Sister Esther Ibo\'s: Speaker at Calgary Mestro SDA Church, March 27, 2010

1. The W’s

2. Genesis 3:8-13,21 (NIV) 8 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. 9 But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”

3. 10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.” 11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”

4. 12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” 13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

5. 21 The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.

6. GENESIS 3:9 But the Lord God called the man, “Where are you?”

7. Question of SELF AWARENESS SELF EXAMINATION

8. GENESIS 3: 10 I heard you in the garden. I was afraid. I was naked. I hid.

9. GENESIS 3:7 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.

10. GENESIS 3:11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”

11. Question of CONFIRMATION

12. GENESIS 3:13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”

13. A Question of RESPONSIBILITY

14. The first questions God asked His creatures, are the same questions He is asking you and me today.

15. WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER?

16. THE HOPE GENESIS 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.

17. 1 CORINTHIANS 15:21-22 21For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.

18. 22 For as in Adam all die, so In Christ all will be made alive.

19. Romans 5:8 … while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

20. he was crushed, by JESUS blood.

21. CLEANSE ME Search me, O God and know my heart today; Try me, O Savior, know my thought, I pray. See if there be some wicked way in me; Cleanse me from ev’ry sin and set me free.

22. I praise Thee, Lord, for cleansing me from sin; Fulfill Thy word and make pure within. Fill me with fire where once I burned with shame; Grant my desire to magnify Thy name.

23. Lord, take my life and make it wholly Thine. Fill my poor heart with Thy great love divine. Take all my will, my passion, self and pride; I now surrender, Lord in me abide.

24. God bless us all. Let us live with those question, It is a question for our Christian journey, What is your answer?

25. This question was asked by the Lord, not because He need information, but for the conviction of the guilty pair.