DESIRE
- The Original Design
A. AdamandEvehadconnectionwithGod,withoneanother,freetotakedominion - and be fruitful and enjoy. They weren’t afraid and they weren’t ashamed. They weren’t self-aware.
- Problem of sin
A. Genesis3:16
1. “To the woman He said: “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you.””
B. Rule Over
1. Have dominion, have power over
C. Desire
- Təšûqâ - teeshookaw
- a) Desire, longing, craving
- Wordusedonly2othertimes a) Gen 4:7
- (1) "If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire [is] for you, but you should rule over it."
- Desirehasbeenmisdirected-thisisidolatry
- Divine Solution
A. The Divine solution to the problem of Genesis 3:16 = John 3:16 B. 1John 4:10 - 1. Inthisislove,notthatwelovedGod,butthatHelovedusandsent His Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.
- C. Jesus - the manifestation of the desire of God toward us 1. SongofSolomon7:10
- a) I [am] my beloved's, And his desire [is] toward me.
- A Case Study–what does God desire? A. John 4
- B. He is seeking worshippers
- Desperate women - no need to play hard to get with Him A. Throw yourself at Jesus
- B. Be codependent with Him C. Be insecure without Him