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. 3:2222And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: (Genesis 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. 4:2424And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. (Ephesians 4:24).