Episode 7: Healing What Adam Broke

Series: Week 2 – Recapitulation (Restoration)

In this episode of The Encouraging Word, Pastor Eric reflects on Christ’s work of healing what was broken in humanity from the beginning. Drawing from Scripture and the Recapitulation tradition, this devotional considers how Jesus retraces the path of human failure—not to repeat it, but to restore it.

Where humanity once turned from God, Christ turns toward Him. Where trust was lost, Christ lives in perfect faithfulness. In doing so, He repairs what was fractured at the root, bringing healing not only to individuals, but to the human story itself.

Scripture:Romans 5:18–19

Series Focus:Recapitulation proclaims that Christ restores humanity by retracing and healing the path of human failure.

Music:Bumper music: “Mercy Flows” (original composition, 2006)

Encouraging Word for Today:Where humanity was broken, Christ has begun the work of healing.

Reflection Prompt

Where do you see patterns of brokenness—personal or inherited—that feel deeply rooted? How might Christ’s restoring work speak hope into that place?

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