The Marriage God Made - Genesis 2:15–23

The Marriage God MadeGenesis 2:15–23Dr. Bob McCartney, Senior Pastor • May 24, 2026--For more information about First Baptist Church, Wichita Falls, visit our website at fbcwf.org.To give, click here.--Big Idea: God’s design is better than culture’s experiment.I. God Created Man with Dignity and Responsibility“Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.”Genesis 2:15, NASB95II. God Revealed Man’s Need for CompanionshipMarriage is a covenant partnership.“The woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved.”Mathew HenryIII. God Created Woman with Equal Value and Complementary Design“But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.”1 Corinthians 11:3, NASB95“For man does not originate from woman, but woman from man.”1 Corinthians 11:8, NASB95IV. God Presented Woman as a Gift to Man