Review of Who Told You That You Were Naked?

Kaleab Wondu · Post by **Kaleab Wondu** » 18 Jan 2022, 08:19

[Following is a volunteer review of "Who Told You That You Were Naked?" by William Combs.]

4 out of 4 stars

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Who Told You That You Were Naked? It Is a title of a religious book whose author is William Combs. The core points of this pretty book are sin and salvation. The author begins his work by re-examining the crucial event that happened to our original parents, Adam and Eve, in the garden of Eden. According to the author’s belief the knowledge of good and evil, which Adam and Eve possessed by eating the forbidden fruit, is responsible for the sin entering into the world. Due to the natural inheritance of this devastating intellect every human being, whether he is good or cruel in our eyes, is born with a potential tendency to sin. The book also explains how this intellect brought nakedness to Adam and Eve and all human beings. In this book nakedness is not just physical undress. It is the inner self-awareness of our emptiness, ineptitude, and inequity of our soul. So we try to make ourselves aprons by fig leaves, good deeds, self-righteousness, reducing sins. But these were not enough. So God predestined to give his son as a sacrifice of sin to reconcile with his beloved creature human. To illustrate this unto Adam also and to his wife did the lord God make coats of skins and clothed them. This may imply that the flesh of Jesus is our confidence before God. The book ends by exploring that the way of this salvation is faith in Christ. It also contrasts the rest of Israelites with the eternal rest we possessed in Christ.

This book is an informative one on the topic. The author had done a great job to convey his idea in understandable manner. The book has ten chapters. Chapters are divided into short manageable sub-topics. The ideas flow smoothly from heading to heading. The language style was also easy to follow up. The discussion questions at the end of each chapter allow the reader to analyze the matter and reflect it into his or her life.

One of the interesting things I loved in this book is that the book was contented with fictional and true stories to support its arguments. Each chapter contains more than one story. The fictions are interesting stories from the author’s imagination that illustrate the backside of stories in the Bible. For example, the book begins with a story of Adam being bored because he was alone. There is a story that shows the reaction of Adam when his wife invited him to eat the fruit. I loved the story of Jared who lived in Capernaum at the time of Jesus' ministry. He was a famous carpenter, and he was made paralyzed by an accident that happened to him while he was working. After some years, his family members heard about Jesus and took him where Jesus was teaching. But something unexpected happened.

I rate this book 4 out of 4. There was nothing I hated about this book. It was professionally edited. I didn’t find any grammatical errors or typos. The pages are decorated with beautifully highlighted summaries and attractive font and paragraph style.

I recommend this book to every Christian who wants to know what really happened in Genesis 3 when Adam and Eve ate that forbidden fruit. This is one of my suggested books to know well about salvation.

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