PM: “GOD IS A KEEPER OF US & WE ARE TO BE KEEPERS”

TEXT:  GENESIS 2

I. God made Adam to be a keeper of His creation      Genesis 2: 15-17

  1. Dress –
  2. Keep –
  1. Keeper of the Garden of our life God has given to us
  1. Our time
  2. Our talents
  3. Our treasures
  1. Keeper of the Garden of our work God has given to us
  1. Our employment
  2. Our education
  3. Our volunteer services
  4. Our care taking of our blessings
  1. Keeper of the Garden of our family God has given to us
  1. Our parents & siblings
  2. Our spouse & children
    1. providing for
    2. protecting
    3. present with
  3. Our relatives and friends
  4. Our Heavenly Father and His family
  1. Keeper of the Garden of our responsibilities God has given to us

II. Eve was a keeper of her family vv. 18-25

  1. Eve was a help to match Adam in an opposite way
    1. She was the woman to match man
    2. She was Adam’s wife to her husband
    3. She was different from Adam in a complementing and completing way
  1. Eve was an aid to meet the gaps of Adam
  1. Eve was a counterpart to fit with Adam
    1. Anatomically and biologically for mutual pleasure, oneness, & procreation
    2. Emotionally and socially for companionship, growth,