Title: "Life in Paradise, Part One"

1. What photograph did Andy show the kids? When you hear the word “paradise” what images or experiences come to most peoples’ minds? How would most people react to the statement: “True paradise is saying ‘Yes’ to the life God made us for”? What makes that statement true?

2. Read Genesis 2:5-9a. How does this scene of creation dovetail with the one in Genesis 1? Read vv. 10-14. Rather than getting caught up in trying to locate Eden on a map, what big point is Moses making by focusing on these diverse aspects of creation in connection to the garden?

3. Read v. 15. What is special about the terms translated “work” and “keep”? How does that imbue sacred honor and significance into even our most mundane work? Tell about a common task you’ll think about differently in the future because of that. Read vv. 16-17. Why is this called the Covenant of Works? How did it point the readers of Genesis ahead to Jesus?