Aug 23, 2026 · 46 min · 8 segments
You were built for relationships! A divine blueprint was established in the first two chapters of the Bible. But only one chapter later what you were built for becomes blocked by sin and its lingering…
Mark SpanselHost
And if we look carefully, those first principles Are also there in our design, the design that God has given us for relationships.
Can I just stop there and say this? God existed from eternity past in community.
It wasn't like [laughs] God was sitting up in some dark closet by Himself, twiddling His thumbs, waiting to create the universe.
Therefore, loneliness, loneliness was never part of the plan, even before the creation of man.
Clearly, we see this when God's design, this, this part of God's design, when we read in Genesis 2:18, "It is not good for man to be alone." Listen, the God who lived in perfect, loving, joy-filled, satisfying community, creating us in His image, designed, listen, that we too should live in community, a truth-filled community, because God is the way, the truth, and the life.
"Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.
He said to the woman, 'Did God actually say, "You shall not eat of any tree in the garden"?' The woman said to the serpent, 'We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden, but God said, "You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die."' But the serpent said to the woman, 'You will not surely die.
And if we look carefully, those first principles Are also there in our design, the design that God has given us for relationships.
Can I just stop there and say this? God existed from eternity past in community.
It wasn't like [laughs] God was sitting up in some dark closet by Himself, twiddling His thumbs, waiting to create the universe.
Therefore, loneliness, loneliness was never part of the plan, even before the creation of man.
Clearly, we see this when God's design, this, this part of God's design, when we read in Genesis 2:18, "It is not good for man to be alone." Listen, the God who lived in perfect, loving, joy-filled, satisfying community, creating us in His image, designed, listen, that we too should live in community, a truth-filled community, because God is the way, the truth, and the life.
"Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.
He said to the woman, 'Did God actually say, "You shall not eat of any tree in the garden"?' The woman said to the serpent, 'We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden, but God said, "You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die."' But the serpent said to the woman, 'You will not surely die.
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