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A few weeks ago I was watching a guy change the brakes on our minivan.
“We” got the brake pads, calipers, rotors and all that stuff off the vehicle.
And while I was watching…I figured I’d make myself useful and begin cleaning some of this stuff up.
So I asked where I should put these old worn-out parts.
He opened up a garage door and said throw ‘em out there.
Out there was a pile of stuff 20 feet high; 40 feet wide.
Old washing machines; Dishwashers; Bicycles; lawnmowers.
All of these things had one thing in common - They were all broken.
They had been ridden hard and put away wet.
And I’m going to let you in on a little secret...Broken things get thrown away.
Damaged things are worthless.
They’re good for nothing.
No one wants a cracked up cell phone.
No one wants a laptop that doesn’t boot up.
No one wants a car that won’t run.
Broken things get thrown away.
Broken things are worthless.
They’re good for nothing.
Self awareness
We live in a “discard and buy new” society.
So many things today instead of fixing them or having them repaired, it’s easier just to throw them away and buy new.
Godly sorrow
Well, here’s the challenge… When it comes to people…we are broken.
Many of us don’t boot up like we used to.
Some of us don’t exactly run like we once did.
Some of us have cracks; some are warped; some are damaged; some are just limping along; But in some way, all of us are broken because of sin.
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There is an epidemic going on in our season of life / this period of time which we live, and maybe to your surprise, the epidemic isn’t sin.
It’s our acceptance of sin.
But let me be clear and get more specific.
The problem that we face today isn’t the acceptance of sin in the world.
The world is always going to be sinful.
The world is always going to be littered with sinful behavior.
The world is always - as long as it isn’t following Jesus - going to have a sin problem!
So the epidemic isn’t our acceptance of sin in the world... the epidemic that we face is the acceptance of sin in our hearts.
It’s not that we aren’t doing enough calling out of sin in this world.
It’s that we haven’t been willing enough to call it out in our own lives.
And that makes us broken.
Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path.
And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself.
1Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path.
And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself.
We want revival to break out because so many people around us need it.
You know who needs it to break out…me…you…the church.
You know how it’s going to break out?
Repentence.
A recognition of the brokenness in our lives and the need to be restored.
We want revival to break out because so many people around us need it.
You know who needs it to break out…me…you…the church.
You know how it’s going to break out?
Repentance.
Recognizing the brokenness in our lives and the need to change.
We want revival to break out because so many people around us need it.
You know who needs it to break out…me…you…the church.
You know how it’s going to break out?
Repentence.
A recognition of the brokenness in our lives and the need to be restored.
That’s the bad news… The bad news is that we’re broken… The good news is this...
God sent his Son, who was without sin, to be broken, so that we might be restored/healed/made new.
The night Jesus was betrayed, when he was with his disciples, He broke the bread saying, “This is my body, which is broken for you.”
He went all the way to the cross to die so that we could live.
His death made it possible for broken, sinful humanity to be restored into a right relationship with God.
The good news is that God doesn’t throw away broken people.
He doesn’t discard the broken.
God doesn’t even give up on the broken.
In fact...
God takes broken things and makes something better.
10Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.
God makes room in the Kingdom for broken people It’s almost as though God prefers broken people.
He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.
“God blesses those who are poor (in spirit) and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.”
He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.
The Kingdom is for the broken.
He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.
He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.
(NLT) The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.
Create in me
Why do the Gospels highlight so much of Jesus’ time with the broken of his time - prostitutes, tax collectors, unclean, poor, sick, & those who weren’t like him?
When Jesus was questioned as to why he was associating with people like this, He said, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do.
I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”
God takes broken things and makes something better.
Renew within me
17When Jesus heard this, he told them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do.
I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”
There’s something significant about those who realize their need for him.
Nicodemus, Zacchaeus, Levi, the woman at the well, all realized that there was something missing in their lives.
All realized that their lives were broken and messed up.
And when a receptive heart collides with a pursuing Savior… God makes broken beautiful!
God can make broken beautiful
This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person.
The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
11Do not banish me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.
17This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person.
The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
(NLT) The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.
Do not banish
(NLT) The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.
Don’t take
12Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.
Restore me
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