Speaker: Robert Lee
Church: Antioch Galveston
Date: May 4, 2025
🧠Main Idea
This message explores how humanity’s original joy and freedom were fractured through the Fall in Genesis 3—and how even in humanity’s failure, God reveals His mercy and pursuit.
đź“– Key Scriptures
Genesis 3:1 – The serpent's deception
Genesis 3:7 – Eyes opened to flesh, closed to God
Genesis 3:8 – Hiding from God's presence
Genesis 3:9 – God calling out: "Where are you?"
Genesis 3:10 – Fear enters: Adam hides
đź’ˇ Core Insights
Sin changes perspective:
Adam and Eve's eyes were opened to their flesh but closed to God's presence—a picture of spiritual death.
Fear follows shame:
Adam hears God and hides in fear. His new self-awareness leads to self-rejection:
God looked at Adam and said: “Very good.”
Adam looked at himself and said: “Not good.”
God is still pursuing:
After the fall, God doesn't abandon Adam. He seeks him out with the question, “Where are you?”—not in condemnation, but in pursuit.
God’s mercy covers shame:
Even though consequences followed the Fall, God didn’t curse the man. Instead, He made tunics of skin, symbolizing grace and the beginning of redemptive covering.
🕊️ Big Takeaway
God’s heart has always been to walk with humanity, not hide from it. Even in our worst failures, He calls out, “Where are you?”—and offers to clothe us, not condemn us.
