Pray the Word with David Platte is a resource from Radical.net.

Genesis chapter 3, verse 8, and they heard the sound of the Lord walking in the garden in the cool of the day,

and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

It says right after Adam and Eve sinned against God did not trust His word, directly disobeyed

His word, rebelled against His command, and they knew they had done wrong.

They felt guilt and shame and fear for the first time before God.

They had experienced unhindered communion with God, like perfect

communion with God. And now they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden,

and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

Now we have to be careful when we when we read

verses like this, not to picture God in human form. We know God is spirit. Obviously, Jesus is God in the

flesh, but this is language here in Genesis chapter 3, verse 8, that describes this picture in human

terms of man and woman, and Eve communing with God and

it was perfect their relationship with God their enjoyment of God was perfect but now in the

presence of God they're hiding for the first time because they know they have sinned

against God and they're afraid. Why? Because he made

clear, if you eat of this tree, you will surely die. And so we read in Genesis chapter 3,

verse 8, this picture of Adam and Eve hiding from God and we realize that in our sin, we would be doing the exact same thing.

Every single one of us has directly disobeyed God, has rebelled against God's word, not trusted in God's goodness, his good authority in our lives.

And if the end of our story was our sin, then we would surely die. Eternal death and judgment. And we should be afraid of that

possibility if our sin was the end of our story.

But the good news is, and this is clear in Genesis chapter 3, verse 15, and the promise

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