Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Finally, after we were released from the operating table as it were, we went on our merry way, but we made a fatal mistake by rejoicing too soon, for we didn’t realize that the principal was looking through his window and saw us giving each other a high five as it were. He then called us back to his office and he asked us what we were hiding. We became uneasy, sweating profusely, and with dismayed looks on our faces, he opened up our pants, and there he found the shock absorbers that had taken the brunt of his discipline.
He then proceeded to give us a double portion as it were because we tried to hide the plot but this time there was serious weeping, and gnashing of teeth, because our strategy having now being exposed and backfired, we were made to feel the full force of his disciplinary actions. So, the question is: What are you hiding? In the first passage Christ tells us plainly why persons endeavor to cover up certain secrets, hide their deeds, or why some try to divert attention away from the truth.
Then, Jesus says, if we are dealing in truth, and have nothing to hide we would be glad to have our deeds and the facts surrounding our cases exposed, for it would then be a source of vindication, and not of condemnation, as the case may be. A person who is innocent of an alleged wrong would not be afraid of cross examination because the truth is the truth, and it has a way of vindicating itself in a way that appeals to the observer.
Hebrews 4:13 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.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!