圣经研读#2 – 男人和女人是照着祂的形象造的 IBS#2 – Man and Woman Created in His Image

第二课Lesson 2

圣经研读#2 – 男人和女人是照着祂的形象造的

 

 读创世纪 – 第二章

创世纪1-2:4是整个创造的概论，下一段在创世纪2:5-25，再回头详细讲人的创造。

1.  在这段创造里有什么证据，认为人是地上主要的创造？

 

 2.  万物中，神特别吩咐人约束自己，不可做一件事，是什么事？人服从这个吩咐表明什么？你认为分别善恶的树是什么？吃那树上的果子会发生什么要命的事？

 

a.  负面的吩咐和正面的吩咐有何差异？

 

 3. 神所造的一切都“甚好”（创世纪1:31）。在创世纪2:18 神所说第一件“不好”的是什么？为什么那“不好”？

 

 4.  创造夏娃之前，神给亚当什么工作（19-20节）？神造女人和祂造其他一切雌性生物如何不同？ 

 

a.  以亚当的肋骨造夏娃有什么重要意义？什么会使女人成为“合适的帮手”？ 

 

b. 夏娃这“次生的” 和亚当这“首生的”有什么区别？这个先后次序对他们的角色和功能造成什么后果？

创世纪2:24的叙述不按时间次序，因为亚当并没有父母可“离开”，然而这句话从此作了婚姻的原则，因为后来耶稣（马太福音19: 5和马可福音10:9) 和保罗（以弗所书 5:31)都引用这句话.  

 

5.  “人要离开父母”是什么意思？不离开他的父母会如何影响妻子，影响妻子和他以及和孩子的关系？在基督教信仰以外，这样的看法有多普遍？当圣经和文化冲突的时候，信徒该怎么办？

 

 

6.  “成为一体”是什么意思？他们“二人赤身露体，并不羞耻”告诉我们神对这个新结合预定的目的是什么？神怎么看婚姻？希伯来书13:4。

 

结论:

 神先从尘土造亚当，成为领头的，然后从亚当的肋骨造夏娃，做他合适的帮手，二人联合为一体，实施神给他们的使命，繁衍并代理祂掌管地土。这个最亲密成为一体的关系，其优先次序超乎所有其他和父母或和孩子的血缘关系。看为如此尊贵， 因为那是神所设立，为了荣耀祂自己（以弗所书5:31-32）

照神的形象造的，男人和女人一起就能展示基督牺牲的爱，和祂教会在爱中的顺服。

 

Lesson #2

IBS #2 – Man and Woman Created in His Image

 

 Read Genesis – chapter 2

While Gen.1-2:4 gives an overview account of creation, the next section, Gen.2:5-25 goes back and zooms in on the specific creation of humans.

1.  What evidences from this creation account support the idea that man is the primary creation for the earth?

 

 2.  God specifically commands the man to withhold himself from only one thing in the creation.  What is it?  What does man’s obedience to this command signify?  What do you think the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is?  What is so devastating about eating from it?

 

a.  What is the difference between negative and positive commands?

 

 3. Everything God created is “very good” (Gen 1:31).  What in Gen 2:18 does God evaluate as the first thing that is “not good”?  Why is this “not good”?

 

 4.  What task (vv:19-20) does God give Adam before creating Eve?  How is God’s creation of the woman different from His previous creation of all other creatures of the feminine gender? 

 

a.  What significance does creating Eve from Adam’s rib have? What makes a woman a “suitable helper”? 

 

b.  What is the difference between Eve as “second-born” and Adam who was “first-born”? What ramifications could this have for their roles and functions?

Gen. 2:24 is a statement that is out of chronological sequence for Adam since he does not have parents to “leave,” but this gives the principles for marriage throughout time, as it is repeated later by Jesus (Matt 19:5 and Mark 10:9) and by Paul (Eph 5:31). 

 

5.  What does it means for the man to “leave his father and his mother”?  How does not leaving his parents affect the wife and her relationships with him and their children?  How common is this view outside the Christian faith?  What should a believer do when Scripture conflicts with culture?

 

6.  What does it mean to “become one flesh”?  What does their being “both naked and not ashamed” tell us about God’s intended purpose for this new union?  How does God view marriage?  Heb 13:4.

 

Summary:

 God created Adam first from the dust to become the leader, and later created Eve from Adam’s rib to be his suitable helper, to unite as one to carry out God’s mandate to multiply and rule the earth as His agents.  This most intimate one-flesh relationship is given priority over all other blood-relationships with parents or children.  It is to be held in honor as it was instituted by God to bring glory to Himself (Eph 5:31-32).

Created in God’s image, the man and woman together can display the sacrificial love of Christ and the loving submission of His Church.