Intro: The reason for our social and moral decline is the undermining of God’s authority and His Word. We are in a spiritual battle and if we continue to lose our country we will have lost the greatest moral institution ever.

I. Marriage is made by God the Father. A. God planned a bride for Adam, see Genesis 2:18. B. God provided a bride from Adam, see Genesis 2:19-22. C. God presented a bride to Adam, see Genesis 2:22-23.

II. Marriage is managed by God the Holy Spirit, see Genesis 2:24. A. There is the principle of leaving. B. There is the principle of cleaving. C. There is the principle of becoming one flesh.

III. Marriage is marked by God the Son. A. God made Eve out of Adam’s wounded body, see Genesis 2:21. B. God built Eve to be Adam’s bride, see Genesis 2:22. C. God designed Adam and Eve to be one, see Matthew 19:6 and Ephesians 5:28-32.

Personal Application: 1. Is your marriage marked by Jesus Christ or 2. Is it marked by toil and trouble—God can fix it by joy and forgiveness! 3. God calls some to be single and some to marriage, see 1 Corinthians 7:32-34.

Intro: A look ahead to what God is about to explain. The highest of God’s creation: man being in an absolutely perfect environment. And man falls to sin.

I.     The domain of these trees. A. Both deaths were a calculated choice. B. Both deaths were in opposite environments.

II.    The design of these trees. A. The design of the tree of life. B. The design of the tree of death. C. The design of Calvary’s tree.

III.   The destiny behind these trees. A. The destiny behind the tree of life. B. The destiny behind the tree of knowledge of good and evil. C. The destiny behind the tree of Calvary.

Intro:     Do you get run down? It is spiritual to work hard and to rest (body & soul). See Matthew 11:28.

I.     God’s rest, Genesis 2:2. Why did God rest? See Isaiah 40:28. This is not the rest of exhaustion but, rest of satisfaction.

II.    God’s established rest, Genesis 2:2-3. Set apart for blessing—a day of fruitfulness, see Exodus 20:8-11.

III.   God’s worship, Genesis 2:3. Any form of service. See Hebrews 4:1-4 and Hebrews 4:9-10.

Personal Application:

• Time for a pause/reflection.
• God gave us an example to follow, see Genesis 2:1-3.

Note: Work is good and honorable; Jesus knew and modeled hard work.

I. How the evolutionist entangles man and the animals, Genesis 1:24-25. A. Were there cavemen? Yes and there are people who still live in caves, see Genesis 1:27. B. Were there dinosaurs? Yes and God created them the 6th day, see Job 40:15-18 and Job 40:24.

II. How God compares man with the animals. A. There is similarity in design because God made them both, man and animals. B. There is similarity in diet, see Genesis 1:29-31. C. There is similarity in death, see Ecclesiastes 3:19. There was no death before the fall of man—so man did NOT eat meat.

III. How God separates man from the animals. A. Man has the capacity to fellowship with God, see Genesis 26-27. B. Man has been commanded to have dominion over the earth, see Genesis 1:28. C. Man has the capability to sin (free will). D. Man has the consciousness of his own destiny, see 2 Peter 3:10. Man knows he is accountable—ultimately to God!

Personal Application:

· Don’t let the evolutionists rattle your cage—these are people Jesus died for—have compassion. · We are to treat one another with RESPECT because we are made in His image, see James 3:9-10. · We with God will live forever because we are made in His image, see Mark 8:36-37.

Intro: We worship the God who gave us the Bible. God is delighted to watch us mature spiritually, see 1 Corinthians 14:20, Ephesians 4:15, 1 Peter 2:2 and 2 Peter 3:18. The book of Hebrews encourages us (children of God, John 1:12) to grow up.

I. The problem of spiritual infancy: A. They are dull in their hearing, Hebrews 5:11. Don’t yawn in God’s Face—is the warning in Hebrews 6:1-20. B. They are delinquent in their teaching, Hebrews 5:12 and Matthew 28:18-20. C. They are deficient in their diet, Hebrews 5:12-13.

II. The pathway of spiritual maturity:  Hebrews 5:14. A. They ingest solid food. B. They implement God’s Truth. C. They identify good from evil, 1 Corinthians 2:14.

Personal Application Ask yourself:

·         Do I have ears to hear God’s Truth? Do I eat solid food?

·         Do I know God better today than I did a year ago? See James 1:22-23.

·         Are you able to integrate God’s Word in your daily life? 

·         Have you ever been born—spiritual birth?

I. God’s plan originates with return of the tithe, Malachi 3:7. A. The charge by God. B. The response of the people. C. Malachi’s defense of the charge, Malachi 3:8-9.

II. God’s plan necessitates the release of the tithe, Malachi 3:10. A. Tithing involves a definite proportion. B. Tithing involves a definite place, 1 Corinthians 16:2. C. Tithing involves a definite purpose.

III. God’s plan yields the reward of the tithe, Malachi 3:11-12. A. God will renew your faith. B. God will rebuke the devourer. C. God will restore your testimony.

Personal Application:

· When we fail to tithe we rob God. · When we fail to tithe we rob ourselves. · When we fail to tithe we rob others.

II. The Father’s House is a promised place, John 14:3. Whether you go by rapture or death Jesus Christ is going to return to escort us to Heaven.

III. The Father’s House is an exclusive place, John 14:4-6. Our knowledge of Heaven is limited as was Thomas’ knowledge, John 14:5. Jesus told him that we don’t need to know because He will personally come to get us.

Personal Application · Are you right with your brother/sister? · Are you rejoicing in the Lord? You need to, because when we rejoice in the Lord our perspective changes. Joy is not related to our circumstances. · Do you have a yielding spirit? For the Lord is near! Key Verse: Philippians 1:21

Personal Application: 1. God uses real flesh and blood models to help us put into practice the Christian life. 2. We are called to live as aliens because our citizenship is in Heaven, see 1 Peter 1:8-9 and 1 Peter 2:11. 3. If we don’t come to know Christ it will be eternally disastrous!!!!!