1. zooming in
Genesis 2:4-25

2. Genesis 1 Genesis 2 Genesis 12
Creation
Eden/
Humankind
Abraham/
Line of Promise
Genesis 1
Genesis 2
Genesis 12

3. Zooming in, we see that we are connected:
To God
To the Creation
To each other
Gen. 1= “God”
Gen. 2= “the LORD God”

6. Sculptor Inspired Forms Breathes life Intimate Skillful
“Breathed into”
Living Dust
We are dust
Given the breath of life

8. The world is a joint effort
Verse 5: “No plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up—for…
The LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth
And there was no one to till the ground.
God brings rain
We till
the ground

9. Gardener Cultivators Cultivate Care for Plants Places Purposes
Beautiful
Life-sustaining
Places
Purposes
Cultivators
Cultivate
Care for

10. Do you dislike work? Work was God’s idea, so it is good! Are you…
Cultivating: bringing life to others?
Caring: contributing to society?
Sharing: working with God?

12. Instructor Entrusted Teaches Responsible Entrusted with Enjoy Limits
Creation
Wisdom
Responding in relationship to Creator

13. Why would God give us a choice?
Real love, real relationship, real fulfillment demand free-will.
Cultivate/Care for creation
Option to Destroy/Neglect creation
Listen/Relate to God
Option to Ignore/Abandon God

15. Matchmaker and Dependent
Genesis 2 shows our dependence on…
…God (life-giving breath)
…Creation (food)
…other people (“it is not good for a man to be alone”)
“Helper”: filling void, completion, necessity

16. The Whole Picture Functional Relational Gen. 1 God creates
Created in God’s Image: to rule
Thinking functionally
Relational
Gen. 2
God relates
Created in God’s Image: to relate
Thinking relationally

17. Gospel Moment God of Deism God of Christianity “Watchmaker” Uninvolved
Wants “good people”
God of Christianity
Creator, King Artist, Life-Breather, Gardener, Instructor, Matchmaker
Involved (Christmas, Table, Cross, Return)
Wants loving relationship that flows into good work