God created everything, including me and you. God made humans in His own image. The first one He made was Adam. "I heard the sound of you in the garden," he(Adam) replied. "I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid." Genesis 3:10 NJB Adam was afraid of God. Adam knew he had disobeyed. The man God created and walked with in the evening, talking with him, spending time with him, experienced a warranted fear of his God. This is NOT the fear I feel. I have a healthy respect for God/Jesus/Holy Spirit. I know even when I make bad choices and sin, that He never seeks to harm me. God's goal is always to bring me home, to get me back on the right path and journey. Yet I also understand that all sin brings consequences. Adam was put out of the garden, separated from the close fellowship with God that he had enjoyed. When I sin I am not afraid of God punishing me. I have rebelled and experienced the separation from God...that distance is definitely something to be fearful of. The chasm that opens between us and God when we sin is a horrible scary pit. Yet, having reached my 50th year, I have learned to stay close to God. Oh, I still sin, but my repentence comes much quicker. So the fear Adam experienced is not the fear I feel. I will continue my search and study.
"The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?" Psalm 27:1 NIV
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