To Be Called Eve

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Genesis 3:20 NKJV
20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.
Genesis 4:1–2 NKJV
1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the Lord.” 2 Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
It is amazing how quickly time flies. the text simplified the whole process of the birth of two people with two words.
She conceived and she bore.

To be called Eve

Holiday messages are difficult

The Power of A Name

With a name came
++Identity
++Individuality
Names in biblical times
++Had a prophetic quality
++Were connected to destiny
Proverbs 22:1 NKJV
1 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, Loving favor rather than silver and gold.
The name Eve
++Reflected the separation caused by sin
++declared her who she would be to the world

The Mother of all Living

Motherhood is powerful

It is
++Is place of great celebration
++Is place of great value
++Is a position of honor
Today For some
++Motherhood is and accident
++Motherhood isn’t possible
++Mother’s weren’t that nice
++Motherhood though desired, wasn’t what was expected

Our world is constantly changing

It started in the first family

Genesis 3:5 NKJV
5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Satan promised
++New enlightenment
++A new identity
++New knowledge
Genesis 3:6–7 NKJV
6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.

Consciousness

Consciousness is a quality of being aware, alert or to be in tuned with in and experiential way.

What you are conscious of will often determine how you respond in a given situation.

Have you every wondered why certain words or situations will trigger an uncontrolled response?
This can
++Be a person
++Be a failure or something that reminds you of one
++Be unforgiveness
++Be unresolved fear

Consciousness is the anchor of relationship

Mankind was created with
++A consciousness of God
Romans 1:20–21 NKJV
20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
Mankind was created with
A consciousness of God
++A consciousness of the world
Genesis 2:15 NKJV
15 Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.
Mankind was created with
A consciousness of God
A consciousness of the world
++A consciousness of one another
Genesis 2:24–25 NKJV
24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Priority Relationships

Every relationship
++Has value
++Intrinsically Matters

Not every relationship is equal

Some relationships
++Provide only friendship
++Provide only provision
++Provide only protection

This relationship provided fruitfulness

Genesis 1:28 NKJV
28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Consciousness marks the Boundaries of freedom

Adam
++Was Made in God’s image
++Was given an assignment
++Named the animals
++Was given boundaries
Genesis 2:16–17 NKJV
16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
Adam’s wife
++New what God had said
++Fully understood the boundaries
Genesis 3:2–3 NKJV
2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; 3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ”
Genesis 4:1 NKJV
1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the Lord.”

Fruitfulness is the place of _Unlimited Possibilities_

Don’t give up
Don’t give in
Psalm 113:9 NKJV
9 He grants the barren woman a home, Like a joyful mother of children. Praise the Lord!
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