We Broke It
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Introduction
Introduction
I want to take some time this morning, and think together about something that is seen throughout scripture. Something that will put Christ’s death in perspective for us.
We Broke It
We Broke It
Let’s start with the book of Genesis.
Genesis 3:1-7.
1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.
He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ” 4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 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.” 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.
In this context we see mankind’s first sin. The sin that led, not only to the brokenness and fallenness of man, but it also led to a broken creation.
We see this in the language used:
The woman saw the fruit
The woman desired the fruit
The woman took the fruit
What we see is that the woman, and Adam as well, saw something that they desired, and they gave into those desires and took it.
God wasn’t ruling them anymore. They were being ruled by their desires.
This pattern that we see from the first sin is continued throughout the Bible story.
Joshua 7:10-12, 16-21.
In the context, Joshua is upset with God because they were just defeated by Ai, so he falls on his face and asks God, ‘why bring us into the land if we are just going to be destroyed.’
Here’s how God answers.
10 The Lord said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face? 11 Israel has sinned; they have transgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings. 12 Therefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become devoted for destruction. I will be with you no more, unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.
16 So Joshua rose early in the morning and brought Israel near tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was taken. 17 And he brought near the clans of Judah, and the clan of the Zerahites was taken. And he brought near the clan of the Zerahites man by man, and Zabdi was taken. 18 And he brought near his household man by man, and Achan the son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. 19 Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the Lord God of Israel and give praise to him. And tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.” 20 And Achan answered Joshua, “Truly I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and this is what I did: 21 when I saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, then I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
So, what do we see here?
Achan saw the treasure.
Achan desired the treasure.
Achan took the treasure.
It’s the same thing that happened in the garden. Achan saw what he desired, and he gave into his desires.
Again, we see that God wasn’t in charge. Achan allowed his desires to control him.
Here’s one more example
2 Samuel 11:1-5.
1 In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.
2 It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful. 3 And David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, “Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?” 4 So David sent messengers and took her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she had been purifying herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned to her house. 5 And the woman conceived, and she sent and told David, “I am pregnant.”
What do we see?
David saw Bathsheba
David desired Bathsheba
David took Bathsheba
It’s the same thing that we saw in the garden… It’s the same thing that we saw in Joshua 7, as a matter of fact, even the language is the same.
In all three stories, someone ‘saw’ something that they desired
In all three stories, someone ‘took’ something that they shouldn’t have.
These stories share the same elements… They do this for a reason. These stories show us the fallenness and brokenness of man.
Over and over again, we fall into the same mistakes. Over and over again, we allow our desires to rule over us.
These stories show us that humanity is broken, and because of that, we broke the world.
If this were the end of the story, it wouldn’t be a good story… but it isn’t the end of the story.
He Fixes It
He Fixes It
We broke it, but Jesus fixes it.
Jesus is the truly human one that doesn’t let his desires control him.
When Satan showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, did Jesus take it? No.
Jesus obeys God rather than his own desires.
Because of this, Jesus is the one who fixes our brokenness.
Matthew 26:36-42.
36 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.” 37 And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38 Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.” 39 And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” 40 And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour? 41 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 42 Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.”
Notice that Jesus didn’t desire the cross, be he was willing to set aside his desires to do God’s will.
Jesus is the truly human one.
The irony of all of this is that we give into our desire and take what we shouldn’t… That’w why we are broken.
But notices what Jesus takes in Matthew 26...
He takes the cup that he shouldn’t have had to take.
Jesus didn’t deserve death. But he takes it anyway to save us.
We broke the world by taking part in sin, but Jesus fixes us by taking part in death.
And so, everySunday, we remember what Jesus did for us.
Adam and Eve took and ate and this led to the downfall of man.
In the same way, we take and eat to remember the salvation of man.