In this text we continue to gain insight into the effects of sin.  Guilt and the alienation that follows are the fruits of sin.  Both are revealed by Adam and Eve as they try to hide from God or cover their nakedness or shift the blame, just as all mankind will do after them.  But God does not […]

First shame, then fear.  These effects of sin were known first in the human race by Adam and Eve when they chose their own desire over the wisdom of their creator.  Their fear drove them away from God, but God continued to pursue them, as He had done all along.  This God can pursue us as well in […]

What is shame?  When did it first appear in human history?  The text describes the consequences of that deadly sequence in the story of Adam and Eve which brought it about, temptation, enticement, disbelief, grasping, consequence.  When Adam and Eve sinned, their eyes were opened to their failure.   When they tried to cover their shame, even that was a […]