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Painting
by Giovanni circa 1480
Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as He was
walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord
God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man,
‘Where are you?’
Genesis 3:8 -9
ADAM, WHERE ARE YOU?
By
Pastor Teresa Tay
In the Garden of Eden, Adam and
Eve enjoyed the closest communion any created being can expect with the
Creator. In spite of this they fell into sin and separated themselves
from the Holy God. Nevertheless, God reached out to Adam just like the
father in the parable of the Prodigal Son when He called out, ‘Adam,
where are you?’
From the moment Adam disobeyed a veil came between God and man. No more
would there be the walk and talk in the Garden between God and man. At
least not till the coming of God’s Son, Jesus, in the form of a
man just like Adam, to restore all that was lost ever since Adam sinned.
Jesus Christ atoned for the sin of mankind by offering Himself as the
perfect and acceptable sacrifice. The veil that separated the Holy of
Holies from the rest of the Temple had now been removed restoring the
fellowship between God and man. Everything that had been lost since Adam
had now being reclaimed through Jesus Christ.
When God asked ‘Adam, where are you?’ Adam was hiding because
He was afraid. Thank God for what Jesus had done on the cross we now do
not have to hide from God. We can boldly come before His throne of grace,
confident of His unfailing love, confident that there is nothing to be
ashamed off and confident that His grace is indeed sufficient for us.
Through Jesus Christ we can now gain access to the tree
of life whose fruit gives immortality. "The first man Adam became
a living being"; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit (1Cor15:45).
read From
the Cave of Self Pity into the Power of Pentecost
read other
articles by Teresa Tay