Temple Baptist Church - 6-18-2023
Genesis 1:26-28
Introduction:
A. First of all, “Happy Father’s Day!” I pray that today will be a special day for each person here this morning. None of you would be here this morning if it were not for your dad. Artificial Intelligence can never replace the men that God has placed in each of our lives. Make this a special day for both your father and your family.
B. Our text is the First Mention of man, woman, children, and home. In the First Mention of these, we find the will of God for each within the divine structure of the home. The world has done its best to destroy homes and is doing a good job of it. Today, homes are out of order, filled with division, and filled with the world.
C. God has purpose in the structure for the blessing of our homes, but homes must follow the purpose and pattern that God intended to prosper.
D. Man has been on this earth for approximately 6000 years. As we go back to the “dawn” of creation, through the inspiration of the Word of God we get to see through God’s eyes.
Genesis 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Genesis 1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
E. Six times in Genesis, chapter 1, the Bible says that “God saw” and “it was good”. A seventh time, God added the word “very” to “good.” A perfect creation was only perfect when God created man in His image and after His likeness!
F. Let us look at three verses found in Genesis, chapter 1 that made this world a perfect place.
Genesis 1:26-28 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. (27) So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. (28) And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
G. God made man:
1. After His image. Image: From an unused root meaning to shade; a phantom, that is, (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence a representative figure, especially an idol: - image, vain shew. (Something that cannot be seen but can be perceived. You can see my physical body, but you cannot see my spiritual person. Today, I live in my body, but I will also live outside of my body one day.)
Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Colossians 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
2. After His likeness. Likeness: resemblance; concretely model, shape; adverbially like: - fashion, like (-ness, as), manner, similitude. (As God is a trinity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, so man is a trinity: body, soul, and spirit.)
3. Before God established the first home, He gave Adam everything that he needed to head it up.
a) A body that was world conscious. When God created Adam, my thinking—as he was created a full-grown man—is that we could say that his life began at what we would call 30 years old in looks and strength. I base that upon Christ beginning His public ministry when He was 30.
b) A soul that was self-conscious. Adam’s soul or heart or seat of affections is where he was conscious of self which forms our conscience.
c) A spirit that was God conscious. It is in spirit that Adam worshipped the Lord and walked with “the voice of the Lord God.”
H. All this seen by God and given to us to see and know that it is very good? God made man spirit and also multiple in one. “Male and female created He them.”
J. Now, for the structure of the first home created by God created Adam, the first man, to be the embodiment of all three aspects of the family. In Adam was Eve and through Adam and Eve came children. All were in Adam when he was created! This is an important revelation given to us. God made man along with women and children to eternally co-exist with Him!
K. I used to be hard on Adam because of the thinking and actions of Eve in the Garden of Eden but they were probably equal at the time as God did not appoint Adam to rule over Eve until after the fall. Submission was a part of Eve’s judgment.
Genesis 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
L. Adam was the head, Eve was his helpmeet, and children were the offspring. Look at the New Testament structure of the home as it perfectly agrees with the First Mention of the home. Homes will never be right until the order of the home is right.
1 Corinthians 11:2-3 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. (3) But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
Ephesians 6:1-2 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. (2) Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
M. A good father must have:
1. His Relationship with God MUST be right.
a. Salvation. This relationship must be based on Redemption. This is heart searching in that the question is now asked to you know Jesus Christ in salvation? If you do not, you need to. EXCEPT a man be born again, he cannot see nor enter into the Kingdom of God! Period!
b. Sanctification. A proper relationship with God requires a Walk with God. I have been preaching a series on “Walking With God” as it is essential to our relationship with God. If you are not walking right, it is because you are not living right.
b. Service. A proper relationship with God continues with a Walk in the Word of God. Personal and family devotions are essential to a spiritual home.
c. A proper relationship with God will produce a biblical Worship of God. In these last days, for the most part, the women are more spiritual than the men.
2. His Responsibility to Biblical Obligation MUST be right. Both to the family and each other.
a. To Protect his family. This has virtually become a bad thing in our day but the Father should be ready to fight and die for his family. Real men are vicious protectors of their wives, children, and grandchildren.
b. To Provide for his family. Shelter, clothing, food, and every essential to family life. God’s men should have a work ethic and take care of business. They should keep their bills within their budget.
c. To set a Pattern for his family. If the wife and children are to follow the Father, then the Father MUST walk in a spiritually plain path that the Bible calls the Old Paths wherein is the good way.
3. His Reason MUST be right.
a. Obedience to God! God made you men the head.
b. Love of Family! Family first, not friends or finances or fancy!
4. Then his Ruling WILL be right.
a. Just!
b. In the fear of God!
Happy Father’s Day!
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