Welcome to Paul Tripp's Wednesday's Word podcast.

I'm Dalton, a member of the Paul Trip Ministries team.

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or you can read online at paultrip.com slash Wednesday, or on Facebook, Instagram, and the Paul Trip app. This week, Paul

discusses the beautiful, life-giving hope of our ultimate restoration in Christ. Here's this week's

Wednesday's word.

Many years ago, my wife Luella's parents were looking at houses to buy.

My father-in-law had a list of addresses he wanted to check out, and he invited me to tag along.

I glanced at one of the locations and thought,

why would you ever think about owning a house here? But I kept my opinion to myself and joined him for the tour. When we pulled up, the front yard was a disaster. Shockingly, the inside of the house actually

made the outside of the house appear decent. What shocked me more was my father-in-law's initial reaction.

Well, this looks promising,

he said cheerfully. I checked the calendar to ensure that it wasn't April Fool's Day. It wasn't.

Surely, this man was pulling a prank on me, but he wasn't. I thought he was delusional,

but he was genuinely optimistic. Within a few days, he had secured the money to buy the house, and not long

afterward began a total restoration. It took time, but he did it. I'll never forget returning

after the restoration was complete. It was an entirely different house. Today is the last in a four-part

series, creation, slavery, redemption, restoration.

These four themes link the narrative of scripture together, and you should look for them

whenever you read the Bible.

After God created this beautiful world, sin entered the world, enslaving humanity and ravaging

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