Lesson 6 5/21/00

- There are some pluses of the tree that made it appealing to Ishah. Conclusions she made after hearing the serpent!

#1 benefit me physically - good for food

#2 pleases me esthetically - delight to the eyes

#3 advance me intellectually - make me wise

Ø Look at verse 6 and note what it doesn't say!

What has happened here?

Observations on Chapter 3.

1. Though Ishah sinned first, Adam was held responsible.

2. Adam sinned at 2 levels actually!

3. What God is doing here is issuing a formal indictment against Adam before sentencing because he is head and the fully responsible member of the partnership!

4. The sentence of death was pronounced on Adam alone!

5. Yet Eve died also. She sure did! Why?

6. The clarity of God's word on male headship or leadership is so clear that the feminists must abandon the Bible as there text.

Relationship of Husband and wife in Marriage. Eph 5:22-31

Introduction:

To be able to see the emphasis of this passage and how the husband and the wife are to relate to one another; we are going to have to understand a couple of things.

#1 What the relationship is being compared to is crucial.

#2 The basis for this relationship is linked to God.

Triangle Principle in Relationships [examples]

#1 Husband / wife Eph 5:22,25

#2 the child - parent relationship. Eph. 6:1

#3 Believer and the law/gov't. 1 Pet 2:13-15

#4 Believer to believer relationship Eph 4:32

#5 master - servant; Col. 4:1

Ø For a sound marriage, then, we must first have a right relationship to God, since all relationships to be truly successful [be what He intends] - to go beyond the truce stage, must have that third party in the relationship.

Secondly, all wives must learn to make the appropriate adjustment to God and every husband must also make the appropriate adjustment to God.