GOD CREATES FAMILY
GENESIS 2:18-25
THE FATHER KNOWS BEST
V:18. "And the LORD God said, It is not good that the
man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him."
A. God knows our
needs before we know we have a need,
1. God knows what
is good for us.
2. God made us
social creatures.
3. God knows that
we need each other.
B. God decided that
Adam needed a help meet.
1. The Hebrew word
for meet is a counterpart.
2. God made Adam a
counterpart.
3. Adam had no
idea what a counterpart ment.
C. God decided from
the beginning that He would make a man who needed help.
1. We are not
designed to do everything by ourselves.
2. God is the
author of our help.
3. God is all the
help we need.
D. Adam was uniquely
made and he needed a unique helper.
1. The Hebrew word
for "alone" is the word "bad" which means separation.
2. God did not
want Adam to be "bad".
3. Adam was
created male and female. Gen 1:27
a. In God's
creation of Adam came Eve.
b. Out of Adam,
God formed his help meet.
GOD CREATED WORK FOR MAN
V:19. "And out of the ground the LORD God formed every
beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to
see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature,
that was the name thereof."
A. Like Adam, animals
did not evolve from anything. They were created by God.
1. Animals were
made for the pleasure and need of man.
B. God made man to be
responsible and productive.
1. God gave Adam
the responsibility of naming all the animals.
2. We all have an
assignment from God.
3. God likes busy
people. God has no regard for lazy folk.
C. Originally animals
had no fear of man.
1. Originally,
animals had no fear of each other.
D. God takes notice
of how well we handle his business.
1. God expects us
to be good stewards of his creation.
2. God allows us
to make choices in how we handle His affairs.
3. God accepts
our choices, as long as they are according to His will.
GOD EXPECTS US TO BE BUSY
V:20. "And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the
fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not
found an help meet for him."
A. Adam did the work
that God designed him to do.
1. God expects his
people to be busy.
2. God is mindful
of our needs and rewards our faithfulness.
B. Adam was put in
charge of all animals. Gen 1:26
1. The process of naming the animals indicates ownership or
headship.
C. Animals are good
to have around, but God did not choose animals as our friends.
1. Pets can be
trained, but they can't help us with our decisions or comfort us with
words of
encouragement.
2. God made us to
need a counterpart.
a. We need
someone to talk to.
b. We need
someone to share our thoughts and plan our way.
3. The animals
were probably created in pairs (after their kind). Gen 1:25
a. Each animal
was created with the ability to reproduce.
b. Each animal
species had their help meet.
4. Adam was the
only species originally created without his help meet.
a. Having the
awesome privilege of naming all animals, he found none that
was like
him.
b.
Perhaps God's plan of creating the animals after their kind first was to show
Adam the
importance of a help meet.
GOD DOES MIRACLES FOR US
V:21. "And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall
upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh
instead thereof."
A. The Lord is the
cause of all our good.
1. While we are
sleep, God is working on our behalf.
2. God does not
get our opinion to do what is good for us.
3. We are unaware
of most of what God does for us.
B. God put Adam to asleep,
then performed a major operation on him.
1. God does not always
tells us how He will help us, but we can be sure He will
help.
2. God does not
need our help to do what is best for us.
C. God took a rib out
of Adam to form his help meet.
1. He did not take
a back bone for his helpmate to walk behind him.
2, God did not
take a bone from Adam's feet for his helpmate to be under him.
3. God did not
take a bone from Adams head for his helpmate to be a
clone of him.
4. God chose a rib
bone of Adam for his helpmate to walk beside him.
a. The word
"rib" is translated from a Hebrew word which also means
"side"
"chamber" or
"corner".
b. God formed
Adam's help meet to be at his side.
c. She is his
chamber of comfort, love and council.
GOD MADE WOMAN FOR MAN
V:22. "And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from
man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man."
A. God brought Adam's
help mate to him.
1. Adam did not
have to go looking for his helpmate.
2. Adam's
helpmate did not have to go find him.
3. God brought
the two together.
B. God's first human
institution is marriage.
1. God loves
family.
2. God brought a
woman to Adam, not a man.
3. Only a man and
a woman can produce a child.
C. What God has for
us is for us.
1. We have to
wait on His timing.
2. It is a good
idea to accept His selection.
MAN MUST APPRECIATE HIS WIFE
V:23. "And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and
flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
A. Adam recognized
the work of God.
1. Adam was
grateful for what God did for him.
2. Adam cherished
what God gave him.
B. God designed man
and woman to be part of each other.
1. Adam's helpmate
has his DNA.
2. Adam's helpmate
was not foreign to him.
3. God made Adam's
helpmate suitable for him.
C. God called Adam's
helpmate a woman.
1. He did not call
her a baby.
2. He did not call
her a slave.
3. He did not call
her a temporary mate.
4. He called her
his woman.
5. God made Adam's
woman to be intimately related to him.
PARENTS HAVE NO BUSINESS IN THE MARRIAGE
V:24. "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his
mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."
A. God established
basic rules for the marriage.
1. The man must
leave his father and his mother.
a. Parents
have no business in the marriage of their children.
b. Parents
must refrain from getting involved in the affairs of their sons and
daughters
marriages.
2. Man must make
a place for his woman.
3. Man is the
head of the household.
B. Man must cleave
unto his wife.
1. The word
"cleave is form the Hebrew word which means to cling or adhere to.
a. Man must
cling to his wife.
b. Man should
not allow anyone or anything to get in the way of his marriage.
C. It should be the
goal of the married couple to become one.
1. The married
couple should grow to think alike.
2. The married
couple should have the same goals.
3. The married
couple should find a way to work through problems and
disagreements.
MARRAGE MUST BE KEPT UNDEFILED
V:25. "And they were both naked, the man and his wife,
and were not ashamed."
A. The marriage
should be innocent.
1. The marriage
should be an open book.
2. There should
be no secrets in the marriage.
3. Man and his wife
should be able to discuss everything openly.
B. There should be
nothing to put the marriage to shame.
1. The woman
should be first to her husband.
2. The man should
be first to his wife.
3. The marriage
should be pure and undefiled by any outside activities or thoughts.
4. The husband
and the wife should do everything to promote togetherness.
5. The two must
always support each other.
THANK GOD FOR FAMILY
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