1. Who are you? Really? 1

2. Genesis 2:7 Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. 2

3. You are 1.Soil 2.S 3.S 4.S 5.S 3

4. 4 “Soil” (Dust) (Gen 3:19 NIV) By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return." (Psa 103:14 NIV) for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.

5. You are 1.Soil 2.Special 3.S 4.S 5.S 5

6. 6 Special statements (Gen 1:27 NIV) So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. (Gen 2:7 NIV) the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

7. Studdert Kennedy poem: I’m a man, and a man’s a mixture Right down from his very birth; For part of him comes from heaven, And part of him comes from earth. 7

8. You are 1.Soil 2.Special 3.Sinner 4.S 5.S 8

9. 9 Genesis 3 (NIV) 4 "You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman. 5 "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

10. 10 Genesis 3 (NIV) 6 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.

11. 11 Genesis 3 (NIV) 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.

12. 12 The nature of sin UNBELIEF “Did God really say” PRIDE “You will be like God” GREED “Good for food”

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14. GOD 14

15. unbelief 15

16. SELF pride 16

17. SELF concupiscence 17

18. 18 1 John 2:16 (NIV) For everything in the world--the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does-- comes not from the Father but from the world.

19. Prodigal Son Rejects Father sets himself up Focuses on possessions 19

20. Romans 3:23 All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. 20

21. You are 1.Soil 2.Special 3.Sinner 4.Saveable 5.S 21

22. 22 (John 3:16 NIV) For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

23. You are 1.Soil 2.Special 3.Sinner 4.Saveable 5.Sanctifiable 23

24. Galatians 5:22,23a the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. 24

25. You are 1.Soil 2.Special 3.Sinner 4.Saveable 5.Sanctifiable 25

26. My Prayer Let the beauty of Jesus be seen in me. All His wondrous compassion and purity. O Thou Spirit divine, all my nature refine, Till the beauty of Jesus be seen in me. 26