Sin enters into God’s creation, and there are consequences. The serpent injects doubt into the first humans understanding of their relationship to God. God’s word is question (1), His motives and love subty denied, and his warnings flatly contradicted. Moral and psychological consequences accompany the act of sin. The man and the woman are crushed by guilt and shame and try to hide their deed from God. The just Lord must pronounce judgment upon them, but he begins with hope.
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