Genesis Three….(v.11-13) Sin Brings Fear
Verses 11-14….
Sin brought fear, being afraid, of God. It also brought self centredness…."I was afraid"; "I heard"; "I" hid from You. God made man to be God centred, and now sin had blotted God out of man's heart. God says, "Your sins have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid His face from you, that He will not hear." (Isaiah 59:2) There is only one prayer that God will hear from a person in this condition and that is, "Lord, be merciful to me a sinner!"
God confronted man about his disobedience…He didn't sweep it under that as it were, or make excuses for his weakness….man had a chance to repent there and then, but what did he do? He made excuse after excuse and admitted nothing.
How often we do the same thing! "Not my fault, I didn't do it!" or else we lay the blame on someone (or something) else. Adam immediately said, "It wasn't my fault, it was the woman that YOU gave me who gave me the fruit!" How weak can a man be! But Eve was no better. She said, "Wasn't MY fault, it was the serpent that made me do it!" Satan made no excuses….he had achieved his purpose, but the vehicle of his voice (the serpent) was immediately cursed. It was no longer a creature of beauty, but was now a creeping, slithering thing that was hated by all other creatures.
Satan had already fallen in God's sight, with his place already waiting for him, so he had no reason to make any excuse. He had ruined God's highest creation and he was satisfied with that.
Now man had sinned, he was afraid, And hid in trees that God had made,
Covered up in leaves that fade, And then faced God in sin unpaid.
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