Hi this is Jimmy Evans with Marriage Today. This podcast is dedicated to equipping

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subscribe for more marriage building content. I want to talk to you about the fourth law of marriage.

Genesis 225, it says the man and his wife were both naked and they were unashamed.

The word naked there is the word a Rome. It just means to be exposed. So God

created marriage to be the most intimate relationship on earth,

and intimacy is only possible when there's unhindered access.

And so the nakedness that Adam and Eve had

was mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical.

And I don't believe they had a pornographic physical nakedness.

I believe the glory of God covered their bodies before they sin.

And so Adam and Eve were able to completely open their minds, their emotions, their dreams, their spirits spirits and their bodies to each other

without any shame or fear whatsoever so they could have intimacy and that was true

until sin came into the garden and when Sin came into the Garden of Eden,

immediately they began to hide themselves

from God and each other.

And this wonderful nakedness that they had before,

this exposure on every level that they had before now they didn't have

because intimacy is not possible in a sinful environment. When you're not

safe for me, when you're sending against me with your words and actions.

Now remember, when Adam and he's sinned and God came to Adam and said, what is this that you've

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