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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

The title of today’s episode is: HIDDEN

I want to start today with the story of Adam and Eve. Most know that the snake beguiled Eve into eating of the fruit of the tree that God specifically said do not eat. It was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Up to this point, Adam and Eve were innocent and naive to the knowledge of evil. Not defending Eve, but I want to make a point. She was so easily deceived because no one in her life had ever lied to her before, until she ate of the tree, she didn’t even know about lies and dishonesty.

The second point to make about Eve, she was given God’s command second hand through Adam. She didn’t have firsthand knowledge of his words to Adam. This is why it is important for us today to get into the Bible and read it for ourselves, so we have firsthand knowledge. This way we are less likely to be deceived by some smooth talking, false teacher.

Gen 3:7-8 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

People often commit sin and realize they are exposed. Instead of repenting, they try to cover their sin by hiding in the place that they were supposed to be at all along. They made clothes to cover their nakedness. They went and hid among the trees that they were allowed to eat.

People often want to clothe themselves in things to make people think that they are righteous, when their righteousness is as filthy rags. Then they go back to the place that God wants them to be, the place before their sin. If something really bad happens, they want to return to the moment of innocence. But there is never a way to go back to before things happen. We just have to move forward with God’s forgiveness.

I saw a post on social media that said, People will always tell you who they are, believe them. This is true, we often try to tell ourselves that our instincts about people are wrong. We force ourselves to give them the benefit of the doubt, until we are taken in by them like Eve was the snake. God gave us instincts and intuition for a reason. Sin is a harsh reality. If they would have listened to God they would have never known the evil of this world. Once enlightened to the darkness, we are never the same, we will always have the knowledge of evil. Even if we are saved from it ruling our lives.

Genesis3:9-12 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. 11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? 12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

Adam was the first person to blame someone else for his shortcomings and sin. He blamed Eve. He had no one to blame but himself. Eve blamed the serpent. She was the first to say the devil made me do it. But God didn’t let either get by with blaming someone else.

We are all bare before God, there is nothing hidden. We sometimes hide things from ourselves or even other people, we but cannot hide them from God.

In Revelations Chapter 3, God is talking to the different church ages, to the church of  the Laodiceans, he says:

Rev3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

In other words, we have material things, but are wretched, miserable, poor when it comes to the spiritual things and are blind and naked. Blind to the truth and do not have on the garments of God.  The garments of Praise or being clothed in the spirit and righteousness.

18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

We are going to have to go through the fire and be tried to see what we are made of, will we stand strong for the faith. If so, we will be rich in spiritual things and have a white garment, that our nakedness be covered.

People today think they are getting by with their sin. They are committing sin all week and going to church on Sunday. Like Adam and Eve ran and hid in the trees. God knew their sin before he asked them if they ate of the tree.

Luke 8:17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither anything hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.

We are always bare before the Lord. There is nothing hidden, we are like a child covering their eyes thinking no one can see them. But in reality, we are exposed to the world.

It is a good thing to become clothed by God. He will cover us with his garments like he made clothes for Adam and Eve. We will no longer be exposed for our sins, because his blood covers all of our sins.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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