And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
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… Lord planted a garden eastward of Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground the Lord 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. I realize that most of you would know the story of the fall of Adam and Eve into sin when they partook of the forbidden fruit. And something happened. They died, not physically. They died in their relationship, their sensitivity, their openness to God. And it was not their hunger for God that saved them. It was God's hunger for them that saved them. We have people all the time say, I found the Lord, and I understand what they mean. But the reality is most of us were jumping over rocks and running around trees and swimming in the ocean trying to do anything to get away. And we tripped and fell and looked up in the air and Jesus was standing there. …
… And the man became a living creature. And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east. And there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground the Lord God made us spring up every tree that is pleasant to the side and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Go and skip down to verse 15. The Lord took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 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. Then the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make him a helper fit for him. …
… No, no. God planted a garden in Eden in the east and placed there the man whom he had formed. Out of the ground he made various trees grow that were delightful to look at, good for food. You know what this stands for in this beautiful symbolic language? is all the things that God made for us to delight in. God is not interested in putting us down. He's not our rival. He's not taking advantage of us. Read the Greek myths if you want to see that. No, the God of the Bible wants us fully alive. And so he says, look, eat all the trees of the garden, all these beautiful things I made for you. It stands for all those things that give delight to our bodies and indeed to our souls. Good, good. In the middle of the garden, he planted the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The tree of life, what's that? Well, that's eternal life. …
… so God placed look at Genesis chapter 2 verse 8 let me go ahead and start talking about this I think it's very important for every single person to understand where are the single people? where are the single people? let me see what you look like single people need to understand that you don't need a spouse to have a family some of y'all think you got to have a spouse to be significant to God you don't need a spouse to be significant to God a spouse don't make you who you are a spouse doesn't give you a spouse doesn't give you status and I'm coming back to that point let me go ahead and talk about it while I'm here for a second because some of y'all think you need to have a spouse to have a family or a spouse to be important and you fail to realize or recognize that you don't get married to somebody just so you can be quote unquote have a family you are important to god whether you got a spouse or not you are still important to god come on somebody say go on pastor you preach and teach me from god's standpoint you start a single person starts as it starts as a family and in genesis chapter 2 verse 8. Let me read this real quick. Genesis chapter 2 verse 8 says, the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden and there he put the man whom he had formed. Y'all see that here? …