"BROKEN THINGS"

"BROKEN THINGS"

Psalms 51:7-10,17

7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise

 

Have you ever broken something?

All of us have…when we break things,we through them away,cuz we find them useless. God majors in finding “broken things” useful.

 

Isaiah 55:8 – “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.”

I am glad that God’s ways are better than man’s ways…Man looks down on those who are broken, infirmed, or less than perfect.

But with God…Notice the “broken things” that God finds satisfying – “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart…” (Psalms 51:17)

 

Before God can save, one must find himself “Broken”

Before God can use the saint, the saint must be “Broken”

 

Gideon’s Broken Things (Judges 6:36-7:22)

Jesus Fed 5,000 with Broken Loaves (Mark 6:32-44)

Mary’s Broken Alabaster Box (Mark 14:3-9)

Jesus Instituted The Lord’s Supper by Breaking Bread (Luke 22)

verse 19, Jesus blessed the bread and broke it saying, “This is my body which is given for you: This do in remembrance of me.”

 

1 Corinthians 10:16 “The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?”

 

1 Corinthians 11:24 “And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.”

Jesus had to be “BROKEN” (Romans 15:3-4; Galatians 4:4; John 19:31-37)

 

3 Simple Principles about Broken Things

Sinners Cannot Be Saved Until They Are Broken

Saints Cannot Be Used Until They Are Broken

Only Jesus Christ Can Heal Broken Lives (Luke 4:18)