Hearing God Walk

Have you ever heard the sound of the Lord God walking?

And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking...(Genesis 3:8 ESV)

Have you ever wondered why you haven't? My children have said to me many of times that they wished that they could just "see" God. Or you could say, "hear him walking."

If there ever was a time when mankind could see and hear God walking (and there was). And now I am unable to see and hear God walking, what happened to change our relationship with the One who created us?

Original Sin. 

God made a covenant with Adam and Eve in the garden, it is called "the covenant of life," or "the covenant of works." God gave Adam one command, not to eat of one particular tree. If they ate from the tree, they would die, and if they refrained from eating from the tree, they would have life. 

We remember the story don't we? They did indeed eat from the tree; and the result was that sin entered, and death spread to all men. "Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned"— (Romans 5:12 ESV)

Do you know what sin is? Sin is any breaking, or any lack of conformity to Gods Law. So not only do I sin by stealing, but I sin by grumbling-"Do all things without grumbling or questioning," (Philippians 2:14 ESV)

Jesus came into the world. The folks that were alive on the earth during that time were sure able to see and hear God walking. But not only did Jesus come to be seen and heard, but to fulfill the covenant of life that Adam failed to accomplish. He also took the penalty of death that our first father Adam deserved. 

We are born children of Adam. We become children of God through faith in the One who fulfilled the covenant of life.