2. “And the Lord God said, ‘It is
not good that the man should
be alone; I will make him an
help meet for him’ ”
Genesis 2:18
Key Text
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3. Before man was created, God said that everything He had created
was “good” (Gn. 1: 10, 12, 18, 21, 25)
Nevertheless, when He created Adam, He found something that “was
not good” (Gn. 2:18). That situation must be solved so everything
could be “very good” (Gn. 1:31)
How did God solve that problem (Genesis 2:18-22)?
THE PROBLEM THE SOLUTION
“It is not good that man
should be alone”
“I will make him a helper
comparable to him”
“Out of the ground the Lord
God formed every beast of
the field and every bird of
the air, and brought them to
Adam to see what he would
call them”
“But for Adam there was not
found a helper comparable to him”
“He made a woman”
If we study the story of Creation we may find out that man has no common origins
with any other animal (even with those similar to us). Man and woman are a unique
species and share no ancestor with other creatures.
4. “And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam,
and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the
flesh in its place. Then the rib which the Lord God had
taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her
to the man” (Genesis 2:21-22)
What can we learn
by studying the
process God used to
create the woman?
• God wanted Adam to feel the need
of a companion like him; that’s why
He presented all the animals by
couples to Adam.
• God “cloned” Adam by taking a rib
from Him.
• God created both man and woman
from the same flesh because He
wanted them to join together “in
one flesh” and on an equal basis.
5. How did sin affect the marriage
relationship?
It altered the equal basis of the marriage, “Your
desire shall be for your husband, and he shall
rule over you” (Gn. 3:16)
It generates abuse within marriage.
It destroys the relationship between husband
and wife by using infidelity.
“God celebrated the first marriage. Thus the institution has for its originator the Creator of
the universe. „Marriage is honorable‟ (Hebrews 13:4); it was one of the first gifts of God to
man, and it is one of the two institutions that, after the Fall, Adam brought with him beyond
the gates of Paradise. When the divine principles are recognized and obeyed in this
relation, marriage is a blessing; it guards the purity and happiness of the race, it provides
for man‟s social needs, it elevates the physical, the intellectual, and the moral nature”
E.G.W. (Patriarchs and Prophets, pg. 46)
Marriage is still a divine institution from Eden
despite sin. As believers, we must protect marriage
from the harmful effects of sin.
6. Marriage is still an institution God established; it is
protected by the seventh commandment,“You
shall not commit adultery” (Exodus 20:14)
“You have heard that it was said to those of
old, „You shall not commit adultery.‟ But I
say to you that whoever looks at a woman
to lust for her has already committed
adultery with her in his heart. If your right
eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast
it from you; for it is more profitable for you
that one of your members perish, than for
your whole body to be cast into hell. And if
your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off
and cast it from you; for it is more profitable
for you that one of your members perish,
than for your whole body to be cast into
hell” (Matthew 5:27-30)
Jesus was very clear about it; Any sexual relationship (either
real or imaginary) out of wedlock is a severe sin that makes us
lose our right to enter the Heaven. That includes adultery, pre-
marriage relationships, prostitution, pornography, etc.
7. THE IDEAL FOR MARRIAGE
1. Man and woman must form a unit that is independent
from the rest of the family.
“For this reason a man shall leave his father and
mother and be joined to his wife” (Mark 10:7)
2. There must be physical and purpose unity between
man and woman. Everything that affects one spouse
affects the other too.
“and the two shall become one flesh‟; so then they are
no longer two, but one flesh” (Mark10:8)
“Therefore what God
has joined together, let
not man separate”
(Mark 10:9)
3. Marriage is a relationship for a lifetime.
There is a reachable ideal for marriage in the Bible.
8. 4. Man and woman must submit to one another.
“submitting to one another in the
fear of God” (Ephesians 5:21)
5. The woman must accept her husband as the
responsible head of marriage, always with
common consent.
“Wives, submit to your own husbands,
as to the Lord” (Ephesians 5:22)
“Husbands, love your wives,
just as Christ also loved the
church and gave Himself for
her” (Ephesians 5:25)
6. The man must love his wife like
7. Christ loved His Church!
THE IDEAL FOR MARRIAGE
There is a reachable ideal for marriage in the Bible.
9. “The Lord Jesus has not been correctly represented in His relation to
the church by many husbands in their relation to their wives, for they
do not keep the way of the Lord. They declare that their wives must be
subject to them in everything. But it was not the design of God that
the husband should have control, as head of the house, when he
himself does not submit to Christ. He must be under the rule of Christ
that he may represent the relation of Christ to the church. If he is a
coarse, rough, boisterous, egotistical, harsh, and overbearing man, let
him never utter the word that the husband is the head of the wife, and
that she must submit to him in everything; for he is not the Lord, he is
not the husband in the true significance of the term” E.G.W. (The Adventist
Home, cp. 17, pg. 117)
10. “Home should be made all
that the word implies. It
should be a little heaven
upon earth, a place where
the affections are cultivated
instead of being studiously
repressed. Our happiness
depends upon this
cultivation of love,
sympathy, and true courtesy
to one another. The sweetest
type of heaven is a home
where the Spirit of the Lord
presides. If the will of God is
fulfilled, the husband and
wife will respect each other
and cultivate love and
confidence” E.G.W. (The Adventist
Home, cp. 1, pg. 15)
11. God compares His relationship with His people to a marriage
relationship many times in the Bible.
1. An unfaithful church
is compared with a
prostitute, an
unfaithful wife (Jer.
3:20; Rev. 17:1-2)
2. A faithful church is
compared with a
pure woman, a
faithful wife (Is. 62:5;
Rev. 19:7)
““Return, O
backsliding
children,” says
the Lord; “for I
am married to
you. I will take
you, one from a
city and two from
a family, and I will
bring you to
Zion”” (Jeremiah
3:14)
12. “God is the husband of His church.
The church is the bride, the Lamb‟s
wife. Every true believer is a part of
the body of Christ. Christ regards
unfaithfulness shown to Him by His
people as the unfaithfulness of a wife
to her husband. We are to remember
that we are members of Christ‟s body
(Letter 39, 1902)
The church is the bride, the Lamb‟s
wife. She should keep herself pure,
sanctified, holy. Never should she
indulge in any foolishness; for she is
the bride of a King. Yet she does not
realize her exalted position. If she
understood this, she would be all-
glorious within (Letter 177, 1901)”
E.G.W. (SDA Bible Commentary vol.
7, EGW Notes, Revelation 19)
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