…God requires that matters of suspected, serious sin follow his divinely ordained process. These things are too serious to leave in our own hands. We often lack information. In certain cases, a person comes and confesses their guilt, but sometimes, they do not. But we can trust that the Lord still sees.
Hebrews 4:13 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.
God sees everyone and everything, fully exposed. And we all give account to God. So this applies directly to me and you as we live before God. We ought to live before the Lord as though we are naked and exposed to him. But, we also ought to trust that others are naked and exposed to the Lord in situations where we suspect wrongdoing, but don’t have the evidence to prove our suspicions. God knows. And ultimately, God is judge, and he judges justly, according to his wisdom and judgment.
In the New Covenant, God has laid out various processes for this covenant in addressing suspected sin…
Matthew 18:15-20 “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. 18 Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 19 Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
