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Chapter 14. Only God can restore all things.

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Ladies and gentlemen, we have learnt that. All

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reality depends on God. Without God, everything

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is broken. Without the triune Creator Father,

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Son, and Holy Spirit, the world itself has no

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foundation. Science, logic, morality, order,

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and even your very thoughts would be meaningless.

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But here's the problem. We, as a people, are

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shattered. Just like the rhyme, Humpty Dumpty

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sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

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All the king's horses and all the king's men

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couldn't put Humpty and Dumpty together again.

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The fall, how we got here. Humpty Dumpty sat

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on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. Once

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upon a time, mankind sat secure created by God,

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whole, perfect, unbroken. But just like Humpty

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Dumpty, we fell. We shattered. Sin entered the

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world. The curse of death was set in motion.

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And no human power, no king's horses, no king's

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men could ever fix what was broken. Science can't

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fix the soul. Philosophy can't explain away the

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problem. Politics can't repair what was lost.

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Self -help can't glue the pieces back together.

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The laws of the universe declare order, but human

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history declares chaos. We are all, humpty -dumpty,

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sitting on a wall that is crumbling beneath us.

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The moment we sin, we fall. And the moment we

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fall, we break. And the moment we break, we face

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death. Romans 6 .23 For the wages of sin is death,

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but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ

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Jesus our Lord. The futility of human effort,

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all the king's horses and all the king's men,

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Couldn't put Humpty and Dumpty together again.

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The world has tried to repair itself with false

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gods, human philosophies, and scientific theories

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that claim we are nothing but accidents of evolution.

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But think about it. If we are just random matter,

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why do we yearn for meaning? If morality is an

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illusion, why do we cry out for justice? If death

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is natural, why do we fear it so deeply? Because

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deep inside, we know the truth. We were created

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for something more. But we are broken beyond

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self -repair. The cracks are too deep. The fractures

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too severe. No scientist, philosopher, or politician

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can undo sin, suffering, and death. And so, the

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world is left grasping at illusions of hope that

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ultimately fail. Atheism says we are just cosmic

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accidents. Pantheism says all is an illusion

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and suffering is just karma. So secular morality

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says good and evil are just social constructs.

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Science claims to explain life but cannot explain

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why life exists at all. Each of these is an attempt

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to fix the shattered mess of humanity. But no

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king's horses, no king's men can put Humpty Dumpty

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back together again. The king who came to restore.

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The rhyme is a tragedy, but should we continue

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like that without hope? No, because here is the

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good news, the gospel. What the world could not

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fix, God himself came to restore. Jesus Christ,

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the Son of God, stepped down into this broken

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world. He lived without sin, without fracture,

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without fault. He obeyed God's law perfectly,

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something no one else had ever done. And then

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he did something incredible. He willingly took

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our brokenness upon himself. Isaiah 53 .5 But

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he was pierced for our transgressions, he was

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crushed for our iniquities. Upon him was the

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chastisement that brought us peace, and by his

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wounds we are healed. On the cross, Jesus Christ

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bore the full weight of our sin, death, and destruction.

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He allowed himself to be crushed so that we might

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be made whole. He died, taking the penalty we

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deserved. But the story doesn't end with his

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death. The resurrection, the ultimate restoration.

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Three days later, Jesus rose from the dead. The

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power that governs the universe, upholds the

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laws of nature, and binds reality together. God

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himself reversed death. And with his resurrection,

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he declared that death would not have the final

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say. John 11, 25, 26. I am the resurrection and

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the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die,

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yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and

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believes in me shall never die. This is the difference

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between the gospel and every failed human effort.

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Science cannot undo death. Technology cannot

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raise the dead. Philosophy cannot stop the grave.

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But Jesus Christ did. Jesus doesn't just glue

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the shattered pieces of your life back together.

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He makes you new. 2 Corinthians 5 .17 Therefore,

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if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.

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The old has passed away. Behold, the new has

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come. The resurrection of Jesus guarantees that

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one day all things will be made new. The broken

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world will be restored, and those who trust in

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Him will receive eternal life, free from sin,

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suffering, and death. Revelation 21 .4 he will

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wipe away every tear from their eyes and death

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shall be no more neither shall there be mourning

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nor crying nor pain any more for the former things

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have passed away the choice before you right

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now you are at a crossroads you can continue

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believing in a random meaningless universe trying

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to make sense of life in a broken world or you

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can trust in the one who designed reality itself

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Like Humpty Dumpty, you are falling, you are

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breaking, you are dying, and you cannot fix yourself.

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But Jesus can. He alone has conquered death.

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He alone restores. He alone makes whole. Romans

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10, 9. If you confess with your mouth that Jesus

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is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised

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him from the dead, you will be saved. If you

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turn from your sin and trust in Christ, you will

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be made whole. Your brokenness will be healed.

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Your sins will be forgiven. Your death will be

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reversed. Your life will be made new. No king's

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horses and no king's men could put Humpty Dumpty

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back together again. But the king himself can.

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Will you come to the king? There is only one

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who can restore what has been broken. There is

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only one who can reverse death. There is only

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one who can save. John 14 .6 I am the way and

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the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father

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except through me. Jesus Christ is calling you.

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The King has come, the King has conquered, and

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the King is offering you life. Now if you believe,

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will you live for Him? But the question doesn't

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end here. If you choose to believe, will you

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now choose to live the rest of your life, restoring

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what is broken by doing the will of Him who restores

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all things through His resurrection? John 20,

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21 As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending

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you. Jesus did not come to be served, but to

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serve, to seek and save the lost, and to bring

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restoration where there was ruin. If you believe

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in Him, will you now live like Him? Will you

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love as He loves? Will you work for the restoration

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of others? Will you proclaim His truth in a world

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that is lost? Will you stand firm in faith, knowing

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He is making all things new? James 2 .17 so also

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faith by itself if it does not have works is

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dead turn to him trust in him live for him and

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be made whole