The Image Of God #5: Man & Woman
GENESIS SERMON SERIES
Genesis 3:1-7
I. Man & Woman in Creation
a. Male-female equality & Male headship
i. The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” (Genesis 2:15-17)
ii. Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 19 Now out of the ground the LORD God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. (Genesis 2:18-20)
iii. So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. (Genesis 2:21-22)
iv. Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” (Genesis 2:23)
b. Male headship vs. Male dominance
II. Man & Woman in the Fall
a. Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You [two] shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, ‘You [two] shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you [two] touch it, lest you die.’” 4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You [two] will not surely die. 5 For God knows that when you [two] eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you [two] will be like God, knowing good and evil.” (Genesis 3:1-5)
b. So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. (Genesis 3:6)
c. And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LROD God among the trees of the garden.9 But the LROD God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” (Genesis 3:8-9)
Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”12 The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, SHE gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” (Genesis 3:11-12)
d. And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life (Genesis 3:17)
e. To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be contrary to your husband, but he shall rule over you.” (Genesis 3:16)
f. “… sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.” (Genesis 4:7)
III. Man & Woman in Restoration
a. The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. (Genesis 3:20)
b. I will put enmity between you [serpent] and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” (Genesis 3:15)