s quickly as possible, fig leaves were a substitute for righteousness.28Shortly after the fall of Adam and Eve the Lord was walking in the garden, as He often did, but Adam and Eve hid themselves from His sight because of their shame for their nakedness and sin. For the first time in their lives they feared God.29But the Lord God called to the man, Where are you? He answered, I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid. And He said, Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from? (Genesis 3:10-11).30Worst of all, they hid themselves from the presence of the Lord. This is the worst of all sins. A sin against ones own heart and life is bad, very bad. A sin that involves the soul of another is worse, much worse. But a sin that is an affront against the majesty and holiness of God is worst of all.31The test of a mans religious life and character is not what he does in the exceptional moments of life, but what he does in the ordinary times.32 This is a good example of how Adam and Eve made unwise decisions in one moment that resulted in a major change for all mankind.Its our job to hate sin. But its Gods job to deal with the sinner. God has called us to despise evil, but Hes never called us to despise the evildoer.33This is the same approach that the Lord took with Adam and Eve. He did dismiss them from the garden, never to be able to return, but he had already set in motion events that would help them provide for their needs through hard work and physical pain that had not been known prior to the fall. After He drove the man out, He placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.34A short time after their banishment from the garden Adam and Eve had a child and they named him Cain. A short time later a second son was born and he was named Able. Now Abel kept flocks, and Ca...
