Text: The LORD God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. (Genesis 2:8)
Intro: Circling back
The third day & the sixth day
I. A Place
II. A Covenant
A creature or a friend?
Grace
What for?
III. A Wife
Animals
Naming
Marriage
Application 1: A flower
“That the woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved.” --Matthew Henry
Application 2: The situation
Before the fall: posse peccare, posse non peccare
After the fall: non posse non peccare
After regeneration: posse non peccare
In glory: non posse peccare
The backdrop
Application 3: The justice of God
Question: But doesn’t God do man an injustice by requiring in His law what man is unable to do?
Answer: No, God created man with the ability to keep the law. Man, however, at the instigation of the devil, in willful disobedience, robbed himself and all his descendants of these gifts.
Isaiah 5