Written 5 March 2013
Contents: Where?
Eden Who? God, Man, Woman
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1:26-27
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God said, Let’s make man in our image to rule over
animals, and He made male and female.
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2
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1:28-31
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God blessed them: be fruitful, multiply, rule animals, all
plants are food; it was very good, 6th day.
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3
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2:1-3
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Heavens and earth completed, 7th day God
rested, blessed 7th day.
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4
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2:4-9
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Account: mist
watered ground, Lord made man and breathed life into him, planted garden,
grew tree of life and tree of knowledge of good and evil.
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5
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2:10-14
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River out of Eden became four: Pishon, Gihon, Tigris,
Euphrates.
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6
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2:15-17
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Man to cultivate garden, eat from tree of knowledge of
good and evil and you’ll die.
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7
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2:18-22
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Man alone not good, God made beasts, birds, cattle and man
named, but no good helper, God took rib, made woman.
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8
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2:23-25
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Man said, Flesh of my flesh: Woman; now man leave father
and mother to join wife; naked and unashamed.
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Divisions:
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1:26-2:3
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God made man and woman and blessed them on the 6th
day, then He rested on the 7th day and blessed it.
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Principle:
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God created man in His image.
Man has need of a day of rest.
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2
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2:4-17
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God made man and breathed life into him, planted garden
for him to cultivate but not eat tree of knowledge of good and evil.
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Principle:
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God breathed life into man (CPR).
God’s requests are reasonable and for our good.
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3
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2:18-25
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Man alone isn’t good, animals aren’t good helpers, so God
made woman and they were naked and unashamed.
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Principle:
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God created man to be social with Himself and other human
beings.
Nakedness doesn’t make people ashamed. Guilt makes people ashamed.
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4
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Principle:
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Subject Sentence:
God made man in His image, then made a helper.
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Aim (Christian and Non-Christian):
TCMCATS that God’s design included the joining of one man
and one woman.
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TCMNCAT
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Application:
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What evidence do you see that you were created in God’s
image?
In what ways are you fruitful?
What deliberate action do you take on the Sabbath to rest?
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2
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How has God breathed life into you?
What has God given you to cultivate?
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3
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What characteristics are important in a good helper?
How are you developing the characteristics to be a good
helper?
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4
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