Sameness… with difference Gen 1:25-2:25

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• Way in to the passage: Jesus is Lord!

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• Speed of the church, speed of the words

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• ‘Sameness, with difference’

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• Man made first
• Woman made a ‘helper’

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• Goodness of God's design

“If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.”

John 5:46

Way in: Jesus talking about Genesis

“‘But at the beginning of creation God “made them male and female”. “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.’

Mark 10:6-9

He died for

our sin

He rose to

give life

Jesus is LORD!

Sameness…

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• God made them

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• In God’s image

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• Very good

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• Same bone, same flesh

…with Difference

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• Made outside / made inside

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• Woman made for man (‘helper’)

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• Woman made from man (not dust)

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• Man names woman

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• Names
• Ish and Ish-ah

Man was made first

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• ‘First’ makes a difference

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• Responsible for keeping garden and keeping commands

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• Names the animals

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• Names woman

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• Praises woman

Woman made to be man’s ‘helper’

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• No lesser, still also God’s image (sameness first!)

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• Woman a vital part of team

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• Exodus 18:4 ‘Eliezer’ means God is my help

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• 15 out of 20 times, the ‘ezer’ is God himself

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• Woman is man’s lifeline

‘ezer’