ICEL Scripture readings: Genesis 3:16 Genesis 3:16 To the woman he said, To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; "I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children. with pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you." Title: The three desires Subject: Returning to paradise relationship

ICEL Genesis 4: 6-7 Genesis 4: Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? 7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.“ Song of Solomon 7:10 Song of Solomon 7:10 I belong to my lover, and his desire is for me.

ICEL Introduction: Most intimate of all human relationships – Between husband and wife a) God’s design for marriage Ultimate responsibility – man

ICEL Reasons:1) Genesis 2: 20, So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found. Genesis 2:18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." 1 Corinthians 11:9 …neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.

ICEL 2) Genesis 2:22 Genesis 2:22 22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib [a] he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. a 1 Corinthians 11:8 1 Corinthians 11:8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man 1 Corinthians 11:12 1 Corinthians 11:12 For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.

ICEL 3) Genesis 2: And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die." 4) Genesis 2:22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

ICEL 5) Genesis 2:23 The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman, ' for she was taken out of man." Genesis 3:20 Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living. Suitable partner Ultimate responsibility – only functional, not superiority in being

ICEL b) Relationship after the fall Genesis 3:16 To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will for your husband, and he will rule over you." Interpretation of “desire” in Gen 3:16b – control

ICEL c) Solution In Christ In Christ Spirit-led Character of Jesus