GeA05-1: The One Rule in a Perfect World

Genesis 2:16–17 (NIV84) 16And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.” One might find it peculiar, even...

GeA04-5: The Covenant of Oneness

Genesis 2:24–25 (NIV84) 24For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. 25The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame. Ephesians 5:31–32 (NIV84) 31“For this reason a man will leave...

GeA04-4: The Paradox of Companionship

Genesis 2:21–25 (NIV84) 21So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the place with flesh. 22Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought...

GeA04-3: The Powerful Helper

Genesis 2:18 (NIV84) 18The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Exodus 18:4 (NIV84) 4and the other was named Eliezer, for he said, “My father’s God was my helper; he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.” Psalm...

GeA04-2: The Sacred Ache of Aloneness

Genesis 2:18–20 (NIV84) 18The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” 19Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see...

GeA04-1: The Essential Design

Genesis 1:26-28 (NIV84) 26Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27So God...