Understanding Our Nakedness

 Genesis 3:11 - "And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”

It is of paramount importance who tells us we are naked and how we respond. When God tells us about our nakedness, He does it out of love. He desires for us to be clothed in His righteousness. That is why he desires to confront us with that truth. However, the devil loves to tell us we are clothed when we are really not. We may seek to cover ourselves with our own goodness (fig leaves), yet God must cover us in order for there to be true redemption. Even as God covered Adam and Eve with animal skins (Genesis 3:21), nakedness is only atoned for through the sacrifice of blood.

Beloved of God, just as God covered Adam and Eve's nakedness with animal skins, so He covered our transgressions with the sacrifice of Jesus. He is the only One who can cover up our sin so we will never be ashamed before God again.