When God spoke, He made order out of chaos. When man fails to act in God’s image, and speak, the result is more chaos. And very important to recognize: It brings the severing of relationship. And that is what this is all about  relationships. How is my silence going to affect my relationship with others?

The Bible shows that it will definitely destroy them.

1. Adam’s silence destroyed his relationship with God and his wife.

2. Abraham’s silence resulted in the Arab/Israeli conflict.

3. Lot’s relationship with his daughters and his wife was not good.

4. Isaac had almost no relationship with his wife or son, Jacob. This is obvious when you read the story of Isaac’s deception at the blessing. Isaac never talks to Rebekah. He never talks to Jacob (except when he thinks Jacob is Esau). Rebekah never talks to Esau. And Jacob never talks to Esau. You see a family divided right down the middle.

Notice also that in each of these situations, when the man was silent, the women stepped in and took control. God said that was going to be the woman’s natural tendency in Gen. 3:16, and we can see it happening over and over again.

So, man’s natural tendency is to be silent. But what we’ve seen so far ought to do away with the description of a man as "The Strong Silent Type." When you understand these principles, it makes you want to change it to "The Weak Silent Type."

Summary

What we’ve seen is that God speaks into disorder and creates order and life. Man is created in God’s image and should also speak into disorder and create order and life.