positive difference in the world. Without the presence of Eve as a
separate identity, even though all was perfect in the world, God was
able to say "something here is not good." There was Adam, the
perfect man, and yet he was missing something that was good. The
good he was missing was Eve. Everything alive had been made from the
dust of the earth, but God desired to take creation to another
level. He wanted a fantastic product, so God used some complicated
parts to begin.
• He put Adam to sleep and took a rib and some flesh from him
and started working on Eve
• While Adam was yet asleep, God and Eve had some time
together as God prepared her for this historic meeting
• It would be great to know what all God told Eve about Adam
while he was sleeping.
There are "Three Things" I see in this text. First, God created
a "Woman." Eve had been created for Glory and Honor . There was
something special about woman from the very beginning of creation.
Adam knew instinctively that He was to honor this woman. In Hebrew,
the word for man is "Ish" and the word for woman is "Isshah." Adam
recognized Eve to be on his level and that honor was due to her.
That same honor has been due to all of Eve's descendants because
every woman has been created for glory and honor. There is a beauty
all about yourself as a woman, because you were created in God's
image with the purpose of bringing good into the life of others.
The first book of the Bible reveals wonder upon wonder to those who
seek to know more about its many Treasures. But none is more
intriguing to learn more about than the Woman God created. She was
complete, perfect. She is the only woman ever to be created and not
born. So when God took from Adam's side the first thing he created
was woman.
Not only did God create Woman when He took from Adam's side. God also
created a "Wife." Eve was created to be more than a Woman. She was
also designed to be a Wife – a helpmate to Adam. Here is a
newsflash for the brethren – being a helpmate does not mean you are
beneath someone else. At times a Wife may be the stronger one, but
at other times a Wife may be the weaker one. There will be other
times you are on the exact same level. Eve was a Help - suitable for
Adam. That means she could rise to whatever level of help Adam
needed for the situation. A Wife has always had a great ability to
endure pain and hardship because of the strength God placed within
her. The word Helpmate expresses the notion of complementarities.
The wife is a helper matching or corresponding to her husband. She
is suitable for him. Together they make a perfect pair because they
are both designed by God to complement each other – to form a
perfect whole – a harmonious team. The man and the woman are
different; yet these differences are designed by God to compliment
each other, to work together in such a manner as to make them
stronger and more effective together than if they were apart.
Recall with me that I mentioned at the outset that there are three things
that I find in the text. We have discovered that God took from
Adam's side and created (1) Woman (2) Wife. The third thing that
God created was a "Mother." So God took from man's side and created
a Woman, Wife and a Mother. I fully understand that not all women
are mothers, but all mothers are women. I am reminded of the
words that Paul spoke about Brother Timothy. II TIMOTHY 1:5 "WHEN
I CALL TO REMEMBRANCE THE UNFEIGNED FAITH THAT IS IN THEE, WHICH
DWELT FIRST IN THY GRANDMOTHER LOIS, AND THY MOTHER EUNICE; AND I AM
PERSUADED THAT IN THEE ALSO." I imagine Timothy, as he was growing
up, made all the same mistakes that our own children (and we
ourselves) made. I can imagine that he went through his rebellious
stage, that he spent time experimenting in the world, that he
perhaps went out "with the boys" and did all the wrong things. Yet
his grandmother Lois, and his mother Eunice planted the seeds of the
Gospel in his heart by teaching him from the time he was a child.
They shared with him a love of the Scriptures. Later on in his life
when Paul led him to Christ, this foundation laid by his godly
mother and grandmother came into play.
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