God's original design for men included three key areas to bring Him glory: a will to obey, work to enjoy, and a woman to love. Sin broke this design when Adam failed to protect Eve from the serpent's deception, introducing rebellion and religion as two ways humans reject God.

• Sin affected all three areas of God's design: our will to obey (struggling with sin), our work (thorns and thistles), and our relationships (conflict with our wives)
• The solution isn't to "man up" but to "bend our knee and look up" to Jesus
• Genesis 3 contains the first gospel promise—the coming "serpent crusher" who would defeat evil
• Adam and Eve made coverings of fig leaves (religion), but God provided garments of skin (grace)
• The first blood shed in human history pointed to Christ's sacrifice as the perfect covering for sin
• At the cross, we see both perfect justice (sin punished) and perfect grace (Christ taking our place)
• True masculinity begins with surrendering to Christ, not self-improvement

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