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Facing up to the consequences of our misdeeds is never easy. Sometimes we might tell the truth and confess what we have done. But sometimes we may lie, or try to run away. Sometimes we’re successful – at least it seems that way because we don’t get caught in our lie. But there is One from whom we can never hide. And one day – Judgment Day – we all will have to account to God for what we have done.

The beautiful thing about this question from God is this: God wasn’t having trouble finding Adam and Eve. He was giving them a chance to admit their wrong to Him and confess their sin. In fact, God gave them a second chance to admit their guilt just a little later in the story. But both times Adam and Eve avoided a simple, sincere confession. Both times they tried to divert God’s attention away from finding out the truth about what they had done. Instead, they actually blamed God for their disobedience!

Thankfully, God’s love for Adam and Eve and His forgiveness for what they had done were not based on the honesty or the sincerity of their confession. God already had in mind a plan that would rescue them, and all who would follow them in disobedience, from the consequences of their lies and their excuses and their disobedience. God told Satan, “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; He will crush your head, and you will strike His heel,” (Genesis 3:15). God would send His own dear Son to be their Sin-bearer  – the Sacrifice that would provide full salvation for them and all who would trust in Him as their Savior, through the blessing of the Holy Spirit.

In His Word, God lovingly calls to you and me. There He confronts us with our sins, and assures us that “the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin,” (1 John 1:7). God’s love cannot be earned, and it doesn’t depend on us in any way. It is there for us through the finished work of Jesus our Savior, to be received by Spirit-worked faith in Him.

May God’s Word of truth be our dearest Treasure! And may we be moved by His love for us to worship this God of amazing, faithful love for all, and then share the Good News of His love in Jesus with others!