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Genesis 3:9&10
"9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself."

We are finishing our FAITH WORDS series with studying PEACE. Peace is a gift from God. It comes to us through Jesus as He restored our relationship with God. The prophet Isaiah wrote approximately 600 years before Jesus was born! "The Prince of PEACE." Isaiah's description is not of any possible child of man. He is describing the Son of God. From this writing, the Jewish people believed that the future deliverer of Israel would come to save them. They did not understand that this Messiah was coming to save ALL people everywhere!

God needed to send His Son as our Savior because people can't keep one commandment! God created the world, and it was good. Peace and harmony was how the world worked. God said to Adam and Eve, "Don't eat from the Tree of Knowledge." And, THEY chose to eat the forbidden fruit. 

They ran away. They hid from God. God sought them out. "And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was AFRAID, because I was naked; and I HID myself." GOD knows where they are. God's question was more like, "Where is your heart and mind? Where has our relationship GONE?" Adam answered “I was AFRAID.“ Adam is  expressing his vulnerability. He couldn't have an authentic relationship with God. And, we can't either. We have too much FEAR in our hearts and minds to be comfortable with our perfect GOD. Fear is the opposite of PEACE. We need a Prince of PEACE to restore our relationship with GOD...
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