Exodus 20:5 you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Would you dare tell a policeman that you are innocent if they have just caught you read-handed breaking the law?
Sadly we live in a world where that sort of thing is encouraged by lawyers who work to get guilty people set free – sounds a bit like Jerusalem during Christ’s captivity!
God is a jealous God. He knows when we do wrong. He knows when we lie. He knows when we follow others instead of Him.
Don’t try and cover up things before God. He already knows the truth. Admit it to Him.