Leviticus 5:1 And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

I’ve been hearing about rights of privacy for some time. We live in a society which prides itself on individual’s rights. We have the right to privacy, self-incrimination is protected by law. By the law you do not have to confess.

Biblically speaking you have the right to avoid self-incrimination also, but God warns us that we shall bear the iniquity. It is a burden that wears upon the soul. It is a consequence of keeping secret those things you know are wrong. That is why Leviticus 5:1 includes the line, “hear the voice of swearing”. Your soul bears witness to your sin.

Can you live with that knowledge? Is it possible to have an evil conscience? Hebrews 10:22 says we all had one until we confessed Christ. Yet Christians still sin, some of ignorance and some of conviction. The same rule applies, if our conscience knows, we bear the burden if we do not confess.

James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Let me share a truth with you. There are no secrets. You know and God knows. If it is a burden on your soul God has every intension of restoring you to a position of right standing before Him. The weight of unconfessed sin only gets heavier and that is why He sent His Son to carry that burden away.

Hebrews 12:1-3 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.