Spiritual Death

Spiritual Death

Physical death did not come immediately, but spiritual death

did. They died on the inside first. They no longer could face God.

We experience the same feeling when we sin. Fear and shame are

the fruits of sin. Many fear God today because of the sin in their

lives. If we really fellowship with God on a daily basis, we find

that as we obey Him there is simply no guilt or fear that troubles

us. However when we sin without repentance, we run from the

presence of God just as Adam and Eve did.

 

Genesis 3:7-14, 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. 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. And

the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where

art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I

was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. 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? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be

with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the Lord

God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done?

And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast

done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every

beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt

thou eat all the days of thy life.

 

We see Adam and Eve not only experiencing fear and shame,

but also we see another sin rising in Adam’s nature as he tries to

justify his failure to obey. He blames God for giving him the woman

who led him astray. He neither takes responsibility for his own sin

nor for the protection of the woman.

 

Today, we are guilty of the same thing as we often find ourselves

blaming God for our failures and disobedience or blaming

the people around us. The real problem lies within us. God has a

perfect plan for every person, but so many are not willing to walk

in that plan. Our society is so eager to get everything immediately

that most people fail to wait for God to work out His plan.