WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.899 Bibles to Isaiah chapter 61. 00:00:04.600 --> 00:00:09.160 I'm not doing the exact same message necessarily as I would have done that night, 00:00:09.160 --> 00:00:20.559 ! but I am using the same text and just sort of tweaking it a little bit just to focus on a topic that has meant a lot to myself over the years. 00:00:20.559 --> 00:00:33.000 Because most of you who know me well know that Isaiah is probably my favorite, most dear Old Testament book, I would say, close to the Psalms. 00:00:33.899 --> 00:00:41.840 And there's just so much in there that yells Jesus and yells the glory of God. 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:55.960 And it's very important to me because around 2012, I would say, doesn't really matter, around 2012, I was going through a very difficult time in my life. 00:00:57.620 --> 00:01:03.460 As one who has suffered with a chronic disease, I was having a lot of health issues. 00:01:04.140 --> 00:01:07.879 And so the term healing has always meant a lot to me. 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:10.920 And it's used a lot in the scripture. 00:01:11.840 --> 00:01:15.680 And I was going through a number of different trials at that time. 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:20.300 I would definitely say I had some mild depression kind of going on. 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:24.460 Feeling like a failure in many different areas of my life. 00:01:25.420 --> 00:01:28.780 Feeling very fruitless in ministry terms. 00:01:29.379 --> 00:01:31.359 Just like I've been doing the same thing. 00:01:31.480 --> 00:01:32.700 Where is this going? 00:01:33.620 --> 00:01:34.600 A lot of burnout. 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:36.719 And very lonely. 00:01:37.080 --> 00:01:38.820 Very lonely from being single. 00:01:38.819 --> 00:01:46.359 I had a number of really, really close brothers of mine that multiple guys had just moved off that year. 00:01:47.199 --> 00:01:50.319 And are in many different places in the world right now. 00:01:50.659 --> 00:01:52.639 But just feeling that loss as well. 00:01:53.879 --> 00:02:04.139 And I think Nathan and Chris Stewart at the time saw just how bad I was doing and just told me to take a break. 00:02:04.140 --> 00:02:04.939 So I did. 00:02:06.060 --> 00:02:07.659 And of course, y'all know me. 00:02:07.900 --> 00:02:13.659 I went to my favorite wee island in the North Atlantic for about a month or so. 00:02:14.860 --> 00:02:18.199 And God just met with me there in a very powerful way. 00:02:18.539 --> 00:02:24.319 And some of the stuff that the Lord did there will be shared throughout this. 00:02:24.319 --> 00:02:32.699 But one of the passages that God used during that time was the first few verses here in Isaiah 61. 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:39.060 And to focus on how Christ came to heal the brokenhearted. 00:02:40.500 --> 00:02:47.419 And I listened to an old vintage classic sermon by Dr. Martin Lloyd-Jones. 00:02:47.419 --> 00:02:52.579 And I've already promised a few people I would try to say it like in his Welsh accent. 00:02:52.859 --> 00:02:57.439 But Christ came to heal the brokenhearted. 00:02:57.699 --> 00:02:59.599 That's the best way I can say it. 00:03:01.060 --> 00:03:03.259 And so we're going to focus on that today. 00:03:03.319 --> 00:03:08.639 But let's just read the first few verses of Isaiah 61. 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:18.279 This is the third, I guess, song of what they call the servants. 00:03:19.379 --> 00:03:20.979 Poems that are here in Isaiah. 00:03:21.179 --> 00:03:23.539 Talking about the suffering servant that is to come. 00:03:24.519 --> 00:03:25.839 Speaking of Christ. 00:03:26.099 --> 00:03:27.500 But first one. 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:30.939 The spirit of the Lord God is upon me. 00:03:31.479 --> 00:03:36.179 Because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. 00:03:36.180 --> 00:03:39.640 He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted. 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:42.780 To proclaim liberty to the captives. 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:46.640 And the opening of the prison to those who are bound. 00:03:47.439 --> 00:03:49.599 To proclaim the year of the Lord's favor. 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:52.240 And the day of vengeance of our God. 00:03:53.040 --> 00:03:54.900 To comfort all who mourn. 00:03:55.740 --> 00:03:58.360 And to grant to those who mourn in Zion. 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:02.560 To give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes. 00:04:02.980 --> 00:04:05.920 The oil of gladness instead of mourning. 00:04:06.939 --> 00:04:09.800 The garment of praise instead of a faint spirit. 00:04:10.659 --> 00:04:12.879 That they may be called oaks of righteousness. 00:04:13.780 --> 00:04:15.280 The planting of the Lord. 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:17.220 That he may be glorified. 00:04:18.379 --> 00:04:20.300 Just pray with me for a moment. 00:04:20.400 --> 00:04:20.680 Father. 00:04:20.680 --> 00:04:20.780 Father. 00:04:23.540 --> 00:04:29.240 I know that myself and many people even just present today. 00:04:30.519 --> 00:04:32.680 What every one of us have experienced. 00:04:32.680 --> 00:04:35.420 What it means to have a broken heart. 00:04:37.560 --> 00:04:38.480 All of us Lord. 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:40.680 Sin has touched us. 00:04:40.780 --> 00:04:41.220 Wrecked us. 00:04:41.319 --> 00:04:41.939 Destroyed us. 00:04:42.199 --> 00:04:45.840 And Lord I pray that you would use your word. 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:48.139 In your spirit. 00:04:48.139 --> 00:04:53.359 To surgically just work in our hearts this morning. 00:04:54.239 --> 00:04:55.319 If we're distracted. 00:04:55.479 --> 00:04:56.560 I pray you'd help us focus. 00:04:56.679 --> 00:04:57.179 If we're hungry. 00:04:57.319 --> 00:04:58.039 I pray that we would. 00:04:58.759 --> 00:05:00.379 Be able to put all our mind. 00:05:00.500 --> 00:05:01.439 And our heart on you. 00:05:02.799 --> 00:05:06.299 Knowing that you're better than anything this world has to offer. 00:05:07.259 --> 00:05:08.279 That you would teach us. 00:05:08.279 --> 00:05:11.739 And that we would walk out of here. 00:05:12.939 --> 00:05:14.339 Not the same. 00:05:14.459 --> 00:05:15.759 We walk out changed Father. 00:05:16.539 --> 00:05:17.679 And only you can do this. 00:05:17.719 --> 00:05:19.099 So I ask that you would. 00:05:20.219 --> 00:05:21.279 By your grace Lord. 00:05:22.500 --> 00:05:23.379 In Christ's name. 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:24.019 Amen. 00:05:26.579 --> 00:05:26.979 So. 00:05:27.479 --> 00:05:29.119 A few points for you today. 00:05:31.179 --> 00:05:31.939 Number one. 00:05:31.939 --> 00:05:35.319 God created our hearts. 00:05:35.980 --> 00:05:37.219 To belong to him. 00:05:38.339 --> 00:05:40.740 God created our hearts to belong to him. 00:05:42.199 --> 00:05:42.719 So. 00:05:43.019 --> 00:05:44.959 When God created the heavens and the earth. 00:05:45.220 --> 00:05:48.839 And all of creation echoes the glory and excellence of God. 00:05:50.879 --> 00:05:52.879 We are created in his image. 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:56.279 A very special part of creation. 00:05:57.040 --> 00:05:59.300 Created to reflect his character. 00:06:00.019 --> 00:06:00.639 His beauty. 00:06:00.779 --> 00:06:01.339 His splendor. 00:06:01.339 --> 00:06:03.299 In a way that no other part of creation. 00:06:04.119 --> 00:06:04.639 Could. 00:06:05.919 --> 00:06:06.439 And. 00:06:06.599 --> 00:06:08.159 He also created our hearts. 00:06:08.299 --> 00:06:09.839 To belong to him. 00:06:10.819 --> 00:06:11.939 And the word heart. 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:12.619 Occurs. 00:06:13.599 --> 00:06:15.019 Over a thousand times. 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:15.879 In scripture. 00:06:17.019 --> 00:06:18.759 Making it the most common term. 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:20.239 Probably related to. 00:06:20.459 --> 00:06:21.019 Who we are. 00:06:21.099 --> 00:06:22.099 As beings created. 00:06:22.099 --> 00:06:23.019 In the image of God. 00:06:24.219 --> 00:06:26.039 And Christ often highlighted. 00:06:26.179 --> 00:06:27.239 The importance of the heart. 00:06:28.179 --> 00:06:29.099 In the gospels. 00:06:29.239 --> 00:06:30.539 The heart is referred to. 00:06:30.540 --> 00:06:31.500 Forty times. 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:33.060 Or so. 00:06:34.640 --> 00:06:35.080 And so. 00:06:35.220 --> 00:06:35.740 Just to. 00:06:35.920 --> 00:06:38.180 You could go all kinds of different directions with this. 00:06:38.260 --> 00:06:38.860 But just to. 00:06:39.200 --> 00:06:40.640 To nail it down a little bit. 00:06:42.040 --> 00:06:43.160 What is the heart? 00:06:43.160 --> 00:06:43.220 Heart. 00:06:45.500 --> 00:06:48.420 The heart is the center of our emotions. 00:06:49.420 --> 00:06:49.620 Affections. 00:06:50.820 --> 00:06:51.340 Desires. 00:06:52.540 --> 00:06:53.260 And intellectual. 00:06:53.520 --> 00:06:54.320 Moral activities. 00:06:54.560 --> 00:06:54.760 So. 00:06:55.460 --> 00:06:57.760 The Bible talks about the thoughts of our heart. 00:06:57.980 --> 00:06:59.820 And the desires of our heart. 00:06:59.819 --> 00:07:00.819 Heart. 00:07:00.819 --> 00:07:02.879 And it makes up a vital part of our spiritual makeup. 00:07:04.139 --> 00:07:06.199 A lot of men don't like to talk about their hearts. 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:07.839 I have a friend who was a. 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:08.860 U.S. 00:07:08.899 --> 00:07:09.500 Army major. 00:07:09.699 --> 00:07:10.000 And he had. 00:07:10.099 --> 00:07:11.779 He and some other officers had to get together. 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:12.279 In this little. 00:07:13.879 --> 00:07:15.159 Psychiatric counseling session. 00:07:15.579 --> 00:07:17.039 You can imagine all his old war vests. 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:17.600 Sitting in there. 00:07:17.719 --> 00:07:18.240 In a circle. 00:07:18.920 --> 00:07:19.519 With a counselor. 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:19.899 Being like. 00:07:19.939 --> 00:07:20.620 How do you feel? 00:07:20.779 --> 00:07:21.019 You know. 00:07:21.060 --> 00:07:21.819 Talk about your heart. 00:07:21.860 --> 00:07:22.399 And they're just going. 00:07:23.039 --> 00:07:23.379 No. 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:24.600 That's not going to happen. 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:27.420 And one of them was given a box of tissues. 00:07:27.519 --> 00:07:27.980 And he just like. 00:07:28.019 --> 00:07:28.939 Tossed it over his shoulder. 00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:29.279 Like. 00:07:29.339 --> 00:07:30.360 I'm not going to do this. 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:30.920 This is stupid. 00:07:32.100 --> 00:07:33.639 But men need to talk about. 00:07:33.939 --> 00:07:34.379 The heart. 00:07:34.459 --> 00:07:35.399 Because you have one. 00:07:36.300 --> 00:07:37.560 And you either learn to. 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:38.920 Control it. 00:07:39.560 --> 00:07:40.259 And channel it. 00:07:40.300 --> 00:07:41.040 For God's glory. 00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:41.360 Or. 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:43.219 It's going to control you. 00:07:43.279 --> 00:07:43.980 And dominate you. 00:07:45.500 --> 00:07:45.939 And so. 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:48.139 The heart is where our desires. 00:07:48.279 --> 00:07:49.180 Our affections are. 00:07:49.959 --> 00:07:51.399 It's where we experience joy. 00:07:52.100 --> 00:07:52.879 And delight. 00:07:54.180 --> 00:07:54.659 In turn. 00:07:54.839 --> 00:07:56.319 A term that you see a lot in scripture. 00:07:56.459 --> 00:07:57.420 To be good of heart. 00:07:58.480 --> 00:07:59.879 Is also there. 00:08:00.860 --> 00:08:02.659 The heart is where we make decisions. 00:08:02.659 --> 00:08:03.259 Every day. 00:08:03.300 --> 00:08:04.740 We make choices and decisions. 00:08:04.740 --> 00:08:06.800 Based on the desires of our heart. 00:08:07.500 --> 00:08:09.040 We don't just randomly do things. 00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:11.779 We act in accordance to what is in our heart. 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:15.360 As Nathan said to King David. 00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:17.100 Whatever is in your heart. 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:18.000 Go and do that. 00:08:18.420 --> 00:08:19.519 Go and do that thing. 00:08:20.860 --> 00:08:22.240 And so we were created. 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:24.759 To love the Lord with our heart. 00:08:26.060 --> 00:08:27.780 As we know it says in the Shema. 00:08:27.939 --> 00:08:28.639 It begins that way. 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:30.180 To love the Lord your God by your heart. 00:08:30.680 --> 00:08:31.500 By your soul. 00:08:31.579 --> 00:08:32.060 And your mind. 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:32.620 And your strength. 00:08:33.899 --> 00:08:34.399 And so. 00:08:34.399 --> 00:08:36.879 We were made to find our joy. 00:08:37.419 --> 00:08:38.139 Our delight. 00:08:38.299 --> 00:08:40.100 And to have everything we do in life. 00:08:41.100 --> 00:08:41.799 Channeled toward. 00:08:41.939 --> 00:08:42.519 Driven by. 00:08:43.340 --> 00:08:44.480 The sole motive. 00:08:44.639 --> 00:08:45.659 Of knowing Christ. 00:08:45.779 --> 00:08:46.340 Knowing God. 00:08:46.419 --> 00:08:47.259 And honoring Him. 00:08:48.360 --> 00:08:49.559 We're purposed for this. 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:51.379 But. 00:08:51.799 --> 00:08:52.539 Sounds great. 00:08:53.659 --> 00:08:55.779 But it leads us to the second point. 00:08:56.779 --> 00:08:57.600 Which is. 00:08:57.600 --> 00:08:58.960 Sin has broken. 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:00.540 Our hearts. 00:09:01.820 --> 00:09:03.600 Sin has broken our hearts. 00:09:04.800 --> 00:09:07.340 So though we were made to love the Lord with all our heart. 00:09:07.920 --> 00:09:10.060 And to desire fellowship with Him. 00:09:11.680 --> 00:09:12.120 Tragically. 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:15.660 Sin has caused our hearts to be broken. 00:09:16.660 --> 00:09:17.180 In fact. 00:09:18.360 --> 00:09:21.379 You would think that the term a broken heart would come from some sort of. 00:09:21.379 --> 00:09:23.820 Greek myth literature. 00:09:24.559 --> 00:09:25.379 Romantic writing. 00:09:25.500 --> 00:09:26.000 But it doesn't. 00:09:26.059 --> 00:09:26.799 It comes from. 00:09:27.159 --> 00:09:27.980 From the scripture. 00:09:28.139 --> 00:09:28.779 In ancient Hebrew. 00:09:28.899 --> 00:09:30.240 The term a broken heart. 00:09:30.379 --> 00:09:30.919 Is a. 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:33.039 Term that comes from the scripture. 00:09:34.500 --> 00:09:34.919 And. 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:36.700 The word is very strong. 00:09:36.899 --> 00:09:37.059 It's. 00:09:38.419 --> 00:09:38.820 Shabar. 00:09:38.919 --> 00:09:40.639 It means to have one's heart broken. 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:42.320 Maimed. 00:09:42.419 --> 00:09:43.039 Or crippled. 00:09:44.139 --> 00:09:44.519 Wrecked. 00:09:44.759 --> 00:09:45.240 Crushed. 00:09:45.240 --> 00:09:45.799 And shattered. 00:09:46.840 --> 00:09:47.700 Tough words. 00:09:48.779 --> 00:09:49.759 Ever felt like that before? 00:09:49.840 --> 00:09:50.879 Ever had your heart so. 00:09:51.379 --> 00:09:52.759 Maimed and crippled. 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:53.220 That your. 00:09:53.960 --> 00:09:55.659 Emotions were just bleeding out. 00:09:56.480 --> 00:09:57.700 All over the place. 00:09:58.600 --> 00:09:59.759 Bleeding all over your soul. 00:10:01.059 --> 00:10:03.340 And had your heart just kind of thrown down to the ground. 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:03.679 And. 00:10:04.340 --> 00:10:04.820 Smashed. 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:07.019 By sin. 00:10:08.100 --> 00:10:08.559 Like a. 00:10:08.840 --> 00:10:10.139 Fragile piece of china. 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:15.440 Your emotions just so crushed and dashed by the heavy. 00:10:15.860 --> 00:10:16.860 Foot of sin. 00:10:18.259 --> 00:10:19.039 I have. 00:10:19.460 --> 00:10:20.840 In many different ways. 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:22.799 Sin hurts. 00:10:23.039 --> 00:10:23.639 Sin is terrible. 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:24.539 Sin is painful. 00:10:25.340 --> 00:10:26.019 It's not a. 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:27.360 A nice master. 00:10:28.539 --> 00:10:30.580 So with our hearts detached from God. 00:10:31.539 --> 00:10:33.939 We experience sorrow and sadness. 00:10:33.939 --> 00:10:35.320 Instead of joy. 00:10:37.059 --> 00:10:39.460 We experience depression and despair. 00:10:39.700 --> 00:10:40.320 Instead of. 00:10:41.320 --> 00:10:41.799 Happiness. 00:10:41.799 --> 00:10:44.679 Anger and madness. 00:10:44.679 --> 00:10:46.159 And fear and anxiety. 00:10:46.719 --> 00:10:49.620 Instead of a quiet trust in our creator. 00:10:51.179 --> 00:10:52.979 This is what sin does to our hearts. 00:10:53.039 --> 00:10:54.500 It's totally jacked our hearts up. 00:10:54.759 --> 00:10:55.659 Messed us up. 00:10:56.659 --> 00:10:58.199 The wisdom writer said. 00:10:59.039 --> 00:11:00.240 In Ecclesiastes 9. 00:11:00.240 --> 00:11:05.000 The hearts of the children of man are full of evil. 00:11:06.220 --> 00:11:07.659 Madness is in their hearts. 00:11:08.220 --> 00:11:08.960 While they live. 00:11:09.060 --> 00:11:09.659 And after they. 00:11:10.060 --> 00:11:11.940 And after they go to the dead. 00:11:11.940 --> 00:11:15.220 sin brings no true gladness. 00:11:15.620 --> 00:11:16.900 We all know this is true. 00:11:17.680 --> 00:11:19.060 Sin destroys our hearts. 00:11:19.160 --> 00:11:20.380 It wrecks our hearts. 00:11:21.760 --> 00:11:23.760 Even before our lives are over. 00:11:23.760 --> 00:11:25.860 Our hearts are long gone. 00:11:27.860 --> 00:11:30.760 Sin brings only failure and ruin. 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:31.319 Ruin. 00:11:32.939 --> 00:11:33.939 You ever just. 00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:34.379 You know. 00:11:34.379 --> 00:11:35.100 As believers. 00:11:35.319 --> 00:11:36.759 You have a particular sin. 00:11:36.840 --> 00:11:38.679 That just always seems to keep resurfacing. 00:11:38.879 --> 00:11:39.240 And you've. 00:11:39.580 --> 00:11:41.819 You've sought to never give in to it again. 00:11:42.840 --> 00:11:43.580 And then. 00:11:43.860 --> 00:11:44.460 You do. 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:46.860 And you hate yourself. 00:11:47.100 --> 00:11:47.460 For it. 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:49.159 You turn back around. 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:49.879 And beat. 00:11:50.439 --> 00:11:51.200 Yourself up. 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:51.919 For your failure. 00:11:53.559 --> 00:11:54.039 Committed. 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:54.679 Some of us. 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:54.960 You know. 00:11:54.980 --> 00:11:55.480 We've committed. 00:11:55.799 --> 00:11:57.000 I'll put myself in this category. 00:11:57.120 --> 00:11:57.980 We've committed such. 00:11:58.700 --> 00:11:59.819 Vile acts of sin. 00:11:59.879 --> 00:12:00.340 In our life. 00:12:00.340 --> 00:12:01.040 That we would be. 00:12:01.940 --> 00:12:02.300 Completely. 00:12:03.560 --> 00:12:03.920 Shamed. 00:12:04.060 --> 00:12:04.300 If. 00:12:04.840 --> 00:12:05.660 People knew about it. 00:12:08.019 --> 00:12:09.379 David describes our. 00:12:09.940 --> 00:12:10.759 Our broken heart. 00:12:10.820 --> 00:12:11.240 A condition. 00:12:11.379 --> 00:12:11.600 Well. 00:12:11.680 --> 00:12:12.540 In many of the Psalms. 00:12:13.740 --> 00:12:14.379 He says. 00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:15.399 For I am afflicted. 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:15.940 And needy. 00:12:15.980 --> 00:12:16.680 And my heart. 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:17.340 Is wounded. 00:12:18.259 --> 00:12:18.920 Within me. 00:12:21.160 --> 00:12:22.200 In Psalm 38. 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:22.639 He says. 00:12:22.700 --> 00:12:23.440 I am feeble. 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:24.280 And crushed. 00:12:24.920 --> 00:12:25.980 I groan. 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:27.240 Because of the tumult. 00:12:27.340 --> 00:12:28.080 Or uproar. 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:29.600 In my heart. 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:31.320 Oh Lord. 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:32.279 All my longing. 00:12:32.540 --> 00:12:33.200 Is before you. 00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:34.360 My sighing. 00:12:34.440 --> 00:12:35.379 Is not hidden from you. 00:12:35.980 --> 00:12:36.659 My heart. 00:12:37.139 --> 00:12:37.580 Throbs. 00:12:37.680 --> 00:12:38.240 And aches. 00:12:38.740 --> 00:12:39.659 My strength. 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:40.240 Fails me. 00:12:40.300 --> 00:12:41.480 In the light of my eyes. 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:42.000 Even it. 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:42.540 Is gone. 00:12:42.639 --> 00:12:43.019 From me. 00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:44.680 So. 00:12:44.899 --> 00:12:45.920 Broken hearted people. 00:12:46.779 --> 00:12:47.639 Feel shame. 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:49.680 They feel despair. 00:12:49.820 --> 00:12:50.540 And because of that. 00:12:50.620 --> 00:12:51.379 Because we've failed. 00:12:51.379 --> 00:12:52.019 So much. 00:12:52.560 --> 00:12:53.580 We feel hopeless. 00:12:53.700 --> 00:12:54.139 There's no. 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:55.080 Answer. 00:12:55.080 --> 00:12:57.400 And sin has done. 00:12:57.520 --> 00:12:58.840 A lot of things to us. 00:12:58.900 --> 00:12:59.860 But I just wanted to highlight. 00:12:59.860 --> 00:13:00.259 A few. 00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:01.180 In relationship to. 00:13:01.540 --> 00:13:02.420 Our hearts. 00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:03.340 And our affections. 00:13:04.940 --> 00:13:05.900 Because of that. 00:13:06.780 --> 00:13:08.120 We're alienated. 00:13:08.700 --> 00:13:09.360 From God. 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:10.280 And his love. 00:13:11.600 --> 00:13:12.580 Sin has made us. 00:13:12.759 --> 00:13:13.759 Cosmic fugitives. 00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:14.720 Fleeing from. 00:13:14.879 --> 00:13:15.780 The presence of God. 00:13:16.520 --> 00:13:17.420 We don't want. 00:13:17.520 --> 00:13:18.240 Fellowship with him. 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:18.940 We don't naturally. 00:13:19.100 --> 00:13:19.640 Desire it. 00:13:19.759 --> 00:13:20.040 At all. 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:22.759 We hate to talk about. 00:13:23.319 --> 00:13:23.719 Sin. 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:25.120 Particularly our sin. 00:13:26.259 --> 00:13:27.099 Because we know. 00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:28.039 That it can't stand. 00:13:28.099 --> 00:13:29.360 In the presence of a holy God. 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:31.500 From the outset. 00:13:31.500 --> 00:13:32.139 Of the fall. 00:13:32.959 --> 00:13:33.399 Again. 00:13:33.459 --> 00:13:34.199 It starts to highlight. 00:13:34.199 --> 00:13:35.439 What happened to our hearts. 00:13:36.319 --> 00:13:37.079 In Genesis 6. 00:13:37.099 --> 00:13:37.439 5. 00:13:37.439 --> 00:13:38.319 The Lord saw. 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:40.360 That the wickedness of man. 00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:41.000 Was great. 00:13:41.139 --> 00:13:41.779 On the earth. 00:13:42.539 --> 00:13:43.299 And that. 00:13:43.500 --> 00:13:44.419 Every intention. 00:13:44.899 --> 00:13:45.620 Of the thoughts. 00:13:45.679 --> 00:13:46.319 Of his heart. 00:13:47.039 --> 00:13:47.919 Was only evil. 00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:48.639 Continually. 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:50.720 Paul wrote. 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:54.019 Same thing. 00:13:54.439 --> 00:13:55.220 In Ephesians 5. 00:13:55.220 --> 00:13:55.460 8. 00:13:56.460 --> 00:13:57.600 He says that. 00:13:57.860 --> 00:13:58.340 Unbelievers. 00:13:59.500 --> 00:14:00.840 Walk in the futility. 00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:01.860 Of their minds. 00:14:02.519 --> 00:14:03.480 They are darkened. 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:04.600 In their understanding. 00:14:05.699 --> 00:14:06.220 Alienated. 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:07.019 From the life. 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:08.299 Of God. 00:14:08.939 --> 00:14:10.000 Because of the ignorance. 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:10.819 That is in them. 00:14:11.740 --> 00:14:12.779 Due to their hardness. 00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:13.620 Of heart. 00:14:14.740 --> 00:14:16.120 They have become callous. 00:14:16.220 --> 00:14:17.120 And have given themselves. 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:18.460 Up to sensuality. 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:19.779 Greedy. 00:14:19.779 --> 00:14:20.480 To practice. 00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:22.100 Every kind of impurity. 00:14:23.340 --> 00:14:23.819 So. 00:14:25.319 --> 00:14:26.220 We are shut out. 00:14:26.299 --> 00:14:27.279 From fellowship with God. 00:14:27.340 --> 00:14:28.460 Our hearts are separated. 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:29.539 From God. 00:14:29.659 --> 00:14:30.519 All we like sheep. 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:31.679 Have gone astray. 00:14:32.220 --> 00:14:32.580 Each. 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:34.000 To our own way. 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:36.279 And. 00:14:36.539 --> 00:14:37.139 We forfeited. 00:14:37.139 --> 00:14:38.100 This great pleasure. 00:14:38.220 --> 00:14:38.620 We have had. 00:14:38.699 --> 00:14:39.000 And we are. 00:14:39.580 --> 00:14:40.399 Incapable now. 00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:41.100 Because of sin. 00:14:41.139 --> 00:14:42.000 Of honoring God. 00:14:42.419 --> 00:14:43.399 And loving God. 00:14:43.819 --> 00:14:44.759 As we ought to. 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:47.700 Separated from the one object. 00:14:47.700 --> 00:14:48.819 That our hearts were made for. 00:14:50.299 --> 00:14:50.700 So. 00:14:51.139 --> 00:14:51.539 Consequently. 00:14:51.740 --> 00:14:51.899 Our. 00:14:52.539 --> 00:14:53.299 We are alienated. 00:14:53.299 --> 00:14:54.059 From God. 00:14:54.139 --> 00:14:54.539 And his love. 00:14:54.580 --> 00:14:55.659 But we are also alienated. 00:14:55.659 --> 00:14:56.500 From each other. 00:14:57.340 --> 00:14:58.259 Other human beings. 00:14:58.259 --> 00:15:00.080 If you have no connection with God. 00:15:00.740 --> 00:15:00.960 You. 00:15:01.059 --> 00:15:02.080 You can't have. 00:15:02.179 --> 00:15:02.960 A real connection. 00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:03.580 With those. 00:15:04.220 --> 00:15:04.980 Other people. 00:15:05.100 --> 00:15:06.399 That are created in his image. 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:08.139 We are at odds. 00:15:08.139 --> 00:15:09.159 With one another. 00:15:10.159 --> 00:15:11.439 With the rest of mankind. 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:11.660 Nine. 00:15:12.700 --> 00:15:13.720 So sin has caused us. 00:15:13.920 --> 00:15:15.160 Not just to inflict injury. 00:15:15.160 --> 00:15:15.800 On ourselves. 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:17.520 But on others. 00:15:18.100 --> 00:15:18.620 Around us. 00:15:18.640 --> 00:15:19.340 No matter who they are. 00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:19.740 Family. 00:15:19.940 --> 00:15:20.300 Friends. 00:15:20.500 --> 00:15:20.900 Strangers. 00:15:21.460 --> 00:15:22.620 We hurt each other. 00:15:22.700 --> 00:15:23.220 Very well. 00:15:23.920 --> 00:15:25.120 And it's the result of. 00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:26.140 Sin. 00:15:26.540 --> 00:15:27.280 Damaging us. 00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:31.500 Sin has caused our hearts. 00:15:34.140 --> 00:15:35.020 To love. 00:15:38.280 --> 00:15:38.980 Things that. 00:15:39.340 --> 00:15:39.720 Are just. 00:15:40.520 --> 00:15:40.880 Nasty. 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:41.620 And vile. 00:15:43.379 --> 00:15:44.039 And we. 00:15:44.139 --> 00:15:44.720 We drag. 00:15:44.820 --> 00:15:45.939 Others down with us. 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:47.759 Paul said. 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:48.740 We pass our days. 00:15:48.820 --> 00:15:49.379 In malice. 00:15:49.379 --> 00:15:49.939 And envy. 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:51.639 Hated by others. 00:15:51.779 --> 00:15:52.179 And hating. 00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:53.120 One another. 00:15:55.100 --> 00:15:56.039 Sin in our hearts. 00:15:56.100 --> 00:15:57.080 Caused us to hurt others. 00:15:57.080 --> 00:15:57.720 With our words. 00:15:57.759 --> 00:15:58.439 And our actions. 00:15:59.159 --> 00:16:00.059 As David said. 00:16:00.179 --> 00:16:01.000 And insults. 00:16:01.059 --> 00:16:01.659 And reproach. 00:16:01.779 --> 00:16:02.980 Have broken my heart. 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:05.820 I am full of heaviness. 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:07.700 And I am distressingly sick. 00:16:08.779 --> 00:16:10.039 We have all experienced this. 00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:11.319 Disconnected in our marriages. 00:16:11.319 --> 00:16:11.779 Where. 00:16:12.379 --> 00:16:13.279 You may have. 00:16:13.379 --> 00:16:14.599 A situation at times. 00:16:14.599 --> 00:16:14.919 Where. 00:16:15.439 --> 00:16:17.659 Your spouse may just feel like a roommate to you. 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:18.679 You don't really have. 00:16:19.179 --> 00:16:21.259 A close connection with your spouse anymore. 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:25.059 Sin leads us to fail each other constantly. 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:27.519 And destroy each other's trust. 00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:30.059 It's hardened our hearts. 00:16:30.059 --> 00:16:30.919 And we're trapped. 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:34.639 We don't even care about our own plight. 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:40.000 What other creature in existence always does what's not the best for itself. 00:16:40.079 --> 00:16:41.919 We constantly do what's not good for us. 00:16:43.019 --> 00:16:44.759 So we're indifferent to our own plight. 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:47.899 And we're definitely indifferent to the plight of those who are around us. 00:16:47.899 --> 00:16:50.699 So sin has brought enmity. 00:16:51.139 --> 00:16:52.279 Not just with God. 00:16:52.340 --> 00:16:53.419 But also with each other. 00:16:54.459 --> 00:16:55.500 So we've all done it. 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:58.579 You've hurt somebody with careless words or actions. 00:17:00.019 --> 00:17:02.220 Some of us have been treated by others. 00:17:02.220 --> 00:17:03.539 With such contempt. 00:17:04.180 --> 00:17:05.119 And rejection. 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:08.059 That it's broken our hearts. 00:17:08.879 --> 00:17:09.400 Cruelty. 00:17:09.400 --> 00:17:13.040 So angry and jealous with someone. 00:17:13.860 --> 00:17:16.420 That you almost just wish them harm because of it. 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:19.160 It's made us be very indifferent. 00:17:19.980 --> 00:17:24.240 So it doesn't take a lot just to look around this world and see how all of us are broken. 00:17:25.180 --> 00:17:28.280 Sin has broken our hearts and alienated us from each other. 00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:32.340 But as we'll look in a minute from our text. 00:17:33.560 --> 00:17:39.019 Another result of this is we're captives to Satan and destructive patterns of sin. 00:17:39.019 --> 00:17:39.619 And life. 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:43.900 We're not free agents just doing as we please. 00:17:44.379 --> 00:17:45.619 But captives to sin. 00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:49.660 And the word is very powerful. 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:53.299 It means a type of bondage which a person cannot break. 00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:55.519 By willpower or resolve. 00:17:56.539 --> 00:17:57.740 You cannot free yourself. 00:17:58.059 --> 00:18:00.400 You're a captive to sin. 00:18:01.660 --> 00:18:02.639 Slaves to sin. 00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:04.319 Titus 3.3 00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:07.900 We are foolish, disobedient, led astray. 00:18:07.900 --> 00:18:11.280 Slaves to various passions and pleasures. 00:18:12.600 --> 00:18:20.140 And it says in the scripture, Paul said that unbelievers are slaves to Satan, held captive by him to do his will. 00:18:20.140 --> 00:18:23.200 Very chilling words. 00:18:24.840 --> 00:18:26.440 Under the snare of the devil. 00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:35.940 And we know that our hearts are broken because many of our initial knee-jerk reactions to situations come from life patterns that we've learned. 00:18:35.940 --> 00:18:39.240 We've learned a lot of it from our childhood. 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:52.400 But growing up into young adulthood, acceptance or rejection, confidence in our insecurity in our lives comes in a large time by childhood into early adulthood. 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:56.700 We overreact to difficult situations. 00:18:56.700 --> 00:19:00.460 And have reoccurring bouts of emotional pain. 00:19:00.940 --> 00:19:06.960 We just don't ever been that way like something just happened and you had this strong feeling just come over you that was awful. 00:19:07.620 --> 00:19:10.819 You don't know where it came from, but this is seemed to kind of fall out of the blue. 00:19:12.680 --> 00:19:15.700 Sin has messed us up. 00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:18.440 But have you ever felt that way? 00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:20.600 Captive to a certain pattern of sin? 00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:27.960 Living in a prison of lies that you believe you can't break free from? 00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:32.319 Can't stop trying to measure up to people that are around you? 00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:41.620 Some of it is captivity to things like alcohol, pornography, drugs, laziness, indifference. 00:19:41.619 --> 00:19:48.199 We all have lived in places of captivity where it feels like no truth can penetrate us. 00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:54.879 And again, having a chronic disease, I've learned a good bit about this kind of stuff. 00:19:55.039 --> 00:20:02.559 But just like with human illness, doctors know there's a huge difference between treating symptoms of an illness 00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:06.959 and trying to actually cure or heal the condition itself. 00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:12.799 Most of our medicine, most of it, is focused on just treating the symptoms. 00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:14.880 Take this pill, feel better. 00:20:15.900 --> 00:20:18.140 Just treating the outward signs of things. 00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:22.920 Much of my medication has been that way over the years. 00:20:24.299 --> 00:20:29.539 But likewise, God says our hearts are sick and broken. 00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:34.900 Jeremiah, the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately sick. 00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:36.740 Who can understand it? 00:20:37.860 --> 00:20:42.200 So at the very best, this world is aware of a broken hearted condition, 00:20:42.380 --> 00:20:48.600 but psychiatrists, counselors, self-help books can only treat symptoms of this problem. 00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:51.240 They'll say things like take up a hobby. 00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:54.160 Think more positive. 00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:56.440 Find something that you're good at. 00:20:56.559 --> 00:20:57.319 Eat right. 00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:57.819 Exercise. 00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:01.980 None of those things are bad, 00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:06.220 but they can't heal and totally restore your broken heart. 00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:08.539 They can't do it. 00:21:08.579 --> 00:21:09.720 They can only treat the symptoms. 00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:14.680 Our heart has been just smashed by the wrecking ball of sin and evil. 00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:25.559 So either, okay, so either you're an emotional mess where you just gush out and bleed out your emotions all over the place all the time, 00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:30.859 or you're just totally dominated by how you feel all the time. 00:21:31.859 --> 00:21:37.940 No objective thing that drives you, and you become a burden to those around you, and you refuse to be comforted. 00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:45.360 And people might see you as weak or puny or a wuss, whatever. 00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:50.279 On the other hand, I would throw myself more in this category. 00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:52.180 You harden your heart. 00:21:53.120 --> 00:21:55.240 You say, this hurts too much, so I'm not going to care anymore. 00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:58.400 And you shut down and guard yourself. 00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:01.700 You dull your feelings and say, I don't care. 00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:02.960 Come what may. 00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:07.120 So you're seeing us indifferent, tough. 00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:11.480 But neither one of those are helpful, and neither one of those are God-honoring. 00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:12.140 Neither one. 00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:15.160 So you may think, well, I'm not an emotional wreck. 00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:16.079 I'm good. 00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:18.599 Well, your heart is broken just as much. 00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:21.819 We all need healing. 00:22:23.139 --> 00:22:27.179 So this brings us into the good news. 00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:28.079 We're not left here. 00:22:29.439 --> 00:22:35.559 The third point, number three, is Jesus came to heal our broken hearts. 00:22:37.699 --> 00:22:40.659 So Jesus came to heal our broken hearts. 00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:47.200 The sadness, depression, loneliness, anger, rage, bitterness that we feel can be overwhelming. 00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:51.000 But God is drawn near to us in the person of Christ. 00:22:52.120 --> 00:22:53.279 God with us. 00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:53.940 Emmanuel. 00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:57.779 And the scripture is fulfilled. 00:22:58.120 --> 00:23:02.279 We read, so please hold your place in Isaiah 61. 00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:05.720 But flip over to Luke chapter 4. 00:23:09.340 --> 00:23:10.500 Luke chapter 4. 00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:20.720 In verse 16, this is following Jesus' baptism by John and temptation in the wilderness by Satan. 00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:25.340 And in the very outset of his earthly ministry, we kind of read this. 00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:26.840 It says, 00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:29.740 He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. 00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:35.060 And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day. 00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:37.180 And he stood up and read. 00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:41.100 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. 00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:45.440 He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, 00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:54.299 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. 00:23:55.259 --> 00:24:00.100 He has sent me to, a lot of your translations may say this, it's a translation thing, 00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:02.359 But to heal the brokenhearted. 00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:07.379 To proclaim liberty to the captives and the recovering of sight to the blind. 00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:10.959 To set at liberty those who are oppressed. 00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:13.840 To proclaim the year of the Lord's favor. 00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.759 He rolled up the scroll. 00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:19.259 He gave it back to the attendant and sat down. 00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:23.539 And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. 00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.740 And he began to say to them, 00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:30.680 Today, this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing. 00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:34.759 What a place to be. 00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:38.039 Can you imagine being in that room? 00:24:38.120 --> 00:24:39.820 Just shocked, amazed. 00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:46.720 That Jesus was claiming that he was the fulfillment of this messianic prophecy. 00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:51.200 That came at his time around 700 years before he came on the scene. 00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:54.160 Like one that God foretold about. 00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:58.380 Does that not warm your heart to think about that? 00:24:58.380 --> 00:25:01.180 But I wanted you to see that. 00:25:01.380 --> 00:25:06.020 That he refers to this very text we just read from Isaiah 61. 00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:13.040 But as we walk through it together and look at how Christ has dealt with each one of these issues we've been discussing. 00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:17.080 Alienation from God, each other, captive to sin. 00:25:18.360 --> 00:25:20.440 To get a fuller picture. 00:25:21.280 --> 00:25:22.500 I wanted you to see that. 00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:24.460 But flip back over to Isaiah 61. 00:25:25.760 --> 00:25:27.280 We'll stay there. 00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:33.560 So, we start off in verse 1 where it says, 00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:35.740 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me. 00:25:36.540 --> 00:25:38.120 And the Spirit was upon Christ. 00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:43.380 If you remember, the Spirit came upon him in this very chapter at his baptism. 00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:47.280 He was the one baptized by John. 00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:47.740 It said, 00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:52.500 The Spirit and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. 00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:54.519 And a voice came from heaven. 00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:58.279 You are my beloved Son with whom I am well pleased. 00:25:58.279 --> 00:26:03.259 So, the Spirit of God anointed and empowered him to do the will of his Father. 00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:08.339 To proclaim salvation and deliverance from the tyranny of sin. 00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:13.680 And the Father is speaking, giving his approval, his seal on his Son. 00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:18.519 So, we see that in the first verse of Isaiah 61. 00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:20.140 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me. 00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:23.580 The Spirit of the Sovereign Yahweh is upon me. 00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:26.080 So, he is that Messiah. 00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:28.700 Look on verse 1. 00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.019 You see that he says, 00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:32.660 I've come to give good news to the poor. 00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:35.019 As we've learned, right? 00:26:35.320 --> 00:26:43.120 That being poor in spirit is a realization of how bankrupt and broken we are spiritually before God. 00:26:43.540 --> 00:26:49.120 We have nothing to bring of ourselves on behalf of God that God will be pleased of. 00:26:49.820 --> 00:26:52.080 We've preached on this in the past. 00:26:52.300 --> 00:26:57.279 But the poor in spirit are spiritually in depth. 00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.400 We don't have anything. 00:26:59.360 --> 00:26:59.920 Christ said, 00:27:00.040 --> 00:27:04.660 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:08.880 So, he's come to proclaim good news to the poor. 00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:14.080 So, then we see this next part, the other part of verse 1. 00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:16.700 He's come to heal the brokenhearted. 00:27:18.040 --> 00:27:20.500 So, he doesn't just come to treat the symptoms, right? 00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:24.140 He doesn't just come to treat the outward signs of our inward condition. 00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:26.320 But he comes to heal. 00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:29.500 He doesn't treat us like a lot of doctors would. 00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:31.319 Like, take this pill, get out of my face, go home. 00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:34.500 I've had some like that, not many. 00:27:35.899 --> 00:27:38.000 Didn't work out well for them after that. 00:27:39.379 --> 00:27:40.759 But he doesn't just do that. 00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:43.019 Christ comes to not just treat, but heal. 00:27:43.639 --> 00:27:49.099 And that term is to bind up, powerfully restore, and revive our broken hearts. 00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:58.539 Jesus is a sympathetic, compassionate physician who is able to heal our disease, and thus, all the symptoms that come with it. 00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:02.659 You heal the disease, you have everything else that's taken care of. 00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.839 So, listen, like, this is important. 00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:13.240 But yes, Christ came to carry out the will of his Father and to honor him in walking obedience and all that he did. 00:28:14.419 --> 00:28:20.419 Yes, Christ came to bear our sins on the cross and save us from eternal damnation. 00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:34.700 But he also came to heal his people of the devastating effects of sin on our hearts of stone and give us a new heart of flesh that beats for God. 00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:38.279 And he does so by surgically removing our hearts. 00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:45.220 Every generation, removing the heart of stone and giving us a heart of flesh. 00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:52.960 The Holy Spirit does this work as he applies the work of Christ to our hearts and revives us. 00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.639 Christ cares. 00:28:55.619 --> 00:28:58.539 It says many times in the Scripture, in Psalm 147, 00:28:59.420 --> 00:29:02.139 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wombs. 00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:05.039 And Christ is the instrument to do this. 00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:08.659 So, he's come to heal our broken hearts. 00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:12.539 Look on verse 1, he talks about setting the captives free. 00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:15.500 So, in the context, they might have been just hearing, like, 00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:20.879 Oh, he's come to set us free from the Babylonian captivity when Jesus said this. 00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:22.720 That's what he's talking about. 00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:26.980 But he explains that it has a fuller meaning, a deeper sense spiritually. 00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:30.920 Much greater than Moses delivering the Jews from Egypt. 00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:36.340 Much greater than Cyrus delivering the Jews from Babylon. 00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:42.920 But Jesus leading us out of spiritual captivity, spiritual slavery. 00:29:43.560 --> 00:29:50.539 He's come to set us free and liberate us from the destructive patterns of sin that we cannot stop by ourselves. 00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:56.359 To proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to those who are bound. 00:29:57.159 --> 00:30:03.440 It's this image of prison doors being ripped off and captives springing from the cells and running free. 00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:06.440 He's bought us to set us free. 00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:11.119 I love the, can't resist the old John Wesley hymn here. 00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:13.779 Long my imprisoned spirit lay. 00:30:14.919 --> 00:30:17.279 Fast bound in sin and nature's night. 00:30:18.179 --> 00:30:20.319 Thine eye diffused a quickening ray. 00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:23.459 I woke the dungeon flamed with light. 00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:26.919 My chains fell off and my heart was free. 00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:29.779 I rose, went forth, and followed thee. 00:30:31.139 --> 00:30:36.339 So, he's come to proclaim liberty, freedom, to those who are in captivity by sin. 00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:42.699 And so, then he goes on, Jesus, and he talks about the year of the Lord's favor. 00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:45.599 He's come to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor. 00:30:46.639 --> 00:30:51.919 But here, if you're looking at Isaiah 61 and Luke 4 side by side, he stops, right? 00:30:52.399 --> 00:30:53.659 He doesn't just keep reading. 00:30:55.379 --> 00:30:58.240 That made me kind of clue in to what is happening. 00:30:58.399 --> 00:31:03.099 But he stops reading the first part of verse 2 in Isaiah 61. 00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.539 Why? 00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:11.319 Because by his first coming, he was indicating that he was ushering in the year of the Lord's favor. 00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:17.659 And that means that there's this season of grace that we're living in even right now 00:31:17.659 --> 00:31:22.920 where God welcomes sinners to come to him and be saved through Jesus. 00:31:23.639 --> 00:31:25.700 It's a chance to come and be restored. 00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:34.400 A season of salvation where God grants mercy to those who come for forgiveness and restoration. 00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:38.640 He stops there, and that day will come to an end. 00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:44.140 Because if you read the rest, it talks about there is an appointed day of vengeance of our God. 00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:53.780 The day of judgment where Christ comes back at his second coming, and he will then fulfill the rest of that prophecy. 00:31:54.840 --> 00:31:57.800 Now is the favorable time of salvation. 00:31:57.799 --> 00:32:01.339 So he fulfills all these things, but not all at the same time. 00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:04.220 He's come to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor. 00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:12.299 We can go on, though, to comfort the mourning, to comfort all those who are mourning because of sin. 00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:15.879 Sin has not brought us joy as it promised. 00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:22.780 And so Jesus doesn't just take a negative view on our pain, on mourning. 00:32:24.280 --> 00:32:32.900 Don't you find it astounding that it says in Psalm 56 that God collects our tears in his bottle? 00:32:33.860 --> 00:32:39.800 Something that he's moved by the brokenness of his people, by compassion. 00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:51.299 And Isaiah declares that this deep sorrow over sin, rebellion against God, will one day be turned into rejoicing at the arrival of Christ. 00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:55.379 That's why he says, blessed are those who mourn, for you will be comforted. 00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:58.119 Your time of mourning is over. 00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:59.519 Your time in darkness is over. 00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:04.059 Come to me, and I will give you a new heart and a new start. 00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:08.859 So we could go on, just look at the rest of this. 00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:12.059 Verse 3 is worth looking at here. 00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:14.579 To grant those who mourn in Zion. 00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:18.000 To give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes. 00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:22.539 But Christ brings us a holy attire to wear. 00:33:23.459 --> 00:33:25.959 So many awesome images here. 00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:33.000 So on our journey, that is sanctification, will one day be brought to fruition and glorification. 00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:39.759 God will take the deep mourning of our hearts and bring it to a complete end. 00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:46.700 We can begin experiencing that now, but it will be brought to a complete end at the glorification. 00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:51.819 So we see a beautiful headdress instead of ashes. 00:33:52.539 --> 00:34:01.840 A lot of us know that throwing ashes on the head was a symbolical sign of hitting rock bottom, of deep sorrow, grief, and despair. 00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:11.039 But on the other hand, a headdress, a crown was symbolic of abundance and joy, of celebration. 00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:17.239 A headdress of celebration to make Mary our freedom and salvation in Christ. 00:34:17.239 --> 00:34:20.519 The oil of gladness instead of mourning. 00:34:22.419 --> 00:34:25.179 The garment of praise instead of a faint spirit. 00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:31.759 Holy garments of salvation to be worn in this celebration that we will one day partake in. 00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:36.019 And I love this last part of verse 3. 00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:38.259 That they may be called oaks of righteousness. 00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:41.820 Sin, we blow around all over the place. 00:34:41.900 --> 00:34:42.640 We have no roots. 00:34:42.740 --> 00:34:43.680 We have no foundation. 00:34:44.100 --> 00:34:47.080 We're just destroyed by any little thing that comes along. 00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:50.920 But Christ will give us His righteousness. 00:34:51.120 --> 00:34:54.900 As we all know, we will be oaks of righteousness. 00:34:56.100 --> 00:35:01.380 Strong, beautiful, sturdy, lasting people who can stand before God one day. 00:35:02.740 --> 00:35:07.740 Same language is repeated a little later in verse 10 in the same chapter in Isaiah 61, 00:35:07.739 --> 00:35:16.939 where it talks about Him giving us garments of salvation and robes of righteousness in verse 10. 00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:21.759 All that, all for the purpose of God being glorified. 00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:24.579 That is the goal and the purpose of this all. 00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:26.739 The healing of our broken hearts. 00:35:27.759 --> 00:35:32.399 The restoration, our liberation from captivity of sin. 00:35:33.979 --> 00:35:36.179 All that, the Lord will be glorified. 00:35:36.179 --> 00:35:36.239 God. 00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:42.940 So, in conclusion, you're in either one of these camps. 00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.639 There's only two. 00:35:43.839 --> 00:35:44.440 There's only two. 00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:49.179 Some of you may not know Christ. 00:35:50.659 --> 00:35:51.219 You haven't. 00:35:51.759 --> 00:35:55.599 If you were to look on in Luke 4 where Jesus read from the scroll of Isaiah, 00:35:55.739 --> 00:35:58.619 you'll see that everyone there didn't believe Him. 00:35:58.679 --> 00:35:59.399 They rejected Him. 00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:00.039 They were angry. 00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:05.000 They were infuriated that He would claim to be the fulfillment of Isaiah 61. 00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:11.519 I know that if you're a very sick person and in the hospital, 00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:15.320 you're dying for the doctor to come in and say, 00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:18.019 you're doing better or you're healed. 00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:19.639 You're waiting for that good news. 00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:23.099 But you have to be aware that you're sick. 00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:31.339 The only people who are going to be healed by Christ are those who recognize their sinful, broken condition. 00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:37.400 You haven't come to bring salvation to the healthy but the sick, right? 00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:41.980 So, don't be like those who pushed Him out of the synagogue. 00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:47.260 But embrace Him and be saved and be restored. 00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:52.720 For the rest of us here who are in Christ, 00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:58.320 sometimes like the journey of following Jesus hasn't turned out like we thought it was going to be. 00:36:59.019 --> 00:37:01.380 We expected some tough stuff to come, 00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:06.940 but when you look at your life, it just feels like I have been through more than I ever thought. 00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:11.740 It's just turned out to be more sadness and trial rather than joy. 00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:17.380 Your heart's been broken by the destructive patterns of sin in your life 00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:22.260 that you just can't seem to move on from in your Christian life. 00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:27.800 Maybe even despair to the point where you just quit asking for prayer about it. 00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:32.480 You ever been there, just so embarrassed to ask for the same thing over and over and over in prayer? 00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:35.300 You've despaired that far. 00:37:35.300 --> 00:37:37.320 You feel like a loser. 00:37:39.060 --> 00:37:43.280 You feel the glory and joy of Christ has eluded you in some way. 00:37:44.280 --> 00:37:46.380 And so, you just want to lay down and quit? 00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:49.940 But there's deliverance for us. 00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:54.300 God gave us a new heart when we were born again. 00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:58.840 God has the ability to create new things. 00:37:59.680 --> 00:38:01.320 When David prayed in Psalm 51, 00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:03.160 Lord, create in me a new heart. 00:38:04.060 --> 00:38:08.039 I love that the word create that's used there is also used in Genesis 1, 00:38:08.120 --> 00:38:09.500 where it talks about creating the universe. 00:38:10.380 --> 00:38:13.200 So, by that same power that God created the universe, 00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:15.800 He speaks new life into our hearts. 00:38:15.860 --> 00:38:19.600 He has that power to create in us a new heart. 00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:25.079 So, God creates new hearts, 00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:32.039 but He draws near to people who are brokenhearted and contrite and lowly spirits. 00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:34.940 And I wanted to close with this, 00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:38.739 but Isaiah 57, just turn there and we'll be done. 00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:45.019 But as most of us good, 00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:46.919 reformed people, 00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:52.199 we often just neglect the love and compassion of our God. 00:38:52.279 --> 00:38:52.979 I know I do. 00:38:55.339 --> 00:38:58.319 But He loves and He delights to draw near to those 00:38:58.319 --> 00:39:01.699 who are a contrite heart and humble. 00:39:01.699 --> 00:39:04.599 So, in this context, 00:39:04.719 --> 00:39:06.819 God is speaking to Judah, 00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:11.359 but it also reveals His heart for His people 00:39:11.359 --> 00:39:12.519 when we are His people. 00:39:13.399 --> 00:39:15.419 So, Isaiah 57, verse 15, 00:39:17.319 --> 00:39:19.939 For thus says the one who is high and lifted up, 00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:22.379 who inhabits eternity, 00:39:23.379 --> 00:39:24.439 and whose name is holy. 00:39:25.279 --> 00:39:27.679 I dwell in the high and holy place. 00:39:27.699 --> 00:39:28.659 And we kind of stop there. 00:39:28.799 --> 00:39:30.219 Like, God's untouchable, right? 00:39:30.219 --> 00:39:36.539 And also with Him who is of contrite and lowly, 00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:38.599 humble spirit, 00:39:39.399 --> 00:39:41.259 to revive the spirit of the lowly 00:39:41.259 --> 00:39:43.419 and to revive the heart of the contrite, 00:39:44.119 --> 00:39:47.579 those who have been bruised by the sorrow of sin. 00:39:49.759 --> 00:39:51.480 For I will not contend forever, 00:39:51.599 --> 00:39:53.000 nor will I always be angry, 00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:55.959 for the spirit would grow faint before me 00:39:55.959 --> 00:39:57.959 in the breath of life that I have made. 00:39:59.019 --> 00:39:59.939 Isn't that amazing? 00:39:59.940 --> 00:40:02.440 Like, God knows just how hard He can push you 00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:03.320 without breaking you. 00:40:04.300 --> 00:40:06.019 And He does it out of compassion. 00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:09.740 He understands that at some point 00:40:09.740 --> 00:40:11.460 it would overwhelm you and destroy you, 00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:14.700 so He knows just how hard to press us. 00:40:16.099 --> 00:40:16.920 Verse 17, 00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:20.440 Because of the iniquity of His unjust gain, 00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:21.220 I was angry. 00:40:21.219 --> 00:40:22.219 I struck Him. 00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:25.079 I hid my face and was angry. 00:40:25.759 --> 00:40:29.079 But He went on backsliding in the way of His own heart. 00:40:30.279 --> 00:40:31.139 Then there. 00:40:31.139 --> 00:40:33.980 This is what God says, 00:40:34.059 --> 00:40:35.339 I have seen His ways, 00:40:35.799 --> 00:40:37.179 but I will heal Him. 00:40:38.279 --> 00:40:42.179 I will lead Him and restore comfort to Him and His mourners, 00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:44.799 creating the fruit of the lips, 00:40:45.639 --> 00:40:47.940 giving us new praise to give to God. 00:40:47.940 --> 00:40:49.780 Peace, 00:40:49.980 --> 00:40:51.659 peace to the far and to the near, 00:40:51.760 --> 00:40:52.400 says the Lord, 00:40:52.860 --> 00:40:54.200 and I will heal Him. 00:40:55.300 --> 00:40:58.460 So I encourage you to think about 00:40:58.460 --> 00:41:01.320 the real desire that Christ has 00:41:01.320 --> 00:41:03.220 to heal our broken hearts 00:41:03.220 --> 00:41:07.200 from how bad sin has messed us up. 00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:09.559 He wants to restore us. 00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:11.519 Go before Him, 00:41:11.619 --> 00:41:12.319 dig in His Word, 00:41:12.419 --> 00:41:12.859 and ask, 00:41:12.939 --> 00:41:13.059 like, 00:41:13.139 --> 00:41:14.819 why do I behave this way? 00:41:14.859 --> 00:41:16.679 Or why do I have these desires, 00:41:16.819 --> 00:41:17.399 our feelings? 00:41:19.219 --> 00:41:20.960 Let Him reveal to you what that is. 00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:24.219 And then take the Gospel 00:41:24.219 --> 00:41:25.039 and put it on you 00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:26.559 and massage it into your soul 00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:28.359 in those broken places. 00:41:31.439 --> 00:41:32.379 Let's pray together.