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Adam and Eve - The Book of Genesis · Bible in a Year with Jack Graham

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  Speaker 1: Let us pray. And the Lord God formed man of
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  Speaker 1: the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils
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  Speaker 1: the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
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  Speaker 1: Genesis 2-7 Dear Heavenly Father, Like Adam and Eve, I
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  Speaker 1: realize that I too get to make the decision to
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  Speaker 1: live together with you in divine unity. Today, help me
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  Speaker 1: to make the right choices. so that I can continue
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  Speaker 1: to thrive in this beautiful garden called life. I will
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  Speaker 1: celebrate the fact that you have created the perfect life
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  Speaker 1: partner for me that will allow me to enjoy your
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  Speaker 1: many blessings and to experience the love and joy that
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  Speaker 1: comes with companionship. I declare that life flows through me
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  Speaker 1: because you breathed your breath into my body. I declare
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  Speaker 1: that I can live in vulnerability and transparency, because in
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  Speaker 1: your presence is no shame or guilt. Thank you for
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  Speaker 1: forming me and sculpting me out of the dust of
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  Speaker 1: the earth. When life gets a little dirty and even
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  Speaker 1: messy at times, I will calm my soul, because through
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  Speaker 1: today's reading in Genesis 2, 5-24, I see you created
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  Speaker 1: amazing things.
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  Speaker 2: Out of dirt.
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  Speaker 1: In Jesus' name. Amen. Thank you for praying with me today.
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  Speaker 3: Adam and Eve Previously in our story, we witnessed the
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  Speaker 3: creation of the universe. Out of chaos and nothingness, God
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  Speaker 3: made everything. He spoke light and life into existence. The
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  Speaker 3: glory of the skies, the galaxies, and the creatures of
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  Speaker 3: the earth were made by God and declared to be good. Now,
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  Speaker 3: we will learn more about the creation of man and woman,
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  Speaker 3: made in the image of God, inspired by the book
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  Speaker 3: of Genesis.
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  Speaker 2: Hello, I'm Pastor Jack Graham with today's episode of the
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  Speaker 2: Bible in a Year podcast. In our previous episode, we
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  Speaker 2: heard about the grand unfolding of God's act of creation,
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  Speaker 2: night and day, earth, sky and seas, animals, plants, moon
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  Speaker 2: and stars, and humanity. Today we take a microscope to
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  Speaker 2: the pinnacle of God's creation, man and woman, His image bearers.
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  Speaker 2: This is the story of the very first humans. As
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  Speaker 2: you listen today, pay close attention to how God creates man,
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  Speaker 2: how he stands apart from the rest of creation. Notice
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  Speaker 2: the great care God takes not only in forming man,
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  Speaker 2: but in providing for him in every imaginable way, including
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  Speaker 2: a suitable companion, one that was perfectly made for him.
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  Speaker 2: This isn't just the dawn of humanity, but the dawn
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  Speaker 2: of marriage. Listen for what this passage teaches about the
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  Speaker 2: design of marriage and the designer of marriage. Finally, you'll
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  Speaker 2: encounter a choice in today's story, a choice that God
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  Speaker 2: gives because He is not interested in forced worship, compulsory obedience,
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  Speaker 2: or artificial, superficial love. This story reveals God's heart to you,
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  Speaker 2: His care for you, His love for you. It's a
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  Speaker 2: story about his desire for you to be fulfilled by
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  Speaker 2: him and in him and for you to choose a
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  Speaker 2: relationship of trust with him. So come with me and
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  Speaker 2: let's take a look in Eden at the story of
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  Speaker 2: Adam and Eve and the perfect garden God gave them.
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  Speaker 3: The world was new and its refreshing mist was covering
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  Speaker 3: the land. Streams and rivers flowed from the ground. giving
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  Speaker 3: life to all plants and living creatures. Among the quiet
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  Speaker 3: and new earth God was at work. Personally and intricately,
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  Speaker 3: God formed a man from the dust, as a potter
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  Speaker 3: does with clay. Then he breathed life into him. God
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  Speaker 3: named him and knew him. His name was Adam. God
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  Speaker 3: made a dwelling place for Adam in a garden called Eden,
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  Speaker 3: He placed Adam there, and it was filled with every
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  Speaker 3: tree that is pleasant and good for food. In this garden,
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  Speaker 3: man's relationship with God began, and with that relationship a
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  Speaker 3: choice of free will. There were two trees in the garden.
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  Speaker 3: One was the tree of life. The other was the
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  Speaker 3: tree of knowledge of good and evil. God commissioned Adam, saying,
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  Speaker 3: You may eat of every tree of the garden. but
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  Speaker 3: not of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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  Speaker 3: For if you do, you shall surely die. This would
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  Speaker 3: be Adam's choice. For God does not desire relationship without
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  Speaker 3: free will. Adam was with God in paradise. He dwelt
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  Speaker 3: in the garden that was filled with all things good.
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  Speaker 3: Yet there was one thing that was not good. God said,
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  Speaker 3: It is not good that man should be alone. So
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  Speaker 3: the Lord caused Adam to fall into a deep sleep. God,
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  Speaker 3: like a silent surgeon, took a rib from Adam's side.
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  Speaker 3: From this rib he formed a woman and breathed life
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  Speaker 3: into her. At this moment, Adam's loneliness was quieted and
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  Speaker 3: his soul and body were satisfied with her. Adam then
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  Speaker 3: sang to her and the two were married before God.
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  Speaker 3: To this day, This is why a man will leave
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  Speaker 3: his family and become united with his wife. They were
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  Speaker 3: naked and without shame, for there was no evil to
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  Speaker 3: corrupt the purity of their unity. They made love, ate
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  Speaker 3: the food in the garden, and cared for the earth
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  Speaker 3: and its animals. God was in the garden with them,
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  Speaker 3: and it was still good. Yet there still remained a
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  Speaker 3: choice to stray, a choice that would alter the course
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  Speaker 3: of all creation.
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  Speaker 2: The dawn of man. This was a different work of creation.
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  Speaker 2: For all other created things, God merely spoke and things
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  Speaker 2: that were not suddenly were. But for humanity, it was different.
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  Speaker 2: God took his own hands in the very dirt he
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  Speaker 2: had created and formed man in the image of his
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  Speaker 2: triune self. But he didn't stop there. He didn't just
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  Speaker 2: fashion man with his hands. He breathed his very breath,
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  Speaker 2: his breath of life into Adam. Then God created a
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  Speaker 2: special place, a garden for Adam. Did you notice the
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  Speaker 2: nature of God's relationship with Adam? This was not a
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  Speaker 2: created being without choice, without freedom. God created a true
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  Speaker 2: relationship with Adam, and so he gave mankind a choice.
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  Speaker 2: Two trees, one full of good and life, the other
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  Speaker 2: the path to broken relationship and an untimely death. And
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  Speaker 2: it was in this garden that God and man were
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  Speaker 2: to live in communion, knowing each other intimately. I imagine
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  Speaker 2: this garden as the very best of the very best.
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  Speaker 2: In a perfect creation, this was the most perfect place imaginable,
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  Speaker 2: where every single need Adam had was met. Every need
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  Speaker 2: except one, companionship and community. Our triune God knew that
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  Speaker 2: to truly reflect his nature, this man would need to,
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  Speaker 2: as he does with the Son and the Spirit, live
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  Speaker 2: in community. Up to this point, God has said everything
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  Speaker 2: was good, but looking at the lone man, he said
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  Speaker 2: it was not good. God created all the animals and
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  Speaker 2: brought them to Adam, who named each one of them,
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  Speaker 2: but none were a fitting match. You see, they were
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  Speaker 2: not part of Adam's own flesh. They were distinctly different.
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  Speaker 2: That simply would not do. So once again, God set
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  Speaker 2: to work in creating with his own hands. Genesis 2,
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  Speaker 2: 22 and 23 records the moment when God gave Adam
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  Speaker 2: this beautiful gift of a companion. It says, And the
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  Speaker 2: Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which he
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  Speaker 2: had taken from the man and brought her to the man.
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  Speaker 2: Then the man said, At last, this is bone of
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  Speaker 2: my bones and flesh of my flesh. She shall be
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  Speaker 2: called woman because she was taken out of man. God
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  Speaker 2: gave Adam a helper, a perfect pair to be with
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  Speaker 2: him for mutual satisfaction. Eve was created from man and
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  Speaker 2: together they lived in a perfect place, at least for now.
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  Speaker 2: But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Today's story tells
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  Speaker 2: us something very important about our need for community and companionship.
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  Speaker 2: You see, whether you are married or not, God has
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  Speaker 2: created you to be in communion with others. It is
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  Speaker 2: not good to be alone. As God's image bearer, just
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  Speaker 2: like Adam and Eve, you are made to live in community,
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  Speaker 2: in unity with others just as God Himself exists in unity.
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  Speaker 2: And the highest expression of this unity is seen nowhere
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  Speaker 2: better than in the marriage relationship created by God right
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  Speaker 2: there in the Garden of Eden. Likewise, this story shows
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  Speaker 2: you that God has given you a choice. Like Adam
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  Speaker 2: and Eve, you have before you the choice to follow
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  Speaker 2: God or follow your own desires. It is a choice
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  Speaker 2: between life eternal and death eternal. And it's the most important.
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  Speaker 2: choice you will ever make. Dear Heavenly Father, just as
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  Speaker 2: you provided for Adam's every need, you continue to do
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  Speaker 2: so for us today. You have created us for community
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  Speaker 2: with others and with yourself, and we thank you for that,
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  Speaker 2: O Lord. Help us to choose you and your ways, God.
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  Speaker 2: the way of life everlasting in Jesus Christ. Amen. Thank
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  Speaker 2: you for listening to today's Bible in a Year podcast.
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