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Restored | Pastor Darren Palmer | Faith Church · Faith Church Podcast

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If you could turn in your Bible with me to 2
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Corinthians chapter 13, I want to share something
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I never saw before until this week. And it's
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actually kind of part two to what I brought last
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week. I believe that God is a God of restoration.
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Everybody say restoration. And I'm reading from
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the New International Version this morning, 2
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Corinthians 13. And I want to read verse 11.
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It says, finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice.
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We've been doing that this morning, right? And
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then it says this, strive for full restoration.
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Isn't that good? Strive for full restoration.
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I think the New King James says something like,
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be complete. Be complete. Strive for full restoration.
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That's our text, but I want to read the rest.
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Encourage one another. Be of one mind. Live in
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peace. And the God of love and peace will be
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with you. Greet one another with a holy kiss.
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We're going to practice that right now. Dale,
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will you stand right now? No, I'm just kidding.
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It's deep in here this morning. All God's people
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here send their greetings. May the grace of the
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Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the
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fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
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Father, we thank you for your word today. We
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ask God that it will be real in our hearts and
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that you would set people on a path today of
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restoration. There is a Japanese art form. It's
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called Kintsugi. Kintsugi. Anybody ever heard
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of that? Some of you have. Kintsugi is when they
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take broken pottery and they repair the cracks
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with liquid gold. And the process makes the cracked
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vessel stronger than it was before. And way more
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valuable than it was before. This is the process
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of restoration. Kintsugi. A noted artist, Lord
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Landseer, tells a story about how he stayed in
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a guest room. And there was a pitcher of soda
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water that was accidentally spilled on the decorated
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wall. And it left an unsightly stain. But while
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he was staying there and when the family left,
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he took out his charcoal, whatever you call them.
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and begin to stroke that stain. And when it was
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done, it was a beautiful waterfall bordered by
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trees and wildlife. And that began a trend in
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that room of whoever would stay there would put
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their art on that wall. That is restoration.
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If an artist can turn a stain into a masterful
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work of art, and if a Japanese process can make
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a broken piece of pottery worthy of a museum,
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then how much more can the blood of Calvary Bring
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restoration to a life and make something broken,
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beautiful, and glorious. I feel like I can just
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stop preaching right now and give the altar call.
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Okay, somebody go kiss that man. Yes. Yes. Greet
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one another with a holy kiss. Yeah! I feel the
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Lord in this house. And I want to say too, Brother
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Tom, I want to thank you for all the work that
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you put into this lawn this summer. And just
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when I drive up, it looks great. Thank you. Thank
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you. And others as well, but Tom has kind of
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taken up the mantle. And it has been amazing.
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Why does God need to restore us? Adam. The first
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human had a perfect eternal body, lived in a
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perfect world, had perfect fellowship with God,
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had a perfect spouse like I do. Hallelujah. And
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when he fell into sin, He paid an incredible
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price. It cost him everything. And do you know
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what he needed? Restoration. He suddenly became
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totally aware of right and wrong and evil. He
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lost the glory that God covered him with. He
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knew the shame of nakedness. He traded immortality
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for aging and death. He needed restoration because
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of everything that he had lost. And we see, if
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you read in Genesis, you see that God killed
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an animal, created clothing for him, and covered
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him because he's a God of restoration. Humanity
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now needs to be restored. Every single one of
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us. needs restoration. Many wandering through
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life just think that this is all there is. But
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when you are restored into right relationship
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with your creator, then you realize that your
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eyes are opened and you go, whoa, there's way
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more to this than crawling around this planet
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just taking care of my family and making money.
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God wants to restore you into right relationship
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with Him. And so, the Father did not mess around
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with the fragility of humanity. The Father, from
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the beginning, planned to send His Son to the
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cross. Four or five thousand years after Adam
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fell, Jesus went to the cross. The veil of the
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curtain was torn in two so that you and I could
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be restored into right relationship with the
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Father. Restoration. Restoration. What is it?
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What does the verse say? Strive for full restoration.
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I love that. The English Standard Version says,
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aim for restoration. The Voice Bible, which is
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a newer translation, says this, repair whatever
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is broken. My wife is going to apply this verse
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to our house. It's not going to be good for me.
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I want to just walk through a couple of characters
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in the Old Testament that needed restoration.
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Joseph. Joseph, the favorite of his father. but
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hated by his brothers. His wicked brothers lied
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to their father about his death and sold him
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into slavery. And as a slave, he was falsely
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accused of adultery and thrown into an Egyptian
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prison for years. But through it all, Joseph
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served those around him. He continued to operate
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with integrity. And he was faithful for years.
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Not just a day or two. But for years, he was
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faithful to what God had called him to. Whatever
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God had called him to. Nobody saw. Nobody remembered.
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People forgot him. They forgot him over and over
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and over and over again. But there was one that
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did not forget Joseph. And Joseph needed one
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thing. He needed restoration. And he had lost
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everything. But God saw Joseph, and God did not
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forget Joseph. And I want you to know right now,
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in your situation, that nobody else might see,
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but God sees. And God will restore you. I love
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what Peter said in 1 Peter chapter 5. He said,
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and the God of all grace who called you to eternal
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glory in Christ after you have suffered a little
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while will himself restore you and make you strong,
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firm, and steadfast. Hallelujah. That went into
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a couple of you. I want to read it again. And
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the God of all grace, who called you to eternal
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glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little
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while, will himself restore you and make you
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strong. Isn't that Joseph's story? And Joseph,
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if you don't know Joseph's story, you need to
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read about it. He became a slave and he became
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a, it was in an Egyptian prison, which is not
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like, you know, our prisons here, even the ones
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not well taken care of are posh compared to the
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Egyptian prisons. And there he was in the Egyptian
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prison serving faithfully. And God exalted him
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to be the number two ruler of Egypt. I think
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that's restoration, don't you? That's restoration.
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And Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 13 to strive
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for full. Restoration. Strive for full restoration.
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Let's go to another one. Job. How many of you
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like Job? In my devotional time, I'm in the middle
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of Job right now. And I find myself strangely
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relating with him in my surfacy kind of ways.
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His obviously, the depth of his suffering. I've
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never met anybody that could match. But Job went
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through his trial, not because of his sin, but
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because of his righteousness. He was striving
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to live for God. And the enemy came and accused
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him before God. Or he was talking with God. And
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God said, have you considered my servant Job?
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And Job... went through trial like none other.
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He lost everything that he had spent his lifetime
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building. He lost all of his animals, which was
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the representation of wealth in that day. He
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lost everything. His children, all of them, died.
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In one day. His wealth taken from him. In one
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day. I get thrown off when I have car trouble.
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Job lost everything. And even so, listen to what
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he said. Naked I came from my mother's womb and
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naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord
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has taken away. May the name of the Lord be praised.
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At the end of the day, he had lost his children.
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And he had lost everything that he owned. And
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he rose up in worship and said, God is worthy.
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of my praise. Wow! And so part two happened of
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his suffering and the enemy was allowed to touch
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the health of Job. And he sat on a heap for seven
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days, did not say a word. And then began to dialogue
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with his friends about his suffering. His own
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wife comes to him and says, if you'll just curse
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God, you'll die. And Job needs something in this
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moment. He needs restoration. I want to read
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to you the end of the story. The Lord blessed
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the latter part of Job's life more than the former
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part. He had 14 ,000 sheep, 6 ,000 camels, 1
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,000 yoke of oxen, and 1 ,000 donkeys. And he
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also had seven sons and three daughters. The
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first daughter he named Jemima, the second Keziah,
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and the third Karen Hapuch. Whatever that means.
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I guess I could find out. Nowhere in all the
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land were there found women as beautiful as Job's
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daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance
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along with their brothers. After this, Job lived
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140 years. He saw his children and their children
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to the fourth generation, and so Job died an
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old man and full of years. Isn't that amazing?
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That's restoration. Here's a third character.
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I'm trying to move through these quickly. Naomi.
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Naomi followed her husband during a drought to
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the land of Moab so that they could survive,
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where her two sons married two Moabite women.
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And while in the land of Moab, her husband passed
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away, her first son passed away, and her second
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son passed away, her first daughter -in -law
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went back to her father's household. Ruth clung
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to her. But in the end, she came back to Bethlehem
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with nothing. And she said this, Don't call me
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Naomi. This is the only person in the Bible that
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gave themselves a new name. That gave themselves
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a new name. Several God gave a new name to. But
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Naomi renamed herself. You know what she renamed
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herself? Mary. Mara. Bitter. That's what it means,
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bitter. Bitter. And she said this, I went away
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full to Moab, but the Lord has brought me back
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empty. Why call me Naomi? The Lord has afflicted
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me. The Almighty has brought misfortune upon
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me. Wow. You know what Naomi needed? Restoration.
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She needed restoration. And I thank God that
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the story does not end there. Amen? Because God
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used her Moabite daughter -in -law, Ruth, through
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a series of miracles and a kinsman redeemer that
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reflects who Jesus is in the New Testament. to
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position Naomi to be the great -grandmother of
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King David. The story is breathtaking. The power
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of God on full display. And she, even more importantly,
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was in the lineage, of the Messiah. And there
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would come another Mary that would give birth
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to a son that would redeem the world. Hallelujah.
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She needed restoration. Now let me quickly share
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some thoughts about restoration from these three
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stories. Number one, being fully restored does
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not mean that you quit suffering loss. Job still
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lost all of his first batch of children. You
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think he didn't miss them? Do you think that
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they were replaced? Naomi still lost her husband
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and her sons. These were the loves of her life.
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But as she embraced restoration, as she embraced
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it, God began to work in her a new thing. God
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worked in Job a new season. Number two, full
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restoration does not mean going back to the life
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that we once had. A lot of times when people
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say, Lord, restore me, what they're really praying
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is, God, give me the life I used to have. But
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God's got a different plan in the restoration.
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And he's not going to do the same thing that
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he did before in your life. Your life is not
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on a loop of repeat. God is going to do a new
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thing. Hallelujah. in your loss, is working in
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your life in ways that you cannot even see. Joseph,
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I know you want to go home and be with your dad
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and your brother Benjamin, but hang in there,
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son. I need you to stay faithful in that prison.
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For one more year. I need somebody. That can
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lead. The nation. Of Egypt. I know you've lost
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a lot Naomi. And I know you blame me. Right now.
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For what you're going through. But Naomi somehow
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keep. Trusting me. Because in a couple of generations,
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there's a shepherd boy that has to come forth.
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He's going to be a king. Full restoration embraces
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The purposes of God that are operating in the
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background that you cannot see. You do not see
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it, but God is at work. It means saying, God,
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this thing called the kingdom, it is bigger than
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my life. the ones pulling the strings, God. You're
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the one pulling the strings. And I don't see
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it right now, and I don't know it right now,
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but I trust you. Hallelujah. I trust you. Now
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these first three illustrations were illustrations
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where people did not cause their own mess. Joseph
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was sold into slavery by his brothers. Naomi
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was the product of just tragic tragedy all around
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her. A famine in the land and sickness coming
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to her household. I want to talk about one now
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that caused his own downfall. Samson. Samson
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lost everything because of his own personal compromise.
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He was full of lust and disobedience to God's
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Spirit. He was unfaithful to God's calling. And
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the Spirit of God ended up leaving him because
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he refused integrity. He was selfish and sinful.
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And his life ended up in a Philistine prison
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with his eyes gouged out. And it was his own
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fault. I want to tell you that you might be living,
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In the fruit of your own failure. But even then,
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can I tell you that God is a restorer. Listen
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to what the Bible says about Samson. Y 'all,
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if you read the story of Samson, you realize
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that his hair was significant. He had taken a
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Nazarite vow, which means he would never cut
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his hair. And when his hair was cut, that was
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the last straw of disobedience. The Spirit of
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God left him. But listen to this in Judges 16
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.22. But the hair on his head began to grow again
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after it had been shaved. Can I tell you that
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it's not hair that God was concerned about? But
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Samson's heart changed and he repented. And I
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want to read the story. The rulers of the Philistines
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assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon,
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their God, and to celebrate saying, our God has
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delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands.
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And when the people saw him, they praised their
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God, saying, Our God has delivered our enemy
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into our hands, the one who laid waste our land
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and multiplied our slain. And while they were
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drunk, in high spirits they shouted, Bring out
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Samson to entertain us. So they called Samson
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out of the prison and he performed for them.
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And when they stood him among the pillars, Samson
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said to the servant who held his hand, put me
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where I can feel the pillars that support the
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temple so that I might lean against them. And
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the temple was crowded with men and women. All
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the rulers of the Philistines were there. And
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on the roof were about 3 ,000 men and women watching
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Samson perform. And Samson prayed to the Lord,
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Sovereign Lord, remember me, please God. Strengthen
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me just once more. And let me with one blow get
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revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes. And
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Samson reached down toward the two central pillars
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on which the temple stood and bracing himself
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against them, his right hand on the one and his
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left hand on the other. Samson said, let me die
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with the Philistines. And he pushed with all
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his might and down came the temple on the rulers
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and the people in it. Thus he killed many more
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Philistines when he died than when he lived.
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That, friends, is restoration. Sometimes sin
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disqualifies you from what you used to have.
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And can I just put a word in here, especially
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sexual sin. Read a verse from Corinthians. Flee
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from sexual immorality. All other sins a person
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commits are outside the body, but whoever sins
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sexually sins against their own body. You are
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stealing your own future, your own destiny, when
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you live in sexual immorality of any type. There
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isn't one type worse than the other. You are
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sinning against your own life. And there are
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some things that you will disqualify yourself
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from if you continue down that path. I've seen
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preachers that are disqualified from the pulpit
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because of the way that they have lived. Does
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this mean God cannot forgive them? No, it does
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not. But they disqualify themselves from calling
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and from things that God wanted them to do and
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wanted them to be because they sin against their
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own life and limit, limit. This is why God wants
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you to walk in purity and wholeness. But can
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I tell you that although God might not be able
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to give you back certain things. He can restore
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you to the kingdom. He can find a place for you.
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This word restore is the word It's the Greek
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word. I'm looking for it. I got off my notes
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a long time ago. It is the Greek word. Katartizo.
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Remember when Jesus came up to the disciples,
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they weren't disciples yet. Peter and his brother
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were there working on the nets. And you know
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what they were doing? They were catartizoing
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the nets. They were mending the nets. That's
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the same word. Catartizo. And in Galatians chapter
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6, Galatians chapter 6 and verse 1, we see this
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word again, catartizo. Brethren, if a man is
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overtaken in any trespass, say any trespass,
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any trespass. had an open book right now and
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you could see all the sins that have ever been
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committed that are represented in this room,
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our minds might be blown at what we read. Nobody
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in here wants that to be exposed to everybody
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else. And yet the church has a reputation of
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condemning people. And God wants us to quit condemning
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people. Because there is no trespass that is
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bigger than the cross. Hallelujah. There is no
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sin that you've committed that the cross cannot
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overcome. that the blood of the Lamb cannot be
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applied to and see your life changed forever.
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Hallelujah. And this says in Galatians chapter
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6, Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass,
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you who are spiritual, restore such a one in
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a spirit of gentleness. Considering yourself
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lest you also be tempted. Catartizo. Mend the
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nets. Repair that which is broken. Restore. In
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Joel chapter 1. In verse 2. It says, hear this
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you elders and give ear all you inhabitants of
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the land. Has anything like this happened in
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your days? Or even the days of your father? Tell
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your children about it. Let your children tell
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their children and their children another generation.
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What the chewing locust left the swarming locust
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has eaten. What the swarming locust left, the
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crawling locust has eaten. And what the crawling
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locust left, the consuming locust has eaten.
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Joel is describing the stages that a locust goes
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through in its metamorphosis. And it's devouring
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nature. And when it finally gets to be fully
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mature, it wipes out everything in the land.
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These were in Joel's days the armies of the Lord
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that came to judge the house. And we used to
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sing that song about it. Blow the trumpet in
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Zion, Zion. And we used to sing. Basically, it's
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saying judgment is on the house. Judgment is
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on the house. The locusts have taken everything.
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We didn't understand that song. And some of you
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can relate. You have been lambasted from every
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direction. These locusts. Stealing and taking.
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And what Israel needed was restoration. So Joel
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calls them to repentance. He calls them, you
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can read the different verses. Awake you drunkards
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and weep. Verse 9, lament. Be ashamed, you farmers.
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Wail, you vinedressers. Verse 13, gird yourselves
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and lament. 14, consecrate a fast. Call a sacred
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assembly. He's calling the house of Israel to
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repent. And then he prays, Lord, to you I cry
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out. And then in chapter 2, that's when it says,
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blow the trumpet in Zion. Sound an alarm on my
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holy mountain. Let the inhabitants of the land
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tremble. He's calling them to repentance. There's
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way more to that prophecy than what I have time
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to divulge this morning. But restoration happens
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in chapter 2, verse 25. It says this, So I will
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restore to you the years that the swarming locust
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has eaten. Now he goes backwards. He starts with
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the mature locust and goes backwards. Because
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he's describing full restoration. I will restore
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to you the years that the swarming locust has
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eaten. The crawling locust. The consuming locust.
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And the chewing locust. My great army. Which
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I sent among you. You shall eat in plenty. And
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be satisfied. And praise the name of the Lord
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your God, who has dealt wondrously with you.
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And my people shall never be put to shame. And
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then you shall know that I am in the midst of
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Israel. I am the Lord your God, and there is
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no other. My people shall never be put to shame.
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Hallelujah. Now we like the next part of that
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prophecy because he says, and it shall come to
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pass afterward that I will pour out my spirit
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on all flesh. Talking about the baptism of the
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Holy Spirit in Joel chapter 2. But what does
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it talk about first? Full restoration. Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah. What the enemy has stolen. What the
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enemy has stolen, God is going to restore in
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the name of Jesus. You have sickness in your
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body. What do you need? Restoration. You have
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depression that you can't get out of. What do
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you need? Restoration. You have loss that you
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don't know how you're going to get to the other
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side of. What do you need? Restoration. Well,
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God is in this place and he is a restorer. He
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is one that builds back. He's the one that leads
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forward in Jesus' name. He's the one that makes
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sense. Hallelujah. He's the one that reveals.
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He is the one that positions people right where
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they need to be. So what should I do, pastor?
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First of all, you should trust God with your
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life and with the circumstances that you don't
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understand. His purposes that you can't see are
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at work. Trust God. Number two, stay faithful
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in the midst of your trial. Don't give in or
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give up even through the years. Even through
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the years. My mom prayed for her son, my brother,
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to come to Christ for 35 years. I am thankful
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that she did not quit. Amen? You stay faithful
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and do not give up. Number three, repent of any
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known sin. The Holy Spirit will make plain. where
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you are falling short, repent of any known sin
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and get right with God. And number four, and
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I'm going to close with this scripture. Number
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four is a wonderful passage. Stay near the master.
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Go with me to Luke chapter six. Turn there quickly.
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Luke chapter six and verse 40. This is a powerful
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passage of Scripture. And we see here again,
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catartizo, catartizo, Luke 640. A disciple is
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not above his teacher. But everyone who is perfectly
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trained. Everybody say perfectly trained. Guess
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what word that is? Catartizo. Mended. Molded.
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Restored. When you are perfectly restored. Wow.
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Everyone who is perfectly trained. will be like
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his teacher. Wow. Anybody out there want to be
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like Jesus? Anybody out there want to look like
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the master? Any students and disciples out there
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trying to grow up into the image of the son,
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Jesus Christ? Stay near the master. Keep learning.
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God is perfecting you. When you are perfectly
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trained, when catartizo happens in your life,
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you will look like the master. Hallelujah. Jesus
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will be evident in your life. His image will
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be stamped on your heart. When the father looks
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at you, he will see the reflection of his son.
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Hallelujah. That's what we're after. That is
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restoration. God, you take my broken life. You
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take my broken life. And you take me through
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a process that is better than Kintsugi. You put
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me back together better than I was because of
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the blood of the Lamb. Naomi, at the end of her
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life, when she could see the hand of God, when
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she watched what happened with Ruth and Boaz,
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no, she wouldn't want to go through it again.
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No, she wouldn't wish any of that on even her
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enemies. But she was thanking God for his perfect
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plan happening in her life. Joseph, he wouldn't
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want to go through all that again. He wouldn't
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want anybody to go through that again. But he
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told his brothers. At the end, they were afraid
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he was going to kill him. And he said it was
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God's plan to save life and not destroy it. God
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did this, not you. Hallelujah. Oh, praise the
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Lord. God did it. Job, at the end of his life,
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was thanking God for his faithfulness, his goodness,
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reflecting the righteousness of God back to him.
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Even Samson, thankful for restoration. This morning,
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God wants to restore your life. This morning,
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you are seeing areas of your life that you're
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going, wow, I didn't know, God, that you were
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working in that area. exercising your divine
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plan in that area. And this morning, you need
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to declare emphatically, God, I trust you. Let's
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pray. Lord, you are here. In this place. You're
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speaking to hearts. Your word. Lord, you're working.
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In fact, it's like you're pouring oil over people
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right now. You're illuminating things by your
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Spirit. Lord, I just break right now the voice
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of the enemy that would condemn, that would say
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there's no hope, that would say you're always
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going to be where you are. We break the lies
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of the enemy now in Jesus' name. Dreams that
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have died. Lord, I speak life into those dreams.
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Somebody here that's ready to just give up and
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throw in the towel. But God is coming alongside
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of you this morning saying, you're not alone.
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I am walking with you. And if this word this
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morning spoke to a very specific situation in
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your life where you need to stand up and you
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need to say, God, I trust you. I want to invite
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you to do that right now. To just stand up and
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just say, God, I trust you. Come on. Come on.
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Come on. Come on. Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. Jesus.
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Now this command in 1 Corinthians 13, strive
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for full restoration. It is a command to your
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own life to not settle for second best or to
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just go, oh, I guess this is the way that it's
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always going to be. And what that does is it
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steals your faith from believing God for more.
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It steals from you. And so you in your own life.
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need to strive not for partial restoration, but
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for full restoration in the name of Jesus. But
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it is also a command for us to help others, that
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we are contending for your life, that we are
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believing with you and for you to be fully restored
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in Jesus' mighty name. Hallelujah. And so it
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is a command for you to participate in the restoration
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of others in the body of Christ. And so those
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of you standing right now, we are about to stand
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with you in a moment. And we're going to contend
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with you. We're going to strive for full restoration.
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In Jesus' mighty name. I'm going to pray first
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for all those standing. And then after I'm done
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praying, I want to invite you to stand with somebody
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that's standing. And I want to invite you to
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pray with them in Jesus' mighty name. Father,
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we come before you. And these that are standing
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that have responded to this word are looking
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at a situation in their life that they don't
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like. They're looking at a situation in their
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life that's possibly uncomfortable or maybe very
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uncomfortable. And they're looking at that situation
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that is stealing from them. And Lord, they are
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lifting up their eyes to you. And they are saying,
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Father, I, trust you. And God, as you are working
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undoubtedly behind the scenes in ways that we
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cannot see, I am asking that a great trust will
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be imparted, God, to every person standing right
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now in Jesus' name. A great trust in you in the
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name of the Lord. Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah.
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God, we're not above the possibility that we
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could have contributed to this situation. And
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we ask your Holy Spirit, we invite your Holy
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Spirit to bring conviction and reveal things
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in our lives that we need to repent of. Reveal
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those things, Holy Spirit, that we might walk
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rightly. with you. Wash and cleanse in Jesus'
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name. And help us, God, to believe you through
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to the end. Whether it's a moment, whether it's
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a day or a decade, God, help us to continue to
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believe in Jesus' mighty name. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
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Oh, we give you praise, God. Oh, we give you
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praise, God. We magnify your name, Jesus. We
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magnify your name, Jesus. We bless your name.
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Hallelujah. I want to invite everybody to just
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stand right now and just go to one that's standing.
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And I just want you, as a brother or sister,
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you don't have to pray anything phenomenal. You
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just stand with them and pray as the Lord leads
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you. And stand with these that are contending
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for full restoration in Jesus' mighty name. Hallelujah.
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Don't let anybody stand alone right now. We are
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in this together in Jesus' name. We thank you,
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Father. We thank you, Father. We thank you, Father.
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We give you glory, God. We give you glory, God.
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We magnify your name. We magnify your name. Hallelujah,
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hallelujah, hallelujah. Hallelujah.