{"id":7288,"date":"2015-10-11T10:26:11","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T17:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=7288"},"modified":"2015-10-11T10:26:11","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T17:26:11","slug":"where-are-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/11\/where-are-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Are YOU?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Genesis 3:9\u201313,<\/b> <b><i>Where are you?<\/i><\/b> Elohim asks Adam and Eve direct and specific questions, but instead of taking personal responsibility and answering the questions, they defend themselves, make excuses, justify themselves, blame shift, and accuse others including blaming Elohim. When confronted with their sin, humans have been doing this ever since \u2014 defending self and ego at all expenses. This is the result of the taint of sin and this behavior has been passed on from one generation to the next. The Spirit-led person must counter this proclivity of the soul to justify, excuse and obfuscate one\u2019s sin.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, when YHVH asked the first humans where they were after they had sinned, he wasn\u2019t asking them where they were physically. Being obniscient, he knew this already. 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