Shame
The first ‘fruit’ that is borne out of sin is shame. Our shame before God and our shame before each other. And with shame comes concealment – hiding and ‘covering up’ – as we see with Adam & Eve in the garden. And it’s the same formula for every person since then – sin, shame, concealment – over and over and over. It’s so important that we don’t just see sin as a ‘guilt problem’, but also as a ‘shame problem’. Because only then can we see the Gospel as an ‘innocence fix’ AND an ‘honour fix’. In sin we are ‘cancelled’ and ‘lose face’, but in redemption we are restored and reinstated.
