24/09/2022
*AS FROM THE LORD
FROM THE COMMENTARY
GENESIS 3:9-10
(9) “AND THE LORD GOD CALLED UNTO ADAM, AND SAID UNTO HIM, WHERE ARE YOU?”
The structure is:
1. The Lord called to Adam, and He has been calling to untold millions of others ever since.
2. The great question, “Where are you?”, is just as appropriate now as then.
3. “Where are you?”, is the first question in the Old Testament, “Where is He?”, is the first question in the New Testament (Mat. 2:2).
THE CALL
The phrase, “And the LORD God called unto Adam,” presents God seeking the first man. He has been doing so ever since.
Matthew Henry said: “This inquiry after Adam may be looked upon as a gracious pursuit, in kindness to him, and in order to his recovery. If God had not called to him, to reclaim him, his condition had been as desperate as that of fallen angels.” He went on to say:
“This lost sheep had wandered endlessly, if the Good Shepherd had not sought after him, to bring him back, and in order to that, reminded him where he was not, where he should not be, and where he could not be either happy or easy.”
WHERE ARE YOU?
The question, “And said unto him, Where are you?”, presents the question of all questions. To be sure, the Lord knew exactly where Adam was, but He wanted Adam to know where he was.
Williams says: “Adam hides from God, not because of any change in God, but because of the change in himself, wrought by the entrance of sin. The covering he provided for himself did very well until God appeared and was then found to be worthless.”
Adam’s absence was clear proof that something was wrong. Before this, he had welcomed the Divine approach. But now there is dread and fear.
Every Believer should take this question to heart, asked by our Heavenly Father so long ago. “Where are you?”
As we’ve already stated, God knows where each of us is. Being Omniscient (all-knowing) He knows everything about us. But oftentimes, we don’t know ourselves exactly where we are.
