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Intro:​ PBS show Ancestry Roadshow?​ Ever since the first man and the first woman that God ever created fell into sin there has been a need for Christmas. Because God is all knowing, He knew of this need even before it arrived and made plans for Christmas to come and prepared the human race for Christmas…

and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of…

Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars.

Pastor Marvin gives an overview of 1 & 2 Chronicles which was written to a people who had lost hope. Chronicles points to a future King who would restore hope.

Scripture reading: Gen. 5:1-5 This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created. When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after…

Advent #1 The Messiah has a very interesting family tree. Filled with heroes and villains it's not the family tree you would make up.

Who is this King? Introduce the Text Read the Text Preach the Text Introduce Genealogies are often overlooked and sometimes not even read. We see them and just skip right past them thinking they are not important. However, genealogies are important, especially when we consider Matthew’s intended audience.…

How do you view the genealogies? Misunderstanding Genealogies The temptation to calculate dates Lightfoot and Usher Attempted to calculate date and time of creation Genealogies have never been used to calculate dates The Bible clearly states when time spans are important The time that the people of Israel…

INTRODUCTION We are going to go over the entire first chapter of Matthew tonight We are going to stand back and take a broad overview Then we will zoom in and look at some details GENEALOGY Verses 1-17 (This is the earthly genealogy of Jesus) Verses 18-25 (This is the divine genealogy of Jesus) The first…

Jesus' family tree is a less than stellar lineup of ancestors. They were very broken, perhaps like your family tree. Looking at the history of where Jesus comes from fills us with home to know that our past does not need to haunt us. Jesus can bless us to overcome all hereditary and cultivated tendencies to evil

Matthew’s language connects to Genesis. “The link certainly intends to bind these two stories closely together and to invite the reader to ponder the implications of God’s creative activity that is both a continuation from the beginning and a new event in the birth of Jesus. The intentional and purposeful…

Our texts describe a genealogy of faith, one a genealogy of the faithful who risk all for God whatever the result in this life and one a genealogy of the Messianic promise which describes faithful and non-faithful, gentile women and irregular relationships, men who ruled and many who were poor and without influence, but all were part of bringing God's promise to fruition. We are called to trust God, to lay our all on the line and to be faithful to him so that we may be included in the mystery of the genealogy of faith.

How many of you have done some genealogy work to learn more about your ancestry? This last yaer my uncle on my dad’s side decided to do some digging into our own ancestry and started a private facebook group to share everything he learned with the family. The history he shared was really quite fascinating…

We love a good scandal in the news or on Netflix, but what if YOU are part of the scandal? What if YOU come from a family filled with scandal and drama? What if YOUR life and past has been filled with hard things? What if YOUR identity seems like a scandal? Is it possible for hope? Matthew 1:1-17 seems like a boring genealogy, but it is filled with scandal yet hope in Jesus, the one uniquely qualified to be our Savior, Lord, and hope this Christmas.

Why are genealogies so important and why are they in the Bible.

In these two sections Luke proves the Messiah-ship of Jesus. First, God speaks at his baptism and calls Jesus his son. Second, Jesus' genealogy is traced all the way back to Adam, the father of all people.

In Matthew 1:1-17, we learn that the exile forms an important part of the genealogy of Jesus because it highlights his mission of redemption for those who are separated from God.

Matthew calls Jesus "the son of Abraham" because Jesus fulfills God's call to Abraham that one of his descendants would bless the whole world.

Lead Pastor Wes Terry preaches a sermon on Genesis 5 entitled "A Legacy Worth Following." The sermon is part of the series "Living Right in a World Gone Wrong." The sermon was preached on April 23rd, 2023.

ME: Intro - I Just Can’t Wait [For My] King He is risen! [He is risen indeed!] This morning, We are talking about He who Always Was King, And Will always be King. So, it is not like Jesus was waiting with anticipation to become King. He is not like Simba from the Lion King. When He is a little lion cub,…

Matthew calls Jesus "the son of David" because Jesus fulfills God's promise of a future king who establishes God's kingdom on earth.

The Gospel of Matthew Today we are beginning a journey through the Gospel of Matthew, the first book of the NT. After a year of spend quite a bit of time in the OT, as we walked through the life of David and examined the life of Moses throughout the Experiencing God Series, it seemed right to spend some…

In Matthew 1:1-17, we learn that the genealogy of Jesus Christ included women.