(PLEASE TAKE NOTES! Skeletal Outline from Eugene Jenkins.)

None of us have met Adam & Eve, but we all know them. Adam was the first man; created from the dust of the fround; "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" (Genesis 2:7). Eve was the first woman; created from man (a rib taken from Adam); "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; And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man" (Genesis 2:21, 22).

Eve was made, and given to Adam because it was, "...not good that the man should be alone..." (Genesis 2: 18), and to be a "...help meet for him" (Genesis 2:18, 20). The two of them, having been made for one another, joined together as one (Genesis 2:23, 24). Having been given control over all creation, they then went about their lives and work (Genesis 1:29, 30; 2:15.

Many, many years later, Paul stressed the need to learn from the scriptural record given to us by inspiration (Romans 15:4; 1 Corinthians 10:11). Desiring to be pleasing to God, let us consider some of the lessons taught by the "first human couple."

I. GOD'S ______________ !  Genesis 2:15-17

II. WHAT WERE THEIR _________________?  Genesis 2:8, 9, 16, 17

III. HOW DID ADAM & EVE DO IN REGARD TO THEIR _________________ WITH ______ ?  Galatians 3:1, 4-6, 12, 13

IV. WHAT _______________ FROM THEIR _________________ ?  Genesis 3:8-10; Genesis 2:25; Genesis 3:10, 11, 22, (23, 24); Genesis 3:16-19

V. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ___________ WE CAN _________ FROM THEM, AND GOD'S ___________ TO THEIR ACTIONS?