Holiness—Innocence

Holiness—Separation from evil.
Innocence—Ignorance of it.
Adam was created in innocence, and fell, thus obtaining the knowledge of good and evil, as we read, "the man is become as one of Us, to know good and evil." Gen. 3:22. To the state in which he was created we never can return. We never can unlearn the knowledge of good and evil. The "new man" (the Christian), is "after God... created in righteousness and true holiness." Eph. 4:24.