And I feared because I was naked, and I hid.

Chapter 3 — 3. THE LIFE OF PATRIARCAS BY FAITH: TRUTH IN OBEDIENCE FOR THE FOOD OF BODY AND D

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The statement “and I feared because I was naked,” is demonstrating the condition of man Adam, but the word “and feared, ...and hid myself” reveals the human weakness that is defined by the manifestation of hiding by the fear of the errors made before the Lord, but, this is not what the Lord God wants from us, he loves us, and, as Father wants to teach us to fear Him as Creator God during our walk in life: “And if you call on him for a Father who, without respect of persons, judges according to the work of each one, walk in fear during the time of your pilgrimage. ” (I Peter 1: 17).

However, it is natural that every man Adam after receiving the call offers a justification as an answer, and, always with justification come to the affirmation of the sinful condition of earthly life, that is how we find the answer and the condition of Adam “and I feared because I was naked”And believe me, it's our condition on the day called today and now, and feared”. However, the word states that: “If you, Lord, observe the iniquities, Lord, who will stand? But with you is forgiveness, so that you may be feared. ” (Psalm 130: 3 - 4).

But how can we understand this word “To be feared”? It is a learning for us Adam men, and must be practiced every day in our lives by understanding this question: “If you, Lord, observe the iniquities, Lord, who will stand? For this we must live a life of reverential fear to the creator, who, “Judge according to the work of each one, walk in fear” and understand that to live this reverential fear there is no mystery. For in receiving the immeasurable love of Jesus Christ “during the time of your pilgrimage”; He will teach us to understand the offering of the divine forgiveness of the LORD: “With you is forgiveness, that you may be feared” and thus we shall understand the fear of the Lord Yahweh.

What we must understand is that the teachings on how to achieve fear of the Lord God should not be an obstacle as a mystery of imputing fear to man Adam, and you will already understand this. The Lord God wants to reveal to us that He is our Creator who is our Father and that He loves us. Yes this is the greatest desire that the Lord God has for us men Adam, God wants to reveal to us and demonstrate daily his unconditional love.

But that's it? NO, the desire of the LORD is to teach us to give him praise and reverence for his greatness, majesty and glory. This is the only fear that the Lord God desires and wants us to teach; the Lord requires this of us as the only beings created in his image and likeness of his wonderful creation, and it is very important that you understand this, for in this reading you will understand why the fall of Adam man occurred, and we are all Adams.

We must not hide, but we must fear the Lord God, and with reverence worship him with praise, and so must the life of man Adam, not with fear for errors, faults and fleshly weaknesses, “... because I was naked, and I hid”Therefore the Lord God knows our being our nakedness, and each individual as beings of creation, and it is not possible to hide ourselves from the omniscience of the Majesty and the Glory of the Lord.

God knows all our thoughts, how each of us lives and how we will act, and individually as we are, and this of all men, and at every instant of our lives in an infinite space and time of his eternal creation. We must not, and neither must we hide from our fleshly condition, but rather enjoy his infinite love, and listen to his voice and his directions: “And God said: Who showed you you were naked? Did you eat from the tree I ordered you not to eat? ” (Genesis 3: 11).

Man Adam will always be naked in the presence of God, disobeying and feeding wrongly, and this is the truth, moreover, man Adam hides behind his arguments when the subject is obedience to the word to receive salvation by feeding the body and soul.

The word of which we are speaking is the Lord Jesus Himself the author of our life for salvation, and it is from this word that comes to the guidelines of how we should feed properly and with fear our body and soul, for the Lord God is our creator and we must learn to care for our body and soul, and this is also a reverential form of fearing Him. HE created us in his image and likeness as the psalm of David states: “I will praise you, because in a terrible way, and so wonderful I was formed; wonderful are your works, and my soul knows it well. ” (Psalm 139: 14).

O Lord God, “I will praise you”, Yes it is in praise that we find the teachings to understand the fear of the Lord God. Here is the first revelation to man Adam, to praise the Lord God, and it is also the greatest blessing of man's life Adam since his creation. Praise the LORD is the greatest example left in the word that we must seek and follow as men Adam, and is of great and incalculable value as teaching. Here is the key to the secret of the word of the LORD, to teach every man Adam the knowledge of how to offer praise to the Lord God.

TO THANK the Lord God, this is what we were created for, man Adam must learn to praise the LORD. Here lies the teaching of true fear, and this is how we must proceed every day from rising up to lying down, it is to practice praise to the LORD that is of this daily act that occurs in the life of man Adam the reverential fear to the Lord God the Creator.

“I will praise you”, Yes, I will praise thee, O Lord God: this is and will always be the greatest and most precious secret that must be taught to man Adam. And that is what the Lord God requires of us: God wants us to praise him, give Him honor, praise and glory, and for this reason it is that “I was formed”.

The second revelation, “I will praise you” For the Lord God knows every molecule and every part of my whole body, and the function of every cell and organ of our body, Your works are wonderful”, For it was the LORD who determined all things for our eternal welfare,because in a terrible way, and so wonderful I was formed”; Because of a mode Terrible?

For all men after the first Adam were born in sin; but “so wonderful”, is to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our only and sufficient savior, and only through and through Him is that “was formed”, And it is only when we understand this truth and accept the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus for our lives is that we will understand why the precious care of the Lord God gives us by his word the teachings of the best food program for the daily welfare of our lives: “I wait for the Lord, my soul awaits him, and I hope in his word. ” (Psalms 130; 5).

The divine teachings of the Lord occurred at the time of Adam's creation, and with the inseparable presence of Jesus they became, “Wonderful ... Your works”: “For in him were created all the things that are in the heavens and the earth,... everything was created by him and for him. ” (Colossians 1; 16c).

Everything was already prepared by the time man Adam male and female was created by the word, and within the perfect principles of creation all edible foods, “are Your works”, first understanding that this was already included also salvation and second understanding that the benefits of edible food for man Adam occurred before sin in the garden of Eden, and after sin the same foods would continue to be produced in a world cursed by God, with man Adam living in sin and producing his food among thorns and the sweat of his face.

But though in a sinful state man Adam would continue to receive from the LORD eternally the best program for the nourishment of the body and soul for the welfare of man himself Adam who is included in the greatness of his creation, “and my soul knows it very well.”