UNDERSTANDING YOUR PAIN

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Written By Caleb Kolstad

UNDERSTANDING YOUR PAIN

Broken Things Restored - Part 1 | March 7-8, 2026

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“In the beginning…”    -Genesis 1:1

Our PAIN points us back to the PROBLEM

8 When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God among the trees. 9 Then the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” 10 He replied, “I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked.”   
-Genesis 3:8-10

When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.   
-Romans 5:12

That PROBLEM made way for a PROMISE

And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.   
-Genesis 3:15

20 Against its will, all creation was subjected to God’s curse. But with eager hope, 21 the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay. 22 For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us.
-Romans 8:20-23

That PROMISE is fulfilled in a PERSON

18 Yes, Adam’s one sin brings condemnation for everyone, but Christ’s one act of righteousness brings a right relationship with God and new life for everyone. 19 Because one person disobeyed God, many became sinners. But because one other person obeyed God, many will be made righteous.   
-Romans 5:18-19

21 So you see, just as death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection from the dead has begun through another man. 22 Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life. 23 But there is an order to this resurrection: Christ was raised as the first of the harvest; then all who belong to Christ will be raised when he comes back.   
-1 Corinthians 15:21-23

He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.  
-Revelation 21:4

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.    
-Romans 16:20

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