#71. Romans 3:12 – There Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked
Part II: The Conduct of Humanity “All avoid Him: at the same time they were useless. Not one is doing kindness: there is not even one!” Sounds Like a Good Idea Since Adam’s first offense, mankind has avoided God by any means necessary. When God asks, “Adam, where are you?” Adam replies that he hid himself. See, Adam’s problem, upon eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, was that he thus knew good and evil. He had realized critical facts – he realized that he had done wrong, as his conscience informed him. He knew of God’s goodness, for God had placed him in the garden, had given him bountiful food, the most beautiful woman, and the entire animal kingdom in a state of peace and prosperity. Adam’s only solution was to run. He first attempted to craft clothing from fig leaves – a sort of pseudo shelter for his wrong. He likely did this so as to appear more presentable to the good Yahweh when He arrived for a walk. Thereafter, he and Eve chose to hide within bushes...
