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"Adam! 

 Where Are You?" 56

[Gen 3:6-24]

/ Anne's Faith Column 

 

 

/ By Priscilla

 

 

God punished and cursed

human beings who committed

sins and were corrupted,

and drove them out of

the 'Garden of Eden'.

 

 

 

After they had  sinned,

their eyes were opened

and they realized that it

was a shame to be naked.

 

 

 

It was just then that

God called to Adam.

 

 

 

The first word He spoke

to him was "Adam! 

Where are you?"

 

 

 

God knows human nature.

And He always sees through

the heart of the human.

 

 

 

God used to come over

to him and have a close

relationship with him.

 

 

 

However, Adam had the result

of severing the relationship

of fellowship between

God and man.

 

 

 

God's question struck him

like a sharp dagger that

cuts through his chest,

 

 

 

like a raging wave,

toward the abyss hidden

deep in his heart.

 

 

 

Nevertheless, 'Adam',

the first human that God

created with special

affection

 

 

 

in his image, was not

honest with God after

he sinned, but rather

slandered

 

 

 

and made excuses

against his spouse,

eventually leading to

  accusations of each other.

 

 

 

Seeing their unrepentant deeds,

God finally rebuked and punished

Adam and Eve and the serpent

 who tempted them to fall away.

 

 

Think carefully about the 

heart of our Heavenly Father

who gave these punishments

to each one of them!

 

 

The Garden of Joy

- In the Garden of Eden,

God's children made in his

image disobeyed God

 

 

 

and His command

and betrayed Him!

 

 

 

Heavenly Father, who

must rule with strict justice,

 

 

 

and His children who had

fallen due to the pride

of human who wanted

to be equal with God

and disobedience....

 

 

 

How hard and painful

it must have been

for God to bear

 

 

 

and pay the price

of suffering in the midst

of His anger, pain, and

compassion!

 

 

God already knew

what kind of suffering

mankind would suffer as a

result of His judgment.

 

 

 

I hope you can deeply

feel the love, mercy, grace,

tolerance and love of God

 

 

who had to face them

with a broken heart

toward a sinful life.

 

 

 

However, God had to start

working on them, bearing

the pain and suffering.

 

 

 

When God called to Adam,

he heard His voice

 

 

 

and he was hiding from

the face of God, trembling

with shame and fear

after Adam sinned.

 

 

 

Let's think about Adam,

who answered, "I heard you

in the garden, and I was

afraid because I was

naked; so I hid."

 

 

 

How weak man is!

 

 

 

After Adam had sinned

by eating the forbidden fruit,

that is, eating from the tree

of the knowledge of good

and evil, sin entered him,

 

 

 

and soon he came to shame

himself for being naked.

 

 

Adam, the first man,

covered himself with

 tree leaves to hide himself, 

but the leaves dried up

in the sun.

 

 

 

In the end, it was not

possible to completely

cover up the human shame.

 

 

 

God rebuked them

and brought judgment

upon them, but in the end,

 

 

 

God, who was rich in mercy

and love, slaughtered animals

 

 

 

and clothed them with skins

before driving them out

of the garden.

 (Gen 3:6-21)

 

 

 

What could be a greater

expression of love than this?

 

 

 

I guess that God, who is just

, felt heartbreaking about

the spiritual corruption of

   humans who broke the law

 

 

 

and felt the pain of being

ripped in his heart when

he punished them.

 

 

 

He wants each one of us

to be treated as a person.

God, who gave human beings

free will, does not put us

into force to this time,

 

 

 

but leads us to realize

God's providence

 in the field of our lives.

 

 

 

The punishments

for human sin were

as follows.

 

 

 

For woman, Eve,

God increased great pain

in childbearing.

 

 

 

And also, He made her

long for her husband,

Adam and made her lead

 a life of submission to him.

 

 

 

And also, Adam, Eve's husband,

had to sweat and toil on his

forehead for surviving.

 

 

 

Therefore, they must have felt

more earnestly how precious

the glory they enjoyed freely

 

 

 

by God's grace was while

cultivating the land

and toiling in the

Garden of Eden, 

 

 

 

Even in a dark situation

where we have to fight against

the temptations of the forces

of endless darkness

while living our faith,

 

 

 

God gives us the courage

to overcome and the strength

to fight against them.

 

 

 

Today, God is teaching

and revealing us,

 

 

 

His children, through

the Word, and guides us

into the life God wants

 us to live every day.

 

 

 

God sent His one

and only Son, Jesus Christ,

to this earth as the Son of

reconciliation,

 

 

 

and as a sin offering for us

in order to atone for our sins 

caused by Adam's transgression. 

 

 

 

For all of us who have

accepted Jesus Christ

as the Savior of our souls,

 

 

 

God wants us to be

more filled with the

Holy Spirit

 

 

 

and faithful to our prayers

in order to have constant

conversations with our

Heavenly Father.

 

 

 

Also, even though

we  have restored our

relationship with God

by believing in Jesus Christ,

 

 

 

God Himself comes to us

without change and speaks

 to our hearts as follows:

 

 

 

"Where are you now?'

God asks us like this, and

touches and checks

our hearts.

  

 

 

Now, what should we do

first to build a closer

relationship with

our Father?

 

 

 

1) After committing a sin,

when God calls us to repent

in the light of the Word,

we must not impute

our sins to others.

 

 

 

If there is something

that bothers you, you

must immediately kneel

before God and repent

thoroughly.

 

 

 

2) We must become children

who remember God's love

and do not forget grace

and benefits.

 

 

 

3) When God asks me where I am,

- what 'the current state

of my faith' like is,

 

 

 

I must pray to the Holy Spirit

in order  to become

a faithful child who can

answer His voice.

  

 

Prayer

 

 

 

Lord!

 

My eyes are ever on you!

When you seek and call me,

please help each of us

to be able to answer

immediately,

 

 

 

"Lord. Here I am," 

 

 

Grant me to become

God's child who depends

more on you and

follow you purely!

 

 

Amen

 

 

 

2009/11/09

 

 

/ By Priscilla