The Companion

If our study in Genesis has taught us nothing else it has taught us that God is Creator of all things. Of course He is the creator of the universe and earth, but He is also the Creator of human institutions such as government but, as necessary as government is, it was not God’s first institution - marriage, family and the home were.

Is it any wonder these are some of the most attacked institutions in our day today? There is an attack on biblical masculinity, an attack on biblical feminism, an attack on marriage, and attack on the home, our children and so on. Listen, its not that Satan or the world hates these institutions, it is because they hate the One who instituted them!

I’m thankful today for God’s intended purpose in marriage, a man and woman for life! I’m thankful today for the establishment of the home and family, where a husband and a wife can bring up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Word of God. And I am thankful today to take a stand on defending these institutions. I want to show you this morning just how important Biblical marriage is to God. We see this in the following ways, notice first...

The Decision v. 18

Genesis 2:18 KJV (WS)

18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

The decision to make a woman for man was:

Made by God

The Bible says, “And the LORD God said, It is not good that man should be alone...”

Let that sink in for a minute. Who said? Not God, but the LORD God!

LORD - capital letters = Jehovah - JWHH

Yahweh saw decides in this verse that it is not good for man to be alone.

Yaweh = the eternal One or the self-existent One

He was complete with the creation of man or woman, but He knew in His infinite wisdom that man was not complete without a woman!

Yaweh declares that “It is not good that man should be alone”!

When He created the heavens and the earth, day and night He declared it was good.

When He created the atmosphere (firmament) He declared it was good,

When He made the dry land, separated the seas, made the sun, moon, and stars, He declared it was good.

When He made the birds, the fish, the land animals He declared it was good,

But when He made man and saw that He was alone, He declared it was not good!

And men, we know just what He means!

How many of you would be lost without your wives?

And I mean that literally! Because you know you’d drive right passed that gas station three more times before asking for directions!

God, in His infinite wisdom made made the decision to create the woman for the man.

Now don’t miss!

Eve was not an after thought!

God did not make a mistake!

There are some out there that try to manipulate Scripture to suggest that God was learning as He goes.

An omniscient, all-knowing being doesn’t have to learn anything.

Then “Why did He say, ‘It is not good that man should be alone?’ Surely, if God is all-knowing, didn’t He know that it wouldn’t be good? Why did He declare it?”

Church He declared it not for Himself, but for us. God wanted us to know that it is not good for man to be alone.

Why then are some people single their entire lives?

I don’t know. But I know there is a purpose for whatever God does.

Here is what I do know, God, our omnipotent, omniscient God, decided to create a woman, but not only did he make the decision, but the decision was...

Made for Man

God says, “I will make him a help meet for him.”

Help meet = counterpart.

Imagine a composer creating a beautiful symphony. Each note is carefully placed, each instrument has its purpose. In the same way, God meticulously fashioned Eve as the missing piece of Adam's life. She was not an afterthought, but an essential part of the divine composition!

Now listen closely to what I am about to say!

I am sick of the lies that are being told about our God and His Word.

There are some who claim the Bible is a sexist book, that God hates women, that He lifts up men and that the Bible teaches women are second rate members of society.

Anyone who makes these claims has no idea what they are talking about.

God made man and woman to be different — Praise the Lord for that! — Good gave men and women distinctive roles, but God made man and woman to be equal.

Have you ever considered the fact that God didn’t make another man to complete the first man? He didn’t make woman first and another woman to complete her? He made man, then He made the woman. Why? Becasue God intended to put them together. He understood what we only discovered a few years back, that the family is the building block of society, and the family is built upon a man and a woman that love and serve God and in turn love and serve one another. The decision was made by God and so was...

The Design v. 21-22

Consider how smart Adam was. God sent all the animals to him for him to identify and to name. Whether it was literally all the animals in the world or just the ones who were local to him, doesn’t really matter. The naming of the animals was a test for man, would he notice what was missing? His help meet, his counterpart, his companion? Read verse 20...

Now he was ready for God to act. Read Genesis 2:21-22

Genesis 2:21–22 KJV (WS)

21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

Don’t get hung up on the word “rib.” The word is used 35 times in the Bible and most of those times is translated as “side.” That is what is most important. Eve was made from Adam’s side. She was made from his side, not his head to rule over him, nor from his foot to be trampled by him, but from his side to...

To walk beside him, as an equal partner in the Creation Mandate.

To be his companion and to offer fellowship, but that’s not all...

She was made from his side to remind Adam of his role as protector and provider.

I don’t know what bothers me more: radical feminists that declare, “I don’t need a man to protect me” or weak-kneed men that won’t stand up to them.

We need to get back to real biblical masculinity. We need men to be men, to stand up and lead their homes, to love their wives like Jesus loves the church. To teach their children to love and respect their mother — I cannot stand to see or hear a child being disrespectful to their mother — dads, the time has come to correct some of this mess.

Do you understand that this is the design of God for the Christian home? The decision was God, the design was God’s, notice lastly...

The Declaration v. 23-25

Genesis 2:23–25 KJV (WS)

23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Immediately we go to the last verse, “What does it mean they were not ashamed to be naked?” Think of it this way, there was no one else around for this to be an embarrassing event. But that’s not the point, the point is they were husband and wife. God had brought them together, literally, put them together. The word “cleave” means to adhere to, but a better way for us to understand it is “to be glued to.”

Adam may have made the declaration, but really he was simply expressing God’s thoughts out loud.

God’s plan for marriage is for a man and a woman to be glued together for life, His plan for the home is for a mother and father who love one another to be there for their children and to provide a spiritually stable and nurturing environment.

On that note, I know I have people listening to me, some sitting here in this room who have had marriages fail, some know what it is like to love God and teach your children to do the same and still have them rebel against you and against God. I don’t think we will ever fully understand how sin has affected us until we enter heaven and are forever separated from sin’s touch.

I want you to get this: your past only defines you if you allow it to. The mistakes you have made, the mistakes others have made that affect you only have power over you if you allow them to. I’m thankful that God, in His mercy, is not so much concerned with your past as He is your present. He wants you right now today to shake off your doubt, to own your mistakes, and to live for His glory.

Conclusion: It is hard to do this in a world that is against you every step of the way. Its hard when society hates God so much that they take it out on His institutions of marriage and the home. You say, “Pastor, how can we combat this?” It starts with you.

Husband, it starts with you being the godly, loving husband your wife deserves.

Wife, it starts with you being the godly, submitted, loving wife your husband needs.

Dad, it starts with you standing up for your children, defending them when they are under attack — are you prepared to go to school board meetings to keep filth our of our public school libraries? What about to keep Johnny, who calls himself “Jill”, out of your daughter’s locker room or restroom? Are you willing to stand on the track to keep a biological male from running against your daughter? Are you willing to tell your son it is not OK to wrestle a biological female?

Mom, are you ready to go to those same school board meetings with your husband? Are you willing to support and encourage them to take a stand?

Jesus is coming. When He does, will you be found faithful?