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And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.

“Exer Kenegdov” - “A helper against you” an adversarial partner

Exer ken ag doh

21-25

And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

3: 1-5

Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’” “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

“Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 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.”

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Genesis

2:5b-9

For the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to till the ground: but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground. 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 being. The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

There was no man to till the ground…

And breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. – John 20:22 And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. – The Hebrew word is ruach which is the same word for Spirit

Then God proceeded to make Paradise for the Man, the Garden of Eden

15-17

Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 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.”

To tend and keep it… Paradise is not paradise without work.

But why the temptation of the tree of knowledge of good and evil? Why is that a part of paradise? It is impossible for us, mankind, to truly be free if we are not given the opportunity to choose. Adam had a single way in which he could sin against the Lord. One covenant, one rule, one way to disobey God. This gave him the opportunity to sin, yes, but it also gave him free will. He had the ability to freely choose to be obedient to God.

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All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. -2 Timothy 3:16-17

Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.-Genesis 2:7

And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.-John 20:22

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Dedicated to Craig J. Hazen whom most of these insights came from.

In the common folktale of “Sleeping Beauty,” a Princess whom is adored by the King is put into a deathlike trance by an evil Witch; an impenetrable wall of thistles grows up around the Princess’s castle; and all is restored only when, in fulfillment of a prophecy, a Prince comes and raises her up with the kiss of love; this is followed by a marriage feast and the declaration that “they lived happily ever after.”

The Princess - the human race

A deathlike trance - fallen and unable to save herself

The witch - The Devil (wants to destroy the beauty)

The King - God The Father

The Prince - A savior (is driven by love to overcome the wall of thistles and barriers to reach the fallen princess)

The Prince’s Kiss (act of love) raises the princess to happiness evermore

In “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” the plot is set into motion when a vain, wicked queen consults her magical mirror and learns that her beautiful stepdaughter, Snow White, is now the “fairest in the land.” Instantly resentful, the queen enlists a woodsman to murder Snow White, but he cannot commit the act and exhorts the young girl to escape. In the forest Snow White discovers a cottage inhabited by seven eccentric dwarfs, who warmly welcome her into their home after she offers to cook and clean for them. The queen eventually learns of Snow White’s whereabouts and, disguising herself as an old hag, fatally poisons her stepdaughter with a tainted apple. The heartbroken dwarfs stand guard over the girl’s body until a handsome prince restores her to life with a kiss.

Snow White - The human race

Vain wicked queen - The Devil (again, jealous of beauty and wants to destroy it)

The woodsman - perhaps the Snake in the garden

Snow White is now lost in the woods, far from the kingdom

The Seven Dwarfs - Seven Sins

Sleepy - Sloth

Grumpy - wrath

Doc - Pride

Happy - Lust

Bashful - Gluttony

Sneezy - envy

Dooey - greed

A deathlike trance - now fallen and unable to save herself, but the poison is such that an act of true love would reverse it’s effects

A Prince - A savior - travels into the darkness of the forest to find her and bring her out

The names for the characters might be different, but the archetypal roles they play are not. Are there certain basica characters , themes, and stories built into all of us in some way? Given the pervasive evidence, this appears to be the case. But an even more specific conclusion might be warranted. The basic gospel story itself might very well be imprinted on us at some sublevel of awareness.

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We admire people because they better embody an ideal

A definition of perfection: the realization of all possible ideals

Jesus Christ is the embodiment of all possible ideals!

The contradiction of Christianity: Christ bore our sins because we were not able AND we are to strive to live our lives like he did. As Christians we live in the tension of both truths

A story of a disciple:

35 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”

37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. 38 Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?”

They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”

39 “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.”

So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.

40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. 41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ).- John 1:35-41

Andrew was whipped and crucified on an X-shaped cross. His followers reported that when he saw the cross he said, “I have long desired and expected this happy hour. The cross has been consecrated by the body of Christ hanging on it,” and then he continued to preach to his tormentors until he died on the cross.

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Today I am going to sound a little bit like an anthropologist

It’s going to sound a little bit like I am attempting to explain away the truths of scripture… I promise I’m not.

I am going to speak about something that I think is probably ALSO true:

The virtue of self-sacrifice

Step 1: We observe that sometimes we can sacrifice today for a better tomorrow (delayed gratification)

Step 2: We realize that when sacrificing today for tomorrow is possible, it is preferable

Step 3: We recognize that this is easier said than done

The virtue of self-sacrifice is born

If we follow this to it’s logical extreme, it gets us to sacrificing our own lives or the lives of our loved ones for a greater good.

Affirmed when Abraham is willing to sacrifice Isaac (Genesis 22)

Lived out in Christ

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Postmodernism is a movement that focuses on the reality of the individual, denies statements that claim to be true for all people and is often expressed in a pared-down style in arts, literature and culture. - yourdictionary.com

Stephen Colbert:

It used to be, everyone was entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. But that’s not the case anymore. Facts matter not at all. Perception is everything… Truthiness is “what I say is right, and nothing anyone else says could possibly be true.” It’s not only that I feel it to be true, but that I feel it to be true.

From postmodernism it follows that there are no objective moral truths, simply personal preferences.

This undermines

The good news? Nobody is actually a postmodernist

Greg Koukl

Everyone is already deeply convinced of the truth, even when he denies it. True, our culture is driven by a postmodern impulse, but deep down each of us is a common-sense realist. Those who are not are either dead, in an institution, or sleeping in cardboard boxes under the freeway.

Even the most postmodern among us is only postmodern on political, moral, and religious issues

But there are objective morals!

Brett Kunkle’s Truth test

Objective claims are either true or false

Subjective claims are neither true nor false

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be·lief

noun

    2. trust, faith, or confidence in someone or something.

Most people use the wrong definition when talking about God. Belief in God shouldn't be understood to mean "I think he exists," (as the truth of his existence is knowable). Instead, belief in God should be understood to mean "I trust in God to do the right thing and to have good reasons for what I experience."

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