Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.
Both were bound by the same unhappy consent, but shame alone does not break them, they hide rather than humble themselves before God. Their own conscience condemns them without need of trial; yet they resort to evasions. That spontaneous sense of guilt proves they stand condemned by their own judgment.
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Eve saw no harm in this tree more than any other, and that was Satan's advantage. When there seems no difference between forbidden fruit and the rest, sin lies at the door. We are betrayed into snares by coveting what gratifies the senses, or simply by the sting of prohibition itself.
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Commenting on Genesis 3:6-8
Their eyes opened not to the knowledge promised but to their ruin: they saw themselves deceived, the commandment broken, communion with God lost, and their souls stripped of the image and righteousness they once wore. Naked in body and soul, they felt fear and shame together for the first time.
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