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The Making of a Helper

Sunday 16 March 2025 Pastor Craig Ledbetter Genesis 2:18
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I. Introduction and Review

A. We are studying the Book of Genesis, verse by verse

  1. Moses wrote Genesis as an inspired record of what happened at the beginning of everything - a true record
  2. He wasn’t there at Creation, but he wrote down what God said happened - it is the word of God, not of Moses

B. We have worked through all of chapter one

The creation of the universe, the earth, of the sun moon and all the stars and planets, as well as the creation of life

C. We are in Chapter 2

And have learned so far about the importance of a day of rest - the Sabbath - and the creation of the first man, Adam

II. Review from Last Week

A. The Making of a Man (Genesis 2:7)

“And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” - Genesis 2:7

  1. Made out of dust of the ground - even though we came from dirt, a human being is the most complex thing in the universe
  2. Breathed-into by God Almighty (Genesis 2:7) - given life - a miracle!
  3. And God gave him a SOUL and a spirit inside his body
    • The real you inside you - just under the skin - invisible, but just as real
    • The part of you that chooses, makes decisions
    • That laughs and grieves
    • That thinks and ponders and learns
    • And it is the part of you that God so loved, that He gave His only begotten Son
    • Because without Jesus, you will lose your soul forever in hell!

“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” - Mark 8:36,37

B. God made a Special Garden (Genesis 2:8-15) that Needed Work

C. God made one rule

A commandment - “thou shalt not eat of it”

  1. And with the commandment, God gave a warning
  2. He and all humans have been created with FREE WILL - Adam is given a commandment and a warning for him to choose between
  3. Pay attention to rules - especially to GOD’S laws
  4. Every choice WILL have consequences!
  5. And the consequences of sinning can go as far as death
  6. That is why we are told to FEAR the Lord - because there are consequences to ignoring God’s limits, and God’s rules, and God’s laws

D. There was One More Thing to Make - A Help for Adam (Genesis 2:18)

  1. Not just a woman, and not even just a wife, but a help!

“And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.” - Genesis 2:18

E. What “Pattern” are you following?

  1. Women today have followed the patterns of Hollywood, Fashion, Music, Margaret Sanger, Cartoons, Magazines, TikTok, Instagram, and Romance Novels
  2. They are called “influencers” - and they sure have influenced a lot of women!
  3. Today, the majority of divorces are initiated by women
  4. There were over 10,000 abortions of babies in Ireland last year, by women
  5. The number of women and especially young women on antidepressants is skyrocketing
  6. Don’t you think women have been lied to long enough?

F. The Perfect Pattern

  1. If churches refuse to teach biblical womanhood (or are AFRAID to), then women will never hear it. They’ll only be taught by the feminists, to be feminists.
  2. It is time women looked back in the pages of this Bible and see what GOD designed you to be - because His designs are perfect!

III. Message

A. The Man was Alone - and it was NOT good (Genesis 2:18)

“And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.” - Genesis 2:18

  1. That is a strong statement - that something was NOT GOOD in the Garden
  2. It was not sinful or evil that Adam was alone
  3. It just was NOT how a man was designed to be
    • The man was only half of a whole, physically and emotionally
    • Adam needed God for sure
    • No man can ever be complete or whole without GOD
    • But with God ruling in his life, a man is complete in Christ spiritually

“And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power.” - Colossians 2:10

  1. So Adam needed another human with him
    • He was not designed to be a bachelor all his life
    • Adam needed more than a friend, a buddy, a partner
    • He needed a wife
    • But God doesn’t call her a wife - He said “I will make him an help”

B. Adam was a Man who Needed Help (Genesis 2:18)

  1. Adam was Not Complete when he was Created

    • Adam lacked nothing to be able to walk with God, and worship, and do right
    • Adam was NOT a cripple. Not stupid. Not an idiot.
    • But simply “incomplete” - not whole!
    • Man was DESIGNED that way!

  2. Designed and Built Incomplete in Every Way

    • Most men try really hard to NOT need help
    • But God did not design Adam to be a superman
    • God created Adam with some big needs:
      • To need God
      • To need air and water and food and rest
      • To need a purpose, and work, and accomplishments
      • And to need a wife

  3. So, God announced all over heaven that He would make for Adam that missing part… a helper

IV. Conclusion

A. God designed man to need a helper

B. A wife is not just a companion - she is designed to be a help

C. The world’s patterns for womanhood have led to destruction

D. God’s pattern is perfect and brings blessing

E. Have you submitted your life to God’s design?

For more information, contact Bible Baptist Church of Ballincollig at www.biblebc.com

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