Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”
God's irony here pierces to the marrow. Adam sought to climb higher than lawful; this taunt exposes where his appetite for forbidden knowledge has hurled him. His iron pride must be beaten down so he descends into himself and learns true humility at last.
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See the wretch he has made of himself, a god indeed! God's reproach aims to awaken shame and bring him to repentance, that he might see the fruit of sin is nothing but deceit and ruin, never what the devil promised.
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Commenting on Genesis 3:22-24
This irony cuts deep to humble him and open his eyes to his folly. Yet after he repented and received the promised Seed as Saviour, these words became truth: by Christ's righteousness he was made righteous, conformed to the heavenly image, restored to friendship with God.
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