 So Beforehand I I want to thank you for bearing with my English pronunciation and mistakes But I want to I had the intention of having a translator, but I was persuaded to speak in Spanish and I mean in English and And I'm grateful for this puppet also because it's very comfortable Very comfortable Okay, so um my My topic this morning has a very charming title a walk in the garden with Adam and Eve and As I was preparing for preparing the material for for the topic I thought of my work With my wife Rachel we have been married for 31 years and She left her career in chemistry and pharmacy to Be a helper fit for fit for my for me and my mean in my ministry and in all the other areas of my life For the glory of God because she loves the gospel and she loves God She was willing to come with me and to spend her spent her life in the ministry and Indeed we have enjoyed Walking in the garden of God's blessings for many years So it has never been perfect and it has never been has never been easy and we have gone also through Through the valley of the shadow of death Sometimes in our lives But thankfully we have We have also known the grace of God the grace of restoration that sustained us and I'm sure that all All of you who who are married here can relate to this you can relate to the to the delight and the intimacy of marriage But you can relate also to the struggles of marriage to the difficulties of marriage and That's because we are humans we are human beings and We are descendants of Adam and Eve so Studying about Adam and Eve is going to be very useful for us this morning I'm gonna I'm gonna invite you to Pray with me, please We're gonna pray. We're gonna ask God's blessing Heavenly Father, thank you for the opportunity and for the blessing of This morning and this fellowship For everyone here in this place We ask that you speak to our hearts to our consciences that you transforms us with your word and That you Let us have a clear mind in a pure heart As we listen to your word Help me, please We ask in the name of Jesus Christ Amen, amen Hmm, as I as I said the topic of my I mean my topic this morning Has this charming title a walking in the park with Adam and Eve And I want to focus particularly on the delight and intimacy of Adam and Eve in the in the park in the garden when we When we say a walk in the park We can easily think of of relaxation romanticism delight Intimacy and when we think of Adam and Eve in the park It's easy to think that way and it's right to think that way because because Adam and Eve at that time in chapter 2 of Genesis Were perfect in every sense of the word there was no sin and then and Also the the garden Was the garden of Eden Was set for delight and for intimacy Everything was perfect In fact the name of the garden Eden isn't it's a transliteration of the Hebrew of a Hebrew word that means delight Eden means delight and or luxury So we have Adam and Adam and Eve here walking in the garden in delight and luxury in relaxation and love in intimacy which is Amazing right? It's sweet To walk like that something that we wish we had in our marriages. It was absolutely amazing to Walk in this garden Adam and Eve walking in delight in perfect delight in perfect intimacy and the the life of delight in the intimacy of Adam and Eve wasn't Limited to to their relationship they they they in fact had Intimacy and delight in everything around them with everything everything around them beginning with God They were intimate with God God was their creator And they have perfect fellowship with God What's amazing and with nature too they have they had perfect Delight and intimacy with nature. They were made of the dust of the earth or the ground And they had they have Dominion of over the the creation and you know that Alan Gave names to the animals And I'm I don't know but like my my sanctified guess is that they have Good relationship with the animals and some kind of communication with the animals You think of it when when the serpents talked to to Eve she didn't She didn't get scared It seems like it was natural for her to to speak with animals, right? So this this this This is This tells us that there was intimacy in every respect with God with the creation and of course between them Adam and Eve were very intimate and They are here walking in the garden Walking in the park They really were able to leave out the question of number the question number one of the short cut catechism What's a what does the short cut catechism says? that the end of man is to glorify God and Enjoy him forever If there was a time that someone lived and experienced in in every respect This reality it was this time was Adam and Eve enjoying God and Glorifying him forever So this give us a glimpse of What our goals should be in marriage? Because obviously it was God's design for them to walk in Delight and intimacy however In order for us to profit From what the scripture teaches us about marriage We must focus not only In the ideal state before the fall But we must also consider What happened after the fall? Because after the fall Something really awful something really terrible happened in the life of Adam and Eve If we compare chapter 2 and chapter 3 of Genesis chapter 2 speaks of delight fellowship and chapter 3 speaks of pain of struggle misery it is a It is an awful Difference So here we have them walking in delight and then in chapter 3 they're walking in Misery and and this is helpful my brothers and sisters because Help us to to To set our minds in the reality that that's the way marriage is It explains why sometimes our marriages are so sweet and There are some seasons of our marriages where which are kind of Bitter, right? Maybe not here, but some other places With some other people that's experience. I Think we can all say that And and and seeing chapter 2 and chapter 3 explained that but God is good God is a God of restoration God is a God of Mercy and There is hope so please Come with me and we're gonna We're gonna focus on this and three lessons from from chapter 1 to 2 and 3 Of the book of Genesis Related to the experience of Adam and Eve First Let's consider Adam and Eve in the garden Chapter 1 in chapter 2 Tell us about Adam and Eve in the garden They were created for delight and intimacy I was God's plan as I told you as I told you before They enjoyed this with God With creation Between them Everything was perfect God created them that way They were they were Created to be partners and to have To subdue and have dominion over Over creation they together Not only Adam but Adam and Eve chapter 1 of Genesis verse 26 says Let's let us make man in our image after our likeness and Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea Etc and verse 27 says God so God created man in his own in his own image in the image of God He created him male and female. He created them He created man. He created man He created man male and female Man male and female So there were partners To subdue creation And that was perfect. They could do that Without bickering without problems without you know, they they they were it was perfect Was perfect They have this vision this this commission to go and Take control of everything And they have the resources their ability because God created them with the ability to do that but also God God created them to be friends and companions To be friends and companions Good friends as it should be in our marches our best friend should be our wife That's that's the way I try to live I I try to I try to To be my wife's best friend. I'm not A very successful always, but I try even when I do my best I sometimes I fail But that's that's my goal because it's what God wants from from us from the woman too In regard to the hostants friends and companions chapter 2 read with me chapter 2 verse 20 Says that out of the ground the Lord formed the peace and And then the man called every living creature They gave them their name and then in verse 20 verse 20 Says that the man gave names to all the animals But there was no Helper fit for him among the animals So the Lord Took a rib From the flesh of Adam and The rib Was made into a woman He brought the woman to the man and Chapter 2 verse 23 we have the very first Song love in the Bible chapter chapter 2 and verse 23 is a song love you know That's when someone is in love He likes to sing and You know and one of the most effective ways to to gain the heart of a woman is to sing to her To make poems That's what Adam did he he he made a song in a poem Chapter the verse 23 is that it's a song in a poem. It's so the Bible teaches us How to you know Gain the heart of a woman Well, what what what did the man said this at last is bone of my bones in flesh of my flesh She but she shall be called woman because she was taken out of man. It's a beautiful song, right? Beautiful very romantic very nice And and I'm sure that he in Hebrew is it sounds better My guess is that they spoke Hebrew. I don't know What was the language of? But whatever it was it was beautiful And and she fell in love Believe me and he is he saw that woman and said whoa What's that? I've never seen something like that and and and here that's the woman and she became her his friend her friend and and Companion and she was perfect. It's a helper Adam and Eve in the garden but also God created them to be one flesh in sex One flesh in sex So they were created to be to to be partners And so doing creation to be friends and Companions and to be one flesh insects, which is wonderful to That's a you know, that's the essence of marriage sex It's not the only thing but it's Absolutely important sexual life Verse 24 says in chapter 2 Therefore a man shall shall leave his father and father and his mother and hold fast to his wife And they shall become one flesh and Child in verse 25 says and the man and his wife were both Naked and were not ashamed. So they have a Perfect Beautiful intense Amazing sex life sexual life As it should be in our marriages, right? That's the way should be and that was that way to us With them. So let's pray that God give us that Let's Let's you know fight for that. Let's seek that Focus on that in your marriage to be partners to be friends and to have great sexual life Because that's what God wants us to have sadly They Revealed against God They sinned they fell They weren't faithful. They didn't appreciate what they had Which is Terrible They were deceived by Satan and they were They had to go out of the garden. So we have here our second lesson Adam and Eve out of the garden and we find that in chapter 3 of the book of Genesis This explains how how it is that we we come we fall short in our quest for marital delight and Intimacy because we we have We have enjoyed that the delights of of marriage But after some time being married we have experienced also the bitterness and the struggles and the disappointment of marriage Which is really one of the Most difficult things that we face in our lives. It's disappointments in our marriage We are happy when we are when when our wife is happy when she's not happy. Hmm difficult very difficult very difficult Painful everything, you know everything nothing works if she's not happy So we our fuck the focus our lives is to have a happy woman in our homes And it's hard work hard work. Please ladies understand your husband It's not easy for them and please husband make that the focus of your life Otherwise we Nothing is gonna work and that was the case in Adam and Eve It didn't work It didn't work. It didn't last much first because Adam abdicated His marital are calling as head of His wife He didn't fulfill his responsibility as head of Eve And then because she didn't respect him Properly, you know chapter 3 As I told you before it's a very sad chapter probably that's the The most tragic chapter in the Bible is chapter 3 in verse 6 We read that when the woman saw that the tree was good for food And it was delight a delight to the eyes and that the tree was to be desired to make One wise she took of its fruit Can you can you see what's going on here? What's going on here is that? Eve his mind has been changed. You know who changed her mind? Satan Satan Gave gave her arguments And she took Satan's argument and her mind changed God said do not eat from this fruit from this tree tree And now he's looking at the tree and he's and she's thinking. Oh, this is good It's this looks good, and I think it's good to eat and it is And it is desired To make me wise God said this is death and she said and she was thinking no, this is good and then it says That she took of its fruit and ate and she also gave some to her husband who was with her And he ate And it is tragic to see that to read that he was with and she didn't do anything She didn't prevent this tragedy He he didn't prevent that. He didn't do anything. He was with her On the contrary he took from the fruit and he knew because girl himself hats hot You know how I mean he has said that he was Was death so he abdicated His responsibility He's calling read with me chapter verse nine verse nine chapter three It says but the Lord God called The Man and said where are you and he said I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid Because I was naked and I hid myself And God said who told you that you were naked have you eaten of the tree of the of Which I commanded you not to eat And the mass the man said the woman whom you gave To be with me. She gave me. She gave me the fruit of the tree and I ate see what Adam is doing here he's his Justifying himself He tells God you gave me this woman. I'm not responsible You gave me this woman this woman gave me and you gave me this woman So he's you know, it's crazy. It's crazy. It's crazy. Like sometimes we are crazy We don't take responsibility for what what we are called to do in our marriages It is very sad when when a when a husband begins to speak evil of of His wife and he goes with his friends with his pastor or with whoever and he said oh my wife Oh, that's that's that's woman is young issues. You knew her. How you would you would understand? Terrible is terrible. So that's what Adam did Adam did and in in verse 17 God speaks to Adam and said Because you have listened to the voice of your wife See how guns is this is you know portraying this God says to Adam you Submitted to your wife she gave you And you complied So at the end of the day brothers We are responsible Even if our wives are in fault we are responsible because we are heads That's what the New Testament says, right? So that was one of the reasons of their misery and then This couple who was called to be friends and companions became adversaries They became adversaries When God asked when God asks in verse 11 chapter 3 who told you that you were naked The man said the woman That you gave to be with me She gave me the woman The woman I don't want that woman. I Regret to be married with that woman. I Don't want to be friends with that woman. I cannot stand that woman Maybe there is someone here who cannot stand his wife Is there someone here going through something like that brother there is time for for you to reflect and to change your ways Otherwise, it's gonna be terrible and the devil is You know the devil is This behind everything and The truth is that living with the woman is not easy, but Living with the man for a woman living with the man is not easy to because you know, it's two sinners Sleeping in the same bed Living under the same roof It's your sin plus her sin To sinners together sinning together This is and Unless we really understand what our calling and the resources that we have in God we have in God we can we can be We meant we made end up being adversaries Being enemies Slipping with your enemy same bed Whoo, that's not good Not good at all. It's very difficult and that was the case with Adam and Eve in verse 16 Chapter 3 God said this To the woman I should really multiply your pain in child child burying In pain you shall bring forth children and then it says Listen to this your desire shall be for your husband And he shall rule over you your desire shall be for your husband What's the meaning of that your desire? Shall be for your husband It means that She was going to desire Adam no It means that she you know the meaning in short here is that She was going to desire to rule of the wall of the demand of the government to you know to control him To manipulate him, but God says but he shall rule over you Oh This is difficult You can imagine a woman trying to manipulate hit the man and then demand Revelling against that manipulation and then will against will No realities of marriage These are realities of marriage And all of us are have experience in some degree this kind of struggles Because we are humans because we are descendant of Adam and Eve Because we are living out of the garden We are not in the garden We are living in a falling world We are sinners Just like Adam and Eve So struggling in marriage is not something that should discourage you not something that should you should That should Bring you to the point of no despair struggling marriage is part of life Another thing happened their sexual life sexual life Their sexual life was tainted Was ruined You remember them Walking naked without shame enjoying their sexual life enjoying enjoying each other their bodies Their sexual life having control, but at the same time the lighting In sexual life Because that's the picture that chapter 2 give us But then in chapter 3 what happens what happens? It says that the eyes of both were opened Opened to what because that's what was chapter 3 verse 7 says then the eyes of both were Opened Opened to what open to to see God more clearly open to see Holiness to see the glory of God. No open to see what they shouldn't be seeing Hope it open to see themselves Out of fellowship with God The verse verse 7 says and they and they knew that they were naked and they Had these fig leaves together and made themselves laying loin cloth They were ashamed They they didn't have freedom anymore To enjoy sex To enjoy their nakedness to be open They hid themselves from God and from each other It has to do with their sexual sexual life They heard the sound of the Lord walking in the garden in the cool of the day and the man and his wife Heed themselves from the presence of the Lord And the Lord called to the man and said to him where are you? And he said I heard the sound of you in the garden and I was afraid Because I was naked and I hid myself I was afraid afraid ashamed Have you ever felt like that in your marriage? How many nights How we going to bed ashamed afraid of God of our wife for whatever reason Which is usually sinful and it is sad that in the night with two lovers Who rather are adversaries at that time Sometimes they sometimes they feel like they hate each other they hate to be in that Bed with that woman That's that's what's got what's going on with Adam and Eve, but brothers and sister God is cool God is merciful That is a God of hope That is a God of grace of Restoration and and listen to this chapter 3 as I told you is Is the most tragic probably the most tragic chapter in the whole Bible Because it's it tells us when All the all our evils and our suffering became but in the middle of chapter 3 We have verse 15 verse 15 brings light Hope in the midst of misery What what what can we read in verse 15? Well, let's read verse 15 chapter 3 verse 15 is Gal here Speaking he's talking to the to the serpent and what God has what God says to the serpent listen, I Will put enmity Between between you and the woman You know what that the serpent wanted to be friends with the woman Probably the serpent said oh, she's gonna be my friend forever and God comes Put in the middle and he says no no no I'm gonna put enmity. She's not gonna be your friend. Okay? You deceived her You have brought misery To her life and to Adam To both of them you have brought misery, but she's not gonna be your friend. I'm gonna put enmity Here we have God declaring war war against misery War against sin and God says I will put Emnity between you the woman. She's not gonna be your friend I'm gonna gain back her to me I put enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring and Her offspring this battle is gonna be a battle for the edges. I'm gonna be Fighting To redeem and you know what it doesn't matter What's going on in your marriage? Right now probably You are in a very big problem some of you By God speaking this morning. He says that he's gonna fight For you for your marriage for us by his grace Because this is grace. This is grace This is mercy So God says I will put Emnity between you and the woman between you's your offspring and her offspring This is the story of the Bible This verse is it's a story of the Bible a story of redemption I think that was Augustine who says that the Bible the whole Bible is a commentary on on Genesis 3 15 Genesis 3 15 is it's a seed You know that brings out all the rest of the scripture all the the stories that you read in the Bible Come from here and then in God says He shall bruise your head the offspring of the woman Which we know is Jesus Christ You know the story is long and the offspring Manifested in several ways, but at the end of the story is Jesus Christ He shall bruise your head Remember that God speaking to the serpent He's announcing he's predicting that the serpent is gonna lose this bottle God says he shall bruise your head and you shall bruise his heel and this happened in it This is what happened in the cross When Jesus was dead He died for our sins. He died because of our misery He died he died because we are unable To find Delight and intimacy with God for ourselves We are unable by ourselves to To find delight and intimacy in our marches. It's only him Who can help us This was the only hope for Adam and Eve at this point in their in their miss miserable life missable life That was tragedy it was terrible Very sad failure in the extreme But God speaking God is speaking He gives promises of restoration God commits himself To a covenant of grace here because this is a covenant We learn later on in the scriptures that this is a covenant And he commits himself to fight He declares war against misery against the miseries of sin And he promises to fight this war Through Jesus Christ Through Jesus Christ his seed the offspring Paul says that you know and the book of Galatians and Romans He explains we have now we have the blessing of having all the scriptures the Old Testament and the New Testament to understand this But in regard to our marriages This means that there is hope for your marriage There is hope of restoration is someone here someone here though is Hasn't repented of his sins and hasn't believed in Jesus Christ Hasn't come to him For mercy for forgiveness. This is the time for you to do it for you to have a eternal life To receive forgiveness for the sins For restoration of your fellowship with God and also for restoration of your marriage Otherwise the sin also brings no misery misery and failure the wages of Sin are death But the gift of God's eternal life in Jesus Christ and God Also restore restores marriages and lives He can take you out of your of your addictions Whatever it is pornography alcohol drugs Violence violence, whatever it is Can restore your life and bring Intimacy again with him with creation with your wife and Delight to live life again. He said I have come to give life and you know God Here in chapter 3 15 of Genesis. He warranties the victory of his seed He weren't cheese as he's gonna fight that he's gonna win He did that sending his son Jesus Christ As a man just like you and me to live a life of obedience an Innocent life a life that No man has been able to live only him a Perfect man living a perfect life For us Who are imperfect who are sinners and he died on the cross He was innocent He didn't have to die, but he went to the cross for us So that whoever believes in him Shall have eternal life For God so loved the world That he gave his Unlucky god son to give us eternal life and to restore our marriages so what we have here in this last scene is Adam and Eve in The way back to the garden of Eden It's a long long way It's full of fair of a lot of difficulties But if God is with us, he's gonna bring us back to the garden To the garden of eternal life To get to the garden of grace To the garden of a restored marriage we want that We want to ask God to give us that let's pray heavenly father. Thank you for your mercy Thank you for the garden Thank you for teaching us in chapter 2 of Genesis that you have a plan of Delight and intimacy for us with you with your creation and with our wives and Thank you because when we fail when we are disappointed when struggles come when sin and The strong destructive addictions come to our lives you are You are a God God of mercy You are merciful Full of grace and forgiveness in Jesus Christ Help us, please to understand and to live this kind of life in the name of Jesus. Amen