Hope for Broken People in a Broken World
“The Scriptures remind us that even in the darkest and most broken stories, God is weaving redemption through Christ—the Redeemer who turns broken people into new creations.”
Sermon Summary
The Scriptures declare that all of God’s Word is breathed out by Him and is profitable for teaching, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness so that His people may be equipped for every good work (2 Timothy 3:16–17). Even the difficult stories—like the account of Lot and his daughters in Genesis 19—are given for our instruction. That dark passage shows the brokenness of people doing what is right in their own eyes, a pattern repeated throughout the book of Judges and throughout history. Yet the Scriptures also trace God’s redemptive hand through such brokenness. From Lot’s family line came the Moabites, and from Moab came Ruth, who by God’s providence became the great-grandmother of King David and part of the lineage of Christ Himself.
The genealogy of Jesus even highlights women like Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba—women whose stories were marked by sin, scandal, or suffering, but who became instruments in God’s redeeming work. In this, the Scriptures show us that our hope is not found in human effort or in broken means, but in the Redeemer who came to make all things new.
The gospel proclaims that in Christ we are no longer broken people trying to establish justice in our own way; we are redeemed people called to live out righteousness and justice in the way of the cross. God’s kingdom advances not through power, greed, or violence, but through sacrificial love, service, and the transforming work of Christ.
Sermon Text: Genesis 19.30-38
Preacher: Todd Pylant
Date: September 14, 2025