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" either is there any creature that is not to misdemeanours or look through a favour-
manifest in his sight: but all things
able lens at the actions of loved ones, God’s
Nare naked and opened unto the eyes character is such that He cannot. To be a God
of him with whom we have to do” (Heb 4:13). 1 who is holy and righteous and just means
I would find it quite daunting should I be that He always measures man’s actions
told that someone could see my thoughts. against the absolute standard of His own
While I hope there would be much that is perfection. Think back to the introduction,
commendable, I know there would be things and the daunting prospect of a sinner seeing
I would be embarrassed for others to find into my mind. What if I then tell you that the
out. We are often asked how we would like God of heaven can see into my mind and
it if our whole lives were put on a big screen yours? Oftentimes, we read in the Gospel
and all could view it. It is a question which, accounts that the Lord Jesus, who Himself
undoubtedly, would cause us all to tremble is God, revealed the thoughts of the people.
at the thought. That means He knows everything – past,
present and future. That means He knows
The Creatures what is going through your mind right now.

While the Christian gospel is exclusive in The Cross of Calvary
many of its truth claims, many core doctrines
are also inclusive. The central claim of the The Psalmist asked, “If thou, LORD, should-
gospel is that the death of the Lord Jesus at est mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?”
Calvary is the only way of salvation and that (130:3). It is a reasonable question to ask if
the reason for His coming into the world was God is as holy as we say He is and knows
to save sinners. That designation of “sinners” all that we claim He knows. My life consis-
doesn’t apply to only a few, for Romans 3:23 tently fails to meet His standard and there
says that “all have sinned.” In Genesis 6:5 we is nowhere for me to hide. That means I can
read, “God saw that the wickedness of man never be in heaven, and condemns me to
was great … the thoughts of his heart was be lost forever - or it would, if God had not
only evil continually.” In all the years since made a way for all those sins to be dealt
that statement was written, the human with at the cross of Calvary. The Lord Jesus
heart hasn’t changed. God’s creatures, once has paid the price, once and for all, for my
the crown of His creation, no longer bring sins. According to the Lord Jesus Himself,
Him pleasure. “whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life” (Joh 3:16).
The Character of God It is not that God’s standard slips or that He

While we may be able to turn a blind eye knows any less; it is that when He looks at
me now, He sees me clothed, not in my own
1 Bible quotations in this article are from the righteousness but in His.
KJV.