Text:  Genesis 2 and 3

• Introduction:
  • God’s Perfect plan
  • Sin’s destruction
  • God’s redemptive work

1. God designed marriage _________ in family relationships      Gen 2:18-25
   1. God wants to  _______ His spouse of choice for His children
   2. God wants sexual _____ to be only within marriage
   3. God wants children to be ____ to the family
2. God designed marriage to be the ______ of child rearing      Gen 4:1-3
   1. The fruit of a loving ___ relationship
   2. The blessing of _____ upon a married couple
   3. The blessing of a good _____ to a child
3. God designed children to be raised ____  not children   Ephesians 6:1-4
   1. Children are not _____ to become parents
   2. Children are not ______ to raise themselves
   3. Children ____ the guidance of loving, caring, godly authorities

• Action Points:
  • What does God want you to change this week about how you are living as a parent?
  • What does God want you to change this week about how you are living as a child?
  • What does God want you to change forever in your beliefs about family?