Fall Study: Genesis 1 Through Genesis 11:
Last Time: Bounty and Boundary.
This Time: The GOD of a Worshipful Partnership
Some of The Topics In The Next Few Weeks:
Mankind is Deceived by Pride
Grace in Judgment
Judgment by Water
Preserving Life and Creation
We are currently in a Study in the Book of Genesis…..The 1st Book
The Bible has sixty-six Books, and God has Spoken to us through each one of them:
Here is the best introduction to the Bible that I have found:
“This Book contains the mind of God, the state of Man, the way of Salvation, the doom of sinners and the happiness of Believers. Its doctrines are Holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are true, and its decisions are immutable. Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe and practice it to be Holy. It contains Light to direct you, food to support you and comfort to Cheer you. It is a traveler’s map, the pilgrim’s staff, the pilot’s compass, the soldiers sword and the Christians Character. Here paradise is restored, Heaven opened and the gates of Hell disclosed. Christ is its grand object, our good is its design and the Glory of God its end. It should fill the memory, rule the heart, and guide the feet. Read it slowly, frequently, and Prayerfully. It is given you in life and will be opened in judgment and will be remembered forever. It involves the highest responsibility, will reward the greatest labor, and will condemn all who trifle with its sacred contents.”
FAMOUS AUTHOR……”UNKNOWN”
There are 7 quite simple, yet basic, preliminary steps that will guide us for the study of the WORD OF GOD:
Begin with Prayer
Read the Bible
Study the Bible
Meditate on the Bible
Read what others have written on the Bible
Obey the Bible
Pass it on to others
The Book of Genesis, that we are currently studying, is one of 2 very IMPORTANT KEY BOOKS of the Bible. The Book that opens the New Testament is Matthew. These 2 BOOKS are viewed as key to understanding the SCRIPTURES.
Our Lesson today is Genesis 2:18-25
An OUTLINE of today’s Study would be:
Section I. No Suitable Partner (2:18-22)
A. Not Good to be Alone (2:18)
B. Searching and Naming (2:19-20a)
C. God Fashions a Partner (2:20b-22)
Section II. A Wonderful Partner (2:23-25)
A. Adam’s Response (2:23)
B. Design for Marriage (2:24-25)
A Good MEMORY VERSE for our Study today is found in Ecclesiastes 4:12
“Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”
Man and Woman…. Together…. WITH GOD!
Untwist the cord, and the separate threads….they are easily "broken."
When saints stand fast in one spirit, and strive together for the faith of the Gospel, they stand their ground, withstand the enemy, and maintain truth; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken;
Don’t isolate yourself and try to go it alone!
The Main Idea….God knew from the beginning that it was not good for man to be alone, so He designed marriage as a partnership.
In last week’s study we saw that God placed a “Condition on Man”.
The “TREE OF GOOD AND EVIL”….was a test of Man.
Also mentioned was the “TREE OF LIFE”
Also found in Rev 2:7…..”To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the TREE OF LIFE, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God”
Also found in Rev 22:2….”In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the TREE OF LIFE, which bore 12 fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations”.
So in the garden there was a tree placed as a test…..and a tree for LIFE and healing. A loving GOD provided man with a choice!
Vs 18……”It is not good that man should be alone”.
There was a purpose in God’s putting man in the Garden alone for a period of time.
It wasn’t that man was not good…. It was his circumstance that was not good.
It was to show him that he had a need and that he needed someone to be with him….a partner….a mate!
The Woman is taken from Adam….From the side of Adam. Dr. Matthew Henry said that God didn’t take her from Adam’s head to be his superior, or from his foot to be his inferior….But HE took her from his side to be equal with him.
That is exactly the purpose; she is to be the other half of man. He….Man, is only half without her.
AND believe it or not….They were married at first sight Vs 24-25.
J. Vernon McGee said….”God intended man to take the lead—He created him first—and He created woman to follow. The man is the aggressor—God made him that way even physically—the woman is to be the responder.”
Vs 19-20……”Out of the GROUND The LORD GOD formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air and bought them to ADAM to see what he would call them”.
Genesis 2:7…..”The LORD formed man of the dust of the GROUND”
Genesis 3:19…..”In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread til you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.”
This speaks about our physical body. Our Soul’s destination is dependent upon our acknowledgment and acceptance of Jesus as Lord of our life!
Vs 20-22…..”And the LORD caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and HE took one of his ribs……Then the rib which the LORD GOD had taken from man HE made into a woman, and HE bought her to the man.”
Think About this…Why didn’t GOD make Woman from the dust of the ground as man was?
Perhaps the difference is… GOD did not want to create a competitor, or neighbor, or an acquaintance…. instead HE created a Best Friend, a partner, a helper for life, and a MATE!!!
Vs 23….Adam’s response……”And Adam said: And she shall be called WOMAN, Because she was taken out of man.”
Vs 24….The design for marriage…”Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.”
According to J. Vernon McGee…..”In other words, the man is now subject to his wife in the sense that he is responsible for her, and he is no longer under the control of his father and mother.”
Vs 25….Having Nothing to hide…”And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and they were not ashamed.”
Like a little child running naked, they were not embarrassed in their innocence!
No barriers….Nothing to hide by exposing themselves to each other…..THEY ARE MARRIED! And without sin they knew no shame.
Marriage is one of the bands that modern man is trying eliminate.
Satan is at the root of modern man’s effort get rid of God…. because God is the ONE Who established marriage.
From this beginning… in the Book of Genesis, to today, it is believed that the world has been populated by approximately 90 to 110 Billion people.
Today, it is believed that there are approximately 7.7 Billion people in the world.
Lots and lots of people to be saved!!!!
Last week, the Senior Pastor at our local church commented that…
When you go to a sporting event, to a concert, to Thanksgiving Dinner, or to anyplace SPECIAL….you don’t go alone. You just don’t!!!
Instead you invite others….and go with friends and loved ones….and sometimes someone who is down and in need….To share the time and experience. You tell them about the JOY and love that we will all experience together at the special event.
Heaven with Our LORD is the single most special and eternal event of all!
In that same spirit we need to reach out and share Jesus Christ with everyone so that we ALL will enjoy and partake in being together with Our LORD….for eternity!
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