Man and Woman – the Maker’s Plan

Genesis 2:18-25

Where did I come from?

What was I made for?

How am I to relate to other people?

1. Marriage is a good gift from God

‘It is not good for the man to be alone’…

‘I will make a helper suitable for him’

‘But for Adam No Suitable helper was found

‘This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my

flesh She shall be called woman for she was taken

out of man’

2. Marriage is designed for service

Equal in value, but different roles….

3. Marriage is to follow the Maker’s pattern

‘This why a man leaves his father and his mother and is united to his wife, and they

become one flesh.’

LEAVING

CLEAVING

ONE FLESH

God

4. Marriage is a picture of an even deeper marriage

And so….