Adam and Eve Messed Up. But Did They Apologize?

If you’re like me, once you’ve committed a sin and you know you’re wrong, you’d automatically ghost God. Typically, I feel guilty. So I stop praying because how much sin can one exactly pile up?

Well, turns out it’s kind of in our nature to run away. What we feel is called shame and it’s exactly what happened to Adam and Eve when they sinned.

Today I was reading the Bible and I wondered — Did Adam and Eve ever feel remorseful for deliberately disobeying God?

Would it have made any difference?

Let’s look at some examples. You see David was a man after God’s own heart. But he wasn’t without sin. In fact, he was an adulterer, a conspirator, and a murderer. But the one thing that was consistent is that he always showed remorse.

He never ran away from the lord. Rather he acknowledged his sins and paid the price whenever there was a punishment for it. (2nd Samuel 12:13–20)

Which is admirable right?

Let’s look at the city of Ninevah. When God sent Jonah to tell them their city would be destroyed because of their sin, they immediately became apologetic. The king declared a time of prayer and asked everyone to turn from their evil ways (Jonah 3:8–10)

And because of this repentance, God did change his mind and forgave them. So much so that Jonah became so angry at God. But that’s a story for another day.

It just goes to show that what God wants from us after sinning, is remorse and repentance.

Were Adam and Eve Remorseful?

Yeah not really. In fact, the shame wasn’t from the guilt of disobedience. It was because they felt naked.

Now, rather than acknowledging that they’ve sinned, they hid. And when God called them out on their sins, they passed the blame around.

‘Oh it was the woman you gave me that gave me the fruit’

‘The serpent deceived me and it’s why I ate it” (Genesis 3:11–13)

Right after this, the curses began. Frankly, putting myself in God’s shoes this would’ve probably been my reaction

And now I think, what would have happened if they showed remorse? Maybe I wouldn’t have to be waking up to a 9–5 or be worried about labor pains in the future.

But I can’t change the past though. The future I can influence.

What should we then do?

You see, running away after sinning isn’t going to do us any good. Instead, we build a wall between ourselves and God. If you ended things on a bad note, communicating is going to get tougher.

Imagine that a friend did you dirty. If they don’t apologize and just ghost you instead, you’d be hurt. It’ll definitely put a strain on your relationship. However, if they apologize, there’s a high chance you can forgive them and be friends again.

So just like the prodigal son, accept that you’ve messed up and apologize.

In Matthew 18:22, Jesus instructed us to forgive as often as 77 times if someone hurts us. He gave this instruction because we are capable of forgiving. Do you not think God is even more forgiving?

Today, I hope that you can run to God instead of running away from him when you sin. It’s hard and to be honest it’s something I’m practicing myself.

Don’t forget that there is joy in the presence of God’s angels when even one sinner repents (Luke 15:10)

However, repentance starts from taking ownership and acknowledging that you have sinned.