In May of 1948, 3 men robbed a bank in Kansas, getting away with $1,000. Shortly thereafter 2 men were killed in a car wreck & police thought they were the robbers the case was closed.
Four years later, however, something unusual happened. On a
Sunday morning at the Seward Avenue Baptist Church a young man named Al Johnson
revealed to the congregation that the day before he had gone to the district
attorney & confessed his role in the crime.
“I thought about the bank robbery many times,” Johnson, who
was a teenager when the crime occurred, said, “I prayed about it & asked
the Lord to give me an answer. It seemed that He would give me only one answer
& that was to give myself up.”
Johnson also revealed that he had borrowed the money to
repay the bank his share of the stolen funds. He said that even if it meant
going to prison, he could not keep the secret any longer.
Johnson agreed to help the authorities locate the other 2
men, who had not been, as was previously believed, the men involved in the car
accident.
Sometimes we think the best approach is to hide our sin,
either to avoid embarrassment or to avoid the consequences. It is far better
for us to confess & seek the forgiveness of God.
Pro 28:13 (GNT): “You will never succeed in life if you try
to hide your sins. Confess them and give them up; then God will show mercy to
you.”
Source: Lewiston Evening Journal, (ministry127.com)
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