Genesis 3:8-12

The next effect was their relationship with God. We were created to live in fellowship with God, to be in harmony with Him, but sin has ruined that relationship. Now, instead of wanting to meet with God they hid from Him. Most people do exactly the same today, part of them is afraid of God because they know that they have sinned against Him. As Jesus said in John 3:19, men loved the darkness instead of light, because of their evil deeds.

Despite man hiding from God, God still called out to man. We want to hide from God because of our sin, but God wants to seeks us out because of our sin, not so that He can judge us, but so that He can rescue us. This is what Jesus taught in the parable of the good shepherd.

Having been found by God, Adam reacted in the wrong way. He was afraid of God and knew he had done wrong. Most people, despite what they might say, actually know that they have sinned against God. Adam's next reaction is to blame the woman. Or maybe to blame God, for he says "the woman you put here with me". We do exactly the same today. If only things had been different I would not have sinned. In fact the circumstances probably made no difference, and even if we had not committed oneparticular sin, we would just have committed another one.