Up Close

Getting to know God: Up Close…Book of Genesis (Celebrating Independence Day)What makes a nation great? Her connection to the God that made her. Psalm 33:12 & Prov. 14:34• Understanding the privileges & responsibilities of God SHARING His image with humanity • Understanding the privileges & responsibilities of Adam SHARING his rib with Eve• Understanding the privileges & responsibilities of all Christians being the Bride of Christ • Bride of Christ - Jesus is the Groom!• Body of Christ - Jesus is the Head!• Psalm 11:3, 3 Foundations: A Faith in God; A Family of God; A Nation under God I. The Trees - 1. Pleasing to the eyes 2. Good for food - II. The Tree of Life - 1. Brings fulfillment - Solomon uses this parallel in the Book of Prov 3:18; 11:30; 13:12; 15:42. Maintains our status - 3:24• State of innocence - • State of fallenness - • State of grace - In Adam or In Christ?• Romans 5; I Corinthians 15III. The Tree of the knowledge of    good & evil - “to know” =     experience. 4:1?1. Mankind knew good - saw good, experienced nothing but that which is good. 2. Man didn’t know evil - never saw evil, never experienced anything evil. This was a test!3. Knowledge - carnal knowledge • Many today choosing Singleness over Marriage - fear of being hurt yet single people often experience fear of being alone. Both are hard. Both can hurt. One has the potential to share life. The other doesn’t. Ecclesiastes 4:11-12• “When Sinners say “I do” • “What did you expect?”• Does the order of creation matter? Yes. Adam is held responsible for the fall! I Timothy 2:13• What does leave and cleave mean? Parents are not absent. They are now secondary. I Timothy 5• What does leave and cleave not mean?“A daughter is a daughter for the rest of her life, but a son is only a son until he finds himself a wife”