Spencer Wood
The begining of book 10 is one of my favorite parts of the garden story, the point when God confronts Adam and Eve. I really enjoy this part because it displays a personal, father-like God. One of my favorite heresies is when people say that "the God of the Old Testement" is not "the God of the New Testement." I mean, that's just wrong. God is immutable. He never changes. The God that reached out to me with love and salvation is the same God that created the earth, cursed the Israelites to wander in the wilderness, and repeatedly destroyed the enemies of His people. The whole interaction mirrors the the story of salvation. We sin and realize it. Adam and Eve saw their nakeedness and tried to clothe themselves. God reaches out to us asking to us to turn away from our sin and join Him in glory. "Adam where are you?" Us coming to God in humility and guilt to recieve forgivness. "I'm in the bushes, Lord." A death to cover the payment of our transgressions. Christ and animals before that. And finally a change in life. Sanctification and the removal from paradice. When God came down to meet Adam, the interaction seemed very parent-child. God is omnipotent. He knew exactly what they did. But he wanted Adam and Eve to be honest with what they did. Just as a father would when asking a child to confess a transgression, God reached out to Adam and Eve with love knowing what they did. Just as He is reaching out to us knowing exactly what we've done. God is immutable and to say that He has changed is to say that you don't know Him.
Logan and Osten
The begining of book 10 is one of my favorite parts of the garden story, the point when God confronts Adam and Eve. I really enjoy this part because it displays a personal, father-like God. One of my favorite heresies is when people say that "the God of the Old Testement" is not "the God of the New Testement." I mean, that's just wrong. God is immutable. He never changes. The God that reached out to me with love and salvation is the same God that created the earth, cursed the Israelites to wander in the wilderness, and repeatedly destroyed the enemies of His people. The whole interaction mirrors the the story of salvation. We sin and realize it. Adam and Eve saw their nakeedness and tried to clothe themselves. God reaches out to us asking to us to turn away from our sin and join Him in glory. "Adam where are you?" Us coming to God in humility and guilt to recieve forgivness. "I'm in the bushes, Lord." A death to cover the payment of our transgressions. Christ and animals before that. And finally a change in life. Sanctification and the removal from paradice. When God came down to meet Adam, the interaction seemed very parent-child. God is omnipotent. He knew exactly what they did. But he wanted Adam and Eve to be honest with what they did. Just as a father would when asking a child to confess a transgression, God reached out to Adam and Eve with love knowing what they did. Just as He is reaching out to us knowing exactly what we've done. God is immutable and to say that He has changed is to say that you don't know Him.
Logan and Osten
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