Questions & Answers

Genesis 3 cont’d:

And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?” The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done? The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

God finds Adam and Eve in their shameful state of nakedness (which before sin was a peaceful state of contentment) and he quizzes him.  They had not known before that they were naked.  They were unclothed yet unashamed, because there was nothing hidden from God, their Creator.  But now God wants to know how Adam knows he is naked.  And then he asks that which he already knows, the question about the sin.

Here we see the first instance of blame and not taking responsibility for sin.

Adam blames the woman, and the woman blames the serpent.

When God visits us in our disobedience, it’s wise if we just admit and own up to what we’ve done without excuse.

God already knew what they had done, but he asked to see what their answer would be.  And instead of feeling sorrow that they had gone against God’s commands, they were only sorry that someone else made them do it.

True repentance comes when we acknowledge what we’ve done and we feel great sorrow for grieving the heart of God.