Text:  Genesis 2:4-17

God’s Providential Design in Creating All Things (Genesis 2:4-7)

• The generations of the heaven and the earth refer to the God’s creation of man and woman.
• God’s name (Yahweh-Elohim) declares Him as both Creator and Covenant-Redeemer.
• God created a perfect setting for man to live and breathes His life into him.

God’s Providential Design in Creating Us to Work (Genesis 2:8-17)

• God placed man in the Garden of Eden with abundant provision and beauty.
• God created man with a responsibility to work and keep the Garden of Eden.
• God commanded Adam to abstain from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil to establish His good authority.