The Nakedness of Sin

God called to the man, and He said, “Where are you?” “I heard Your voice in the garden,' replied (the man), 'and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.”                         Genesis 3:9-10

            As a result of his sin, man experienced fear for the first time. Having eaten of the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge, not only did man not improve his lot, he worsened it by the introduction of fear into his life. Adam’s fear came not from his guilt over having transgressed the Almighty’s command, nor from his shame. “I was afraid because I was naked”: it was nakedness, the realization that he did not gain by his sin, which brought fear to man.