Sermon Tone Analysis

! Introduction:

The first judgment has just been pronounced upon man and woman.

Both man and his world have been judged to suffer under the corruption of imperfection.

Man, tragically, is to be struggling for survival in a hostile and evil world, a world that will eventually snatch his life away.

Man is condemned to the most awful fate imaginable, the doom of death and eternal separation from God—unless God can save him.

This is the subject of this great passage: “The First Provision of God for Man: God Provides Life and Clothing (Righteousness) for Man.”

!! A.           Adam names the woman, Eve (v.20).

!!! 1.            “The man called his wife’s name Eve, she was the mother of all the living…”  (v.20).

!!!! a)            He called them Adam.

!!!!! (1)           Genesis 3:20 seems to have no connection with what has gone before.

It stands apart and so does the next verse!

!!!!!! (a)           Genesis 3:16-19 deals with God’s judgment on Eve and Adam for their sin of eating of the forbidden tree; it follows the preceding verses nicely.

In fact, every sequence of events and verses in chapters 1 thru 3 is apparent… until now.

!!!!!! (b)           You remember the push button radios?

Well, you could have fun by listening to one station and then pushing the button to hear a totally different broadcast.

(i)             The first station might be a political speech: “Vote for me and I’ll, then the button would be pushed and the radio would continue, “A pop fly!  Out on third.”

(ii)            Donald Grey Barnhouse was listening to the marriage of Queen Elizabeth of England to Philip.

The minister said, “Do you, Philip, take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife…”  The radio button was pushed, and the radio continued, “Shake hands, go to your corners and come out fighting.”

!!!!!! (c)           Sometimes Scripture seems to have no apparent connection with other verses.

But when we study the Bible we must never forget that the Bible has only one Author and He is a God of order.

!!!!!! (d)           So whenever we come to a verse that seems unrelated to what has gone before or comes after, we must simply reexamine the text more closely.

!!!!! (2)           The first things we need to understand is that /“Eve was Adams name for his wife, not God’s name for Adam’s wife.

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!!!!!! (a)           This is the first time the name /Eve/ appears in Scripture.

We sometimes overlook this fact, so much so that we often refer to /Eve/ when discussing the creation and the fall of man and woman into sin.

!!!!!! (b)           But Scripture never refers to the woman as /Eve/ in these accounts.

She has been called “female”; a “help-mate” or “suitable helper”; “wife”; and usually “woman”.

These are descriptive terms, not names.

!!!!!! (c)           What did God name the woman?

It is found in *(Gen.5:1-2)*: the name that God gave the woman was /“man”/ or /“Adam,” /which was the name of her husband.

!!!!!! (d)           The significance of this is the fact that in most marriages the woman inevitably gets a large share of her identity from her husband, which is symbolized by the woman taking the mans last name in marriage.

!!!!!! (e)           Because of this, it should cause every Godly woman to take particular care about whom she marries.

\\ !!!! b)            He believes God’s provision for birth and life.

!!!!! (1)           So God called the woman “Adam.”

However, since God called Eve, Adam, why did Adam call Eve, Eve?  Adam was giving Eve a title.

The name Eve means to live, to give life, or the mother of all living.

We would say /mother/.

!!!!! (2)           Here is the problem: Eve had no children; she was childless.

Adam did not even know what pregnancy and giving birth involved, at least not yet.

So, why did Adam name his wife /Mother/ when she was not yet a mother?

!!!!! (3)           By naming his wife /Eve/, Adam was showing that he accepted and believed God’s Word, God’s promise.

What Word, what promise?

!!!!!! (a)           *First *– there was God’s promise made in (Gen.3:15-16), the promise that Eve would /bear seed and bring forth children/.

(i)             Note the promise made in (Gen.3:15)

where God is judging Satan.

God says there will be enmity between the devil’s seed and the woman’s seed.

(ii)            Note the promise made in (Gen.3:16)

where God is judging the woman.

God clearly says that she shall conceive and “bring forth children.”

!!!!!! (b)           *Second* – there was God’s promise made in the latter part of (Gen.3:15), the promise that Eve would bring forth a seed—one particular child—who would crush the head of the serpent or Satan.

!!!!! (4)           The point is this: Adam believed the Word of God *(John 4:46-53).*

!!!!!! (a)           Jesus Was Attempting To Elevate His Faith to a Higher Level.

(i)             Jesus Granted His Healing but Refused To Go Down.

(ii)            If the father refused to return to Capernaum without taking Jesus with him, he would show that he did not believe Jesus' word.

(iii)           If he followed Jesus' order, he would be returning to the dying boy with no outward assurance that the boy would recover (he didn’t see a sign).

(iv)          He was forced to make the difficult choice between insisting on evidence or exercising faith without any tangible proof to encourage him—he "took Jesus at his word" (ASV "believed the word") and set out on his return journey.

!!!!!! (b)           Lets see the difference between this mans faith and the faith of the centurion in *(Matt.8:

5-13)*.

*Psalm 107** says *"He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions."

(Psalm 107:20, NASB95)

!!!!! (5)           How can we apply this to our lives?

!!!!!! (a)           /Needs confront every human being, including you/ – How are you going to react when severe times come your way (Matt.13)?

!!!!!! (b)           /Are you going to believe the Word of God/?  Do you need to see signs and wonders or do you believe what God say?  Are you going to continue in His Word (John 8:30-31)

!!!!!! (c)           /Do you give up in prayer or do you persist in prayer?

/We ought always to pray and not lose heart (Luke 18:1-5).

!!!!!! (d)           /Are you growing in the area of faith?/

The maturing of our faith is more precious than gold to our Lord (1 Pet.1:3-9).

We are being changed from glory to glory (2Cor.3:18).

!!!!!! (e)           /Does your faith lead to obedience?/

Believe God, be obedient to Him, and leave the results in His to Him (Genesis 22:1-19 cf.Heb.11:7-19

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\\ !!!!! (6)           Remember, as pointed out, Adam and Eve had no children yet.

!!!!! (7)           The only way Adam could know his wife was going to bear children was for God to tell him.

This God did; this is clearly stated in (Gen.3:15-16).

!!!!! (8)           Adam believed God, believed the Word and promises of God.

Therefore, he named his wife Eve, which means /life/.

!!!!! (9)           His wife was to bring forth children, and more importantly, she was to bear /the promised seed/ or Savior who would save them and their children

 

!!!! c)            We have the same promise given to us.

!!!!! (1)           We already have life upon earth as human beings, but just as Adam and Eve were condemned to die, so are we.

However, we do not have to die.

We can have the life of the Savior.

!!!!! (2)           We can be saved from the judgment of death just as Adam and Eve were.

We can live forever through the cross of /the promised seed/, the Lord Jesus Christ.

*How?*

!!!!!! (a)           By doing what Adam did: believing and accepting the Word and promise of God.

We have the very same thing Adam had, God’s Word and promise of life.

!!!!!! (b)           All we have to do is believe—truly believe—and commit our lives to God’s Word and promise about Jesus Christ.

*Jesus Himself declared *"he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.”

(John 5:24)

*He also said in John 10 that *"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly."

(John 10:10, NASB95)

*When Jesus told Martha that her brother Lazarus would live again, He said to her *"I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies," (John 11:25)

*John writes in his first epistle *"that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life."

(1 John 5:11-1)

 

!! B.           Abram and Abraham – He believed God (Genesis 12:1-3).

!!! 1.            “I will make you a great nation…”  (v.2).

!!!! a)            The promise given by God.

!!!!! (1)           God promised to give Abram the promised seed, to make him the father of a great nation and race of people.

God meant this both literally and spiritually.

!!!!! (2)           Abram means /“exalted father.”/

So here is a man whose name is /exalted father /but has no children (Gen.13:16;

15:5).

!!!!! (3)           But as we read (Gen.17:1-7)