Dr. McKellar’s Lesson for December 10, 2023

The First Couple and the First Christmas

Genesis 2:5-25; 1 John 1:1-4

1. Formation 2:5-7

• repetition of LORD God
• formed
• breathed
• living creature

2. Environment 2:8-17

• garden provision
• work assignment
• commands and parameters

3. Family 2:18-25

• conspicuous absence and naming implications
• sculpted helper
• Adam’s response
• institution of marriage: leave, cleave, one flesh

4. Foreshadowing 1 John 1:1-4, Luke 2:7-12, Luke 3:33-38

• obedient and humble creatures
• condescending and caring Creator/Redeemer

5. So What?

• Because of the Father’s creative and redemptive work through Jesus, bow before Him in adoring worship.
• “Seek not in courts, nor palaces, nor royal curtains draw; but search the stable, see our God, extended on the straw.” (W. Billings, “Methinks I See a Heavenly Host”)
• Ponder the Son of God who, as the Agent of creation, sculpted Adam and Eve from the dust of the ground and breathed into them the breath of life.
• “I don’t care if you’ve been on the paid staff of hell…” (T. Keller)