Nothing is Hidden from God - John 3-4

John 4:16-19 (ESV)

Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.” The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.

When we were kids we thought it was weird that our mothers seem to know everything we did.  They didn’t, of course.  But, they had an uncanny way of making us think that they did.  Although we often did things they did not know about, they made us feel like they did.   We seldom got away with anything.   (Of course, now I know it was my sister’s narcing me out.)

Jesus, however, is not like mothers.   Jesus is omniscient.  He, like the Father, knows all things.   In the above passage the “woman at the well” marvels that God tells her about her past indiscretions (sins).   She believes Jesus must be a prophet.  It is interesting that she does not immediately fall down and confess the unholiness in her heart and seek forgiveness.  That will come, as we see the story unfold.  But, she at first is in awe of Jesus’ knowledge of her past.  She will eventually run to the village and tell everyone. They will believe her and, eventually, engage with Jesus and believe Him.   But, at first, she is simply struck by the thought that Jesus knows her life.    

We, of course, having the entire cannon of Scripture know this.   We have read verses lie these, over and over again:

Hebrews 4:13 (ESV)

And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

Psalms 33:13-15 (ESV)

The LORD looks down from heaven;

he sees all the children of man;

from where he sits enthroned he looks out

on all the inhabitants of the earth,

he who fashions the hearts of them all

and observes all their deeds.

We can either rejoice that God sees all our deeds, or run and hide.   But, that is the truth of the God we serve.  We think we can hide things from Him.  Unlike our mothers, HE IS omniscient.    God sees all and knows all and will hold all men accountable for their deeds and actions.  Nothing is unbidden from God. In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus said it this way:

 Luke 8:17 (ESV)

For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light.