August 24, 2025
Fix You
- Matt Nickoson
Sermon Notes
Have you ever seen someone hurting so bad and thought “how can I fix this for you?”
Chris Martin – Coldplay – Fix You
When you try your best, but you don't succeed.
When you get what you want, but not what you need.
When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep.
Stuck in reverse.
And the tears come streaming down your face.
When you lose something you can't replace.
When you love someone, but it goes to waste.
Could it be worse?
Lights will guide you home,
And ignite your bones.
And I will try to fix you.
Genesis 2:8 NIV
Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.
Genesis 2:15-17 NIV
The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
Genesis 2:18 NIV
The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
The narrative in Genesis 1-2 has shown that God knows what is “pleasant/beneficial,” and he will provide tov (which means good; i.e. the woman) when something is not tov (not good: i.e. man being alone), that is called ra’ (not good). So the tree represents a choice: Will they live with God, allowing him to know and define tov and ra’” –Tim Mackie, The Bible Project Podcast
Genesis 2:24-25 NIV
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.
The root of the verb translated “ashamed” is בושׁ (bosh), which can also be translated as "to be ashamed," "to be disappointed," or "to be confounded”.
“Bosh” expresses the inner collapse that follows disappointed trust, moral failure, or public humiliation. The word’s prevalence reveals a deep biblical concern: where people place their confidence determines whether they experience shame or glory.
Genesis 3:1 NIV
Now the serpent (Satan) was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
Genesis 3:2-3 NIV
The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”
Genesis 3:4-5 NIV
“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Satan whispered the ultimate FOMO to Eve: “You can’t trust God – He is holding out on you. Therefore, you better take this fruit and take care of yourself.”
What is one of your fears?
What is your “therefore”, as a result of acting on this fear?
“I’m afraid if other people knew what I wrestled with, they wouldn’t love me or accept me. Therefore, I tell no one and don’t go very deep in relationships.”
Genesis 3:7 NIV
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
What is the ongoing result of this decision in your life?
Genesis 3:10 NIV
He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
Sin has made all of us feel exposed and ashamed.
Genesis 3:12 NIV
The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
Q: How do I get a different fruit to grow on my tree?
A: I need a whole new root system.
John 12:23-24 NIV
Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.”
Step 1: to a transformed life is to accept the work of Jesus as my only way forward.
Fear must be replaced with faith!
Jeremiah 17:5 NIV
“This is what the Lord says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord.”
Jeremiah 17:7-8 NIV
“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”
Step 2: to a transformed life is to die to the old ways and trust God knows best again.
John 12:25-26 NIV
“Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.”
Step 3: to a transformed life is to cultivate the new life over and over again. And this will feel like death!
Luke 9:23 NIV
Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.”
To see new fruit: I must become more like Jesus and less like me.
1 Peter 1:22-23 NIV
Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart. For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.