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The First Humans

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GENESIS 2:1-25

“The First Humans”

Introduction-

Genesis 2 shows what man was intended to be as the crown of creation:

  1. A NATURAL BEING – v. 7

2 Cor. 4:7; 1 Cor. 6:19-20

  1. A SPIRITUAL BEING – v. 7

Psa. 42:1

  1. A PRACTICAL BEING – vv. 8-15, 2-3

a) God’s Intent for Man to Work- vv. 8-15

b) God’s Intent for Man to Rest- vv. 2-3

  1. A MORAL BEING – vv. 16-17

a) God Made Man with the Capacity to Recognize & Choose Right & Wrong

Rom. 2:14-15

b) God Alone Determines Right & Wrong

c) Man Violates God’s Standards at His Own Peril

  1. A RATIONAL BEING – vv. 18-20

Prov. 25:2

  1. A SOCIAL BEING – vv. 18-25

a) For The First Time- “Not Good”

b) Some Clear Principles of Marriage

Conclusion-

Are you trying to “find yourself?”

Are you living as God intended?