Adam and Eve thought fig leaves would protect them from God’s righteous judgment of their disobedience. How do we try to cover up our sin with our own fig leaves to justify ourselves before God?

In so many ways we are all striving to escape the Fall. Healthy eating, exercise, financial programs, homeschooling, alternative medicine, the list goes on. While these things may be good in themselves, why are they a bad savior?

The garden of Eden and the first Adam. The garden of Gethsemane and the second Adam. How are these two gardens and two Adams connected to the forgiveness of your sins?

“By this sin [Adam and Eve] fell from their original righteousness and communion with God” (WCF 6.2). Here is a prayer to help you meditate upon how God uses even the fall of man for his glory.