Tom Sorensen - Creation of Man and the Garden

Date: 
June 14, 2009

1.    Setting the Stage: three quick technical issues
      a.)   “These are the generations of…”; used 11 times by Moses

      b.)    Is the order of creation different in chapter two?

      c.)    Theme of chapter two: God’s extraordinary provision for man

 
2.     Made from dust and God’s breath: littleness and greatness; vv.5-7

 

3.     And the LORD God planted a garden; vv.8, 9

 

4.     Broader horizons: there is more than just primitive simplicity ahead for Adam; vv.10-14

 

5.     God places Adam in the Garden a second time; vv.15-17
      a.)   The place of work and it original fruitfulness

      b.)   The LORD God commands the man

      c.)   What is the Tree of Knowledge—was it a good or a bad thing?