“That God encountered him” is the main thing …
Indeed.
For the person of faith, God is not an idea believed in, but rather a Presence Who does not merely know, but is Himself the very source of knowing. If one decides to trust that Presence, knowing He must know everything in every least detail (including the nature of good and evil, including you), then one finds oneself in Adam and Eve's place: "Well," the one says to the other, "He's given us everything, and all He wants is for us to trust Him. And yet — how can we be sure He really likes us as much as He seems to?" Their sin was to call into question the only thing they had ever known: God's manifest love for them and for all about them. The person of faith is no more certain of God's love than Adam and Eve were. There is always room for doubt. But the one thing the person of faith can offer God is unconditional trust. And that is why it is "a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God." It is the one, true leap into the unknown.
For the person of faith, God is not an idea believed in, but rather a Presence Who does not merely know, but is Himself the very source of knowing. If one decides to trust that Presence, knowing He must know everything in every least detail (including the nature of good and evil, including you), then one finds oneself in Adam and Eve's place: "Well," the one says to the other, "He's given us everything, and all He wants is for us to trust Him. And yet — how can we be sure He really likes us as much as He seems to?" Their sin was to call into question the only thing they had ever known: God's manifest love for them and for all about them. The person of faith is no more certain of God's love than Adam and Eve were. There is always room for doubt. But the one thing the person of faith can offer God is unconditional trust. And that is why it is "a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God." It is the one, true leap into the unknown.
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