THE DESIRE FOR INTIMACY STARTED IN THE THE GARDEN

THE FIG LEAVES SYMBOLICALLY ACT AS BARRIER

DO YOU...

• hide among the trees?
• come out from the trees but are covering our vulnerable places with fig leaves?
• unabashedly approach God completely uncovered, hiding nothing?

INDENTIFY

WHAT ARE THE FIG LEAVES

HOW DO YOU APPROACH GOD?

WHAT ARE YOU

Yaddah/Ginosco:
Indicates a close, warm, & passionate intimacy combined with head knowledge that produces life. It is multidimensional.

# 1: ACADEMIC

#2- TECHNICAL

#3: PERSONAL

#4: FACE TO FACE

Genesis 3:8-10 "When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”...

#5: UNITING

Each earthly relationship we have should always point us back to our creator and physically prepare our flesh for spiritual circumstances.

They should never take the place of our intimacy with our holy creator.

INTIMACY IS A PROCESS

True intimacy causes God's Word to become authoritative to us, His promises true, His character revealed, and our trust unwavering.

And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony,
stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. (Ezekiel 36:26)