THE FIRST MARRIAGE, OUR EXAMPLE.

When you take a look at the first marriage in history, Gen 2:24... After God made man, he put him in the Garden of Eden, the word "Eden" is Hebrew word for "where God dwells", so the first thing God gave man was "His Presence".

So the first thing a man needs is NOT a woman, it is the presence of God, and a woman should meet him in the presence of God. Eve met Adam in Eden. Some women amaze me, the leave the presence of God, go outside to find a man and then try to drag him back into the presence of God.

The next thing God gave man after putting him in the Garden was WORK. (Gen 2:15) God gave man work before woman. That means a man need a job before he gets a woman. Gods priorities are very clear. The third thing God told man was "Cultivate"

Cultivate here means; bring out the best in everything around you, to maximize the potentials of everything around you, To make everything fruitful. He only said that to the male. That's why God will never give a man a finished woman.

The male was created by God to create what he wants. The woman you are looking for doesn't exist, she's in your head. Your job is to take the raw material you married and cultivate it into the woman in your head.

If your wife is putting a little weight and you don't like that, don't criticize her, it's your job to wake her at 6am, "Hey baby, let's go jogging"  You don't like her dress, take her to a boutique and buy her cloths you like. She can't speak good English? Send her to school and pay her tuition fee. CULTIVATE HER!!!!

The forth thing God said to man, he said "Guard the Garden". The man has to be the protector of everything under his care. That's why God gave you a stronger bone frame. A bigger muscle mass, not to abuse the woman, but to protect the woman.

The last thing God gave man was his Word... God told man not to touch the tree, God never told the woman about the tree, NEVER!!!..... Which means it was the man who received the word of God and his job was to teach his wife the word of God.

Nothing frustrates a woman like when she asks her man "So what do you think" and the man answers "what ever you think is OK"..... Don't do that Mr, don't do that. She's looking for knowledge and direction.
That was the last command God gave to man in Vs 17.

Now watch this, in vs 18, God said, "Its is not good for this man to be alone" now, don't just read the statement fast, read it again slowly 

"It is not good for THIS MAN to be alone" WHAT MAN ??

The man who is
*In his presence
*Has a job (working)
*Can Cultivate a woman
*Can protect a woman
*Can teach a woman

So here's the problem, if you meet a man who don't like his presence, ain't working, can't cultivate you, can't protect you and can't teach you then, IT IS GOOD FOR THAT MAN TO BE ALONE.

Sermon by    Dr Myles Munroe