Saved or Lost?
But the Lord God called to the man,
“Where are you?”
Genesis 3:9(NIV)
An
American woman, returning from Europe with some perfume she had bought, had
gone to a great deal of trouble packing the bottles so that they wouldn’t be
spotted by customs officials. An official started going through her luggage. He
had nearly finished searching the last suitcase when the woman’s small daughter
clapped her hands and said excitedly, “Oh, Mommy, he’s not
able to find it, isn’t
he?” You can try to hide your sin from God, but be sure your sin will find you
out!
We
may
seek to hide from God, but the relentless God
comes after
us.
God
calls to Adam and asks the first question attributed to God in the Bible:
“Where are you?” (3:9). Whenever God asks a question, it is not to gain
information. God knew exactly where Adam was. He asked the question to make
Adam think.
God’s
question told Adam two things: “You’re lost, Adam; and, I’ve come to find you.”
Every person needs to know the same two things: He is lost without Jesus
Christ; and, Christ came to seek and to save those who are lost. John
Hunter in his book Knowing
God’s Secrets, makes
the point that people who do not know Jesus Christ are never called “unsaved”
in the Bible. That term, Hunter contends, softens the tragic reality of their
condition. The opposite of saved is not unsaved; it is lost.
Where
are you? Are you hiding, afraid of God, because of sin in your life? Maybe
you’re trying to cover your sin with the fig leaves of your good works.
Perhaps, like Jonah, you are one of God’s children, and yet you are running
from His purpose for your life. He is graciously calling, “Where are you?” If
you will come to Him and confess your sin, He will deliver you.
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