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Review by Singer -- Who Told You That You Were Naked?
[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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The fruit in the Garden of Eden! The forbidden fruit! The fruit that changed the human destiny! The fruit that made human race realize that they were naked. William E. Combs in “Who told you that you that you were naked?” has vividly described the origin of the first sin in the Garden of Eden. In this book he gives refreshing re-examination of the Garden of Eden. The book is a non-fiction Christian literature. The author has highlighted many theological topics and has employed different techniques to illustrate the topics basing all his explanations and argument in the Bible. He does this by quoting different scriptures in the Bible both in the Old Testament and the New Testament.
At starting point, Adam is in the Garden after creation. Adam is shown dramatically how he went about in his activities of each day in the garden. This dramatization helps to bring the clear reality of the life in the garden before sin came into the scene as the author puts it, “The innocence in the garden.” Live in the Garden continued and God the creator had close fellowship with Adam. In this fellowship, God saw the need to give Adam a companion. Because of this, Eve – The woman was created from the rib of Adam.
Then the nakedness in the garden followed. The two in the garden had been given strict instruction not to eat from the tree in the middle of the garden nor even touch it. This is the tree of knowledge of good and evil. But the serpent, in a graft way deceived Eve to eat the fruit from the tree. Eve at and also gave to his husband Adam. This eating of the forbidden tree made them to realize that they were naked. They had eaten fruit of knowledge of good and evil against the will of God which is the origin of the first sin.
The author in the subsequent explain in details much about different biblical topics giving best Bible scriptures that emphasize the explanations and arguments in the book. He also gives deeper meanings of contextual terms as used in the book. These topics are related to human life in the quest to reunite with God after the sin that brought separation in the garden. Some of the topics he deals with include faith, being freed from sin, walking in ‘the way’, struggle with sin, living in God’s rest among other topics. He also uses testimonies to show how God’s power manifest in the lives of those who believe. Each of his chapters leads to another without clear demarcation and fits well into each other as they complement each other in solving the question, “Who told you that you were naked?”
I have found this book good especially to those who believe in the redemption through the blood of Jesus I included. The book has a lot of scriptures which helps us to understand the Bible more which in turn strengthens our faith in Jesus Christ.
This book is generally good. The only think that I didn’t like in the book is part of the doctrine about sin. I believe the first sin is disobedience against the command of God. But in his arguments, the author seems not to pinpoint this. He is implying that sin is perception. But the author is justified to express his believes in his perspective. In fact he has explained everything with biblical scriptures to emphasize every topic. I only saw once instance of error in page 97 where the scripture quoted as 2 Corinthians 2:23 is actually 2 Corinthians 2:21. I therefore rate this book 4 out of 4 stars. I recommend the book to by brothers and sisters in Christ.
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4 out of 4 stars
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The fruit in the Garden of Eden! The forbidden fruit! The fruit that changed the human destiny! The fruit that made human race realize that they were naked. William E. Combs in “Who told you that you that you were naked?” has vividly described the origin of the first sin in the Garden of Eden. In this book he gives refreshing re-examination of the Garden of Eden. The book is a non-fiction Christian literature. The author has highlighted many theological topics and has employed different techniques to illustrate the topics basing all his explanations and argument in the Bible. He does this by quoting different scriptures in the Bible both in the Old Testament and the New Testament.
At starting point, Adam is in the Garden after creation. Adam is shown dramatically how he went about in his activities of each day in the garden. This dramatization helps to bring the clear reality of the life in the garden before sin came into the scene as the author puts it, “The innocence in the garden.” Live in the Garden continued and God the creator had close fellowship with Adam. In this fellowship, God saw the need to give Adam a companion. Because of this, Eve – The woman was created from the rib of Adam.
Then the nakedness in the garden followed. The two in the garden had been given strict instruction not to eat from the tree in the middle of the garden nor even touch it. This is the tree of knowledge of good and evil. But the serpent, in a graft way deceived Eve to eat the fruit from the tree. Eve at and also gave to his husband Adam. This eating of the forbidden tree made them to realize that they were naked. They had eaten fruit of knowledge of good and evil against the will of God which is the origin of the first sin.
The author in the subsequent explain in details much about different biblical topics giving best Bible scriptures that emphasize the explanations and arguments in the book. He also gives deeper meanings of contextual terms as used in the book. These topics are related to human life in the quest to reunite with God after the sin that brought separation in the garden. Some of the topics he deals with include faith, being freed from sin, walking in ‘the way’, struggle with sin, living in God’s rest among other topics. He also uses testimonies to show how God’s power manifest in the lives of those who believe. Each of his chapters leads to another without clear demarcation and fits well into each other as they complement each other in solving the question, “Who told you that you were naked?”
I have found this book good especially to those who believe in the redemption through the blood of Jesus I included. The book has a lot of scriptures which helps us to understand the Bible more which in turn strengthens our faith in Jesus Christ.
This book is generally good. The only think that I didn’t like in the book is part of the doctrine about sin. I believe the first sin is disobedience against the command of God. But in his arguments, the author seems not to pinpoint this. He is implying that sin is perception. But the author is justified to express his believes in his perspective. In fact he has explained everything with biblical scriptures to emphasize every topic. I only saw once instance of error in page 97 where the scripture quoted as 2 Corinthians 2:23 is actually 2 Corinthians 2:21. I therefore rate this book 4 out of 4 stars. I recommend the book to by brothers and sisters in Christ.
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