*The Main Idea: The Creator/creature distinction gives us clarity and life.

*The Central Point: Reversing the Creator/creature distinction unleashes the stench of death everywhere.

*The Big Question: What messed things up so much that we smell death around every corner?

*The Big Answer: Satan, Sin and a Sinner…by:

1. Reversing Roles (vv. 1a, 6b)

2. Reversing Expansion (vv. 1a-3)

3. Reversing Restriction (vv. 4-6a, 7)

*The Main Idea: The Creator/creature distinction impresses upon us the full weight of his glory in the male/female distinction.

*The Central Point: The true enjoyment of God’s glory can only happen in complementary relationship.

*The Big Question: As men and women, how do we work together to fulfill God’s purposes?

*The Big Answer: As men and women we work together to fulfill God’s purposes by…

1. Responding To Our Roles (vv. 18-20)

2. Resting In Our Roles (vv. 21-24)

3. Reflecting On Our Roles (v. 25)

*The Main Idea: The Creator/creature distinction impresses upon us our main purpose of glorifying God.

*The Central Point: God created you to glorify him in which you will find true enjoyment.

*The Big Question: How do I fulfill my purpose?

*The Big Answer: You fulfill your purpose by remembering God made his world so that you can be…

1. Healthy Unto his Glory (vv. 10-14) LAST EPISODE

2. Wealthy Unto his Glory (vv. 15-16)

3. Wise Unto his Glory (v. 17)

*The Main Idea: The Creator/creature distinction impresses upon us our main purpose of glorifying God.

*The Central Point: God created you to glorify him in which you will find true enjoyment.

*The Big Question: How do I fulfill my purpose?

*The Big Answer: You fulfill your purpose by remembering God made his world so that you can be…

1. Healthy Unto his Glory (vv. 10-14)

2. Wealthy Unto his Glory (vv. 15-16) NEXT EPISODE

3. Wise Unto his Glory (v. 17) NEXT EPISODE

*The Main Idea: The Creator/creature distinction highlights our true identity in his transcendence and immanence.

*The Central Point: God FIXES our identity in the richness of his identity.

*The Big Question: Who am I?

*The Big Answer: God is the only one who can tell us who we are because…

1. He Sets the Context (vv. 4-6)

2. He Gets Into the Mix (vv. 7-9)

*The Main Idea: The Word, God the Son, reigns in our hearts by letting us see his glory.

*The Central Point: The Word owns us by clearly showing us his glory that only we as his own see.

*The Big Question: How does the Word’s conquer the darkness of our hearts?

*The Big Answer: The Word’s conquers the darkness of our hearts by shedding his Light on…

1. His Hidden Grace (vv. 14-15)

2. His Giving Grace (vv. 16-17)

3. His Teaching Grace (v. 18)

*The Main Idea: The Word, God the Son, reads us and gets us reading ourselves.

*The Central Point: God the Son’s Battle Plan: His Light reveals the truth of our hearts.

*The Big Question: How does the Word’s Light hit our hearts?

*The Big Answer: The Word’s Light hits our hearts by…

1. Flashlight Preparation (vv. 6-8)

2. Full Planning (v. 9)

3. Failsafe Plotting (vv. 10-13)

*The Main Idea: The full identity of God the Son is essential to our salvation.

*The Central Point: God the Son does all things necessary to conquer evil and save us.

*The Big Question: What’s the Word?

*The Big Answer: The Word is the secret by whom he fights for us by…

1. His Eternal Nature (vv. 1-2)

2. His Economic Function (v. 3)

3. His Effectual Strategy (vv. 4-5)

*The Main Idea: The Creator/creature distinction unveils God’s unbreakable commitment to his people.

*The Central Point: God will NEVER let us go.

*The Big Question: How can we be absolutely certain God will never let us go?

*The Big Answer: He shows his heart is bound up with us because of…

1. His Unbreakable Determination to Work for Our Good (v. 28a)

2. His Unshakable Dedication to Speak to Our Hearts (v. 28b)

*The Main Idea: The Creator/creature distinction highlights God’s enjoyment of us.

*The Central Point: God joyfully reflects on how we are made, then he immediately does it.

*The Big Question: How do we know that God enjoys us?

*The Big Answer: He shows that enjoyment in his…

1. Holy Convocation (v. 26)

2. Immediate Creation (v. 27)

3. Crowning Commission (v. 28)