Three questions- Explanation and its application for us

What do those three questions addressed to Adam and Eve tells us?

Where are You? Honest communication had previously flowed between God and them. After they had sinned, however they felt, for the first time, exposed vulnerable, fearful and threatened. God's presence which they had enjoyed is something they now shy away from. God asks this question out of a desire to restore the fellowship which Adam and Eve has broken.

Who told you that you were naked? when God asked this question Adam's answer was not forthcoming. instead, he seeks to avert the question by offloading the blame on to God and Eve. Both Adam and Eve were responding defensively, not truthfully. Many think there was a supernatural force at work which brought about their downfall against their will. It is not so. The truth is they listened to the lie which they could have disputed. It was simply words containing a thought which should have been resisted by the word God had given them. (You must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of Good and evil). The serpent is described as crafty and his craftiness aided the downfall of Adam and Eve. intellectually the serpent quoted God's prohibition but overstated it by adding any tree in place of the tree that was banned by God. This created the doubt in Eve's mind as to what God exactly said. The
problem was not Eve's doubt but her willingness to entertain by not bringing it into judgement. She knew the truth and did say it to the serpent. The serpent added another word " You will not surely die". he introduces a thought and pretended to have a privileged insight into what God knows and thinks and posses inside information on what God's real intentions were. ( You will not surely die, For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened. The serpents deceiving voice offered Eve and Adam insight into God's motives and suggested that at heart God was not good, because if He were, He would not have prohibited them from eating the fruit. Presumption. It reminds us that our thoughts and ideas, which lead to action, have consequences - For Good or evil. In asking this question, God seeks to ask what is going on inside them, to drive away confusion and gain a hearing with them.

What is this you have done? addressed to Eve to confront with the fact that she was a responsible being. Adam and Eve trod their chosen path because they failed to trust that God loved them and failed to understand that God had the best interests in them. believing a lie, suspicion had taken root in them and they yeilded to temptation which led to disobedience. Failure to trust God's word caused them to turn away from God. This question was asked not to condemn but to help the human pair to deal with the reality and to lead them to confession and through that to forgiveness and back into fellowship with God.

Where are You?

Have You been running away or hiding from God? He misses You, He wants You to be His voice, His ambassador. He will run to meet you. He is waiting for you, longing for you to be reconciled.Come Home to the Father's side.

Whose voice are You hearing?

The voice heard in the garden of Eden is a voice to which we are still exposed. The very first lie, invented by the devil consisted of an idea that a more fulfilled experience could be found by acting independantly of The True God, rejecting Him in favor of self made idols. There are many voices in this world calling for our attention - voices that spell out ideologies which often run counter to our Creator's (Father's) will. We should beware of those who claim to have superior spiritual knowledge and mysterical understanding not available to ordinary men and women who sit's humbly before God's word. Truth always triumphs. Perhaps not today, but always tomorrow.

Check what have you done?

We are responsible beings. check whether now you are walking outside of God's dependant relationship. God holds each one of us responsible for our actions and reactions. We are beings made in God's image with the ability to choose and sometimes those choices have a great impact on the course of life in the present and the one to come thereafter(Eternity)

There comes a time when we must accept responsibility for ourselves. We live in a moral world, where we can chose to obey or disobey. When we obey we get results. when we disobey we get consequences. Are you willing to take that responsibility for what you have done till now? Genuine repentance turns us back to God. The Cross answers this perfectly by forgiveness and the non condemnation it provides. We need not shift the blame to others (Our forefathers and the previous generations because of whose belief I have turned away from the real God etc), but to face our negligence and confess our sin, as Jesus has paid the price.The best thing God has done about sin is to provide forgiveness for it. The best thing we can do about sin is to admit it and confess it. 

The Bible tells us " He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whosoever confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. (Proverbs 28:13)