CAN A MAN HIDE HIMSELF?

Am I a God at hand, declares the LORD, and not a God far away?
Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the LORD.  Do I not fill Heaven and earth? declares the LORD.  Jeremiah 23:23-24

"Here he especially shakes off from hypocrites their self-delusions; for they were torpid in their vices, because they thought that they could in a manner blind the eyes of God. 

They did not indeed say so; but the heedless security of men would, never be so great as it is, were they to believe that nothing is hid from God, but that he penetrates into the inmost recesses of the heart, that he discerns between the thoughts and the feelings, and leaves not unobserved the very marrow. 

If, then, this truth were fixed in the hearts of all, they would certainly obey God with more reverence, and also dread his threatenings.  As, then, they are so heedlessly torpid, it follows, that they imagine God as not having a clear sight, who sees only things nigh him, like one who has a deficient vision, who can see what is near at hand, but not what is far off. 

Such is what hypocrites dream God to be, who after the manner of men either connives at things, or is blind, or at least does not clearly see but what is near at hand. 

We now understand the design of the Prophet in saying, that Jehovah is God afar off as well as near at hand."  John Calvin

Painting: Judas
Artist:  Ilya Repin