Genesis 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day… Whether their ears as well as their hearts heard God's voice does not much matter. It would have mattered if their ears and not their hearts had heard. They doubtless often heard Him in the evening hour — the twilight which all the faiths of all cultivated nations have chosen as their special season of devotion. When they heard, and when men now hear God's voice in garden, meadow, wood, of what does it tell? I. OF GOD'S PRESENCE. Nature is a kingdom, in which the King resides as well as reigns: a house in which the Father dwells as well as which He supports. II. OF GOD'S POWER AND WISDOM. III. OF GOD'S BOUNTY AND LOVE. Profusion of life. IV. OF MAN'S MORTALITY. Nature is a sepulchre as well as a shrine. V. OF MAN'S RETRIBUTION FOR BROKEN LAW. (Urijah R. Thomas.) Parallel Verses KJV: And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. |
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