornelius wanted truth. So as Cornelius
prayed and fasted in the privacy of his
own home, God sent an angel to tell him what
to do. And he the angel said unto him, Thy
prayers and thine alms are come up for a
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