Passage, Paragraph, and Prayer

Trying to Hide from God (Genesis 3:8)

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Season 4 Episode 23

God had only done tremendous good for Adam and Eve before they ate the forbidden fruit, so why do they attempt to hide from him among the trees? In Genesis 3:8 we see another wretched side effect of sin—*our* sin foolishly causes us to think that it has changed something in *God.*

Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78 (Leipzig, 1724).