Where Art Thou

“Where Art Thou”

Genesis 3:1-10

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It is these three words, “Where Art Thou,” that is at the heart of our message this morning.

But as I look at this, I also realize that Shakespeare wasn’t the originator of this statement and question when he wrote his play, “Romeo and Juliet.” Where Juliet asks, “Romeo, Romeo, where art thou, Romeo.”

These words are first recorded for us in the Book of Genesis, the third chapter. And in this chapter, we come face to face with one of the most important and pivotal chapters because here we are taught something that is essential to the central message of the Bible.

You see, the Bible is primarily God’s textbook for humanity’s salvation. It’s the accounting of God’s way of salvation, and understanding this event is necessary to understanding our need for God’s salvation. For you see, the message found within this chapter explains why the world is as messed up as it is, what went wrong, and why the coming of the Son of God, that is, Jesus, was and is an absolute necessity.

It is what’s being discussed even today in our news and social media sites, for it contains the answers to why things are the way they are, what’s the matter with our world today, and why we have been unable over the centuries and millenniums to fix it.

And these questions are all tied up in God’s first recorded question as He asked Adam, “Where art thou.”

Let’s look at this passage and God’s question.

“Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, ‘Yea, hath God said, ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?’ And the woman said unto the serpent, ‘We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.’ And the serpent said unto the woman, ‘Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.’ And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 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. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, ‘Where art thou?’ And he said, ‘I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. ‘” (Genesis 3:1-10 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. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, ‘Where art thou?’” (Genesis 3:9-10 KJV)

Now, the question is not theoretical, and I know how tempting it is to sit around and discuss the state of our world. But it is not about the state of our world or of politics that we need to be discussing, rather what we should be discussing is the state of humanity, because that is what is really at stake.

You see, the issues before us, and the question God asks has to do with our eternity and what is our ultimate destiny.

Now, it is this question of our ultimate destiny that has the world institutions and philosophies at odds with Christianity and the Bible.

The world looks at humanity as sees no destiny. It’s called the theory of evolution, which says that humanity evolved over time from some primordial slime or ooze. And the basic premise that comes out of the theory of evolution is that humanity has gotten better, and more advanced over time, and that humanity is spiritually and morally better than it ever has been.

Now, just so everyone knows, the reason it is called a theory is because there is absolutely no facts or data to back up its position. Not even science can state evolution as a fact, because for something to be proved scientifically it must be reproducible. So, evolution is not scientific, rather it is purely a faith-based religion.