[HarleyD]

Was "the plan" to expel God from the Garden of Eden (Bible Thumper caucus)

The great love of God is to want to have fellowship with His creation.

The great deception of Satan is to try to keep us from having fellowship with God.

The great failure of man is that we have no desire to want to have fellowship with God.

Despite the deception of Satan and the failure of man, God still wills to have fellowship with us.

[BipolarBob]

The great failure of man is that we have no desire to want to have fellowship with God.

We fool ourselves into thinking we are seeking God when the Bible tells us God is pursuing us. He is knocking at the door. But it is our sinfulness which separates us and like Adam we are afraid of God (Gen 3:10) because of His purity.

[daniel1212]

" The great love of God is to want to have fellowship with His creation."

However, "want" can by someone denotes need, and God needs nothing, (Acts 17:25) but in benevolence He wants the crown of His creation to realize fellowship with Him, and reflect Him.