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A topical, and expositional study from the Word of God, in order to Glorify and Exalt our Great God and our Savior Jesus Christ; that we may reach the world with the Gospel, and grow in the Grace and knowledge of Him.. Grace and Peace to all, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.(Isaiah 52:7) "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!"(Isaiah 55 10-11) 10) "For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:"11) "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it."(John 3:16)“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”(John 14:1-7) 1)"Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me."2)"In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you."3)"And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."4)And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know."5)"Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?"6)"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."7)"If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him."(Romans 10 :9-10;13) 9)"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."10)"For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."13)"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
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Exploring the Fulfillment of Ancient Prophecies: The Genealogy of Jesus Christ in Matthew 1:1-25
Have you ever wondered how ancient prophecies connect to the life of Jesus Christ, and what that means for us today? Join us on a journey through the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 1, verses 1 through 25, where we uncover the profound link between the Old and New Testaments. This episode of "Word from the Word of God" marks our return after a brief hiatus, and we're excited to guide you through the genealogy of Jesus as presented by Matthew. By retracing the lineage from Abraham to David, through the Babylonian exile, and finally to Christ, we reveal how each name in this genealogy tells a unique story of promise and fulfillment.
Matthew's Gospel is more than just a list of names; it's a testament to God's unwavering promises and perfect timing. We delve into the significance of the three sets of 14 generations, showing how they underline the continuity of God's redemptive plan. By exploring the promises made to Abraham and David, we highlight how Jesus is the promised Messiah, here to redeem humanity. As we discuss the importance of prayerfully engaging with genealogies, we uncover profound truths that showcase the transformative power of God's grace and His boundless mercy.
This episode also focuses on the notion of salvation as a free and unearned gift through Jesus Christ. We reflect on the stories of flawed yet redeemed individuals in Jesus' ancestry, such as King David, whose life exemplifies the boundless mercy available to all through repentance. As hosts, we extend an invitation to embrace faith in Jesus, encouraging listeners to experience the transformative power of God's grace regardless of their past. With this foundation, we invite you to join us in future episodes as we continue exploring the life and promise of Jesus Christ, the Messiah, and Emmanuel, God with us.
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Hello and welcome to this another edition of Word from the Word of God. Thank you all so much for joining us again. As we join together this morning, I want to tell you, and I pray, that this message finds you in good health and in the joy of the Lord. But before we delve into today's message from the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 1, verses 1 through 25, I want to take a moment to address my recent absence and the length of Matthew, chapter 1, verses 1 through 25,. I want to take a moment to address my recent absence and the length of time between broadcasts Since January, the 8th of this new year, 2025, and it goes on beyond that, toward the very first day of the year, I began to deal with the really debilitating migraine pains that I have dealt with and I have been in a great pain cycle for this long time, and I do want to apologize because I know it prevented me from sharing God's Word with you, and you just don't understand the deep regret and disappointment in my heart that I'm not able to, you know, join together with you and share words from the word of God with you. We can't join. We can't get that time back. Join with me today and join back with us in this study of the Gospels, which we began back the first of the year and the last message being January 8th. But as we gather again today and we want to begin looking at the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 1, we look at verses 1 through 25. Let us thank God for his healing and bringing us back together to study his work. I want to tell you this and I want to assure you this your prayers and listener support have always been a source of strength and encouragement to me throughout all the time in this ministry, especially my brothers and sisters throughout the United States and even close to our home here in Pakla, south Carolina, but not only that, but our brothers and sisters overseas, in Kenya and Haiti, and so on and so forth, pakistan, and so on and so forth. You know who you are, the Lord knows you and the Lord knows our family in Christ and how he's joined us together through the Holy Spirit and the spirit of worship, spirit of love in Christ, and I just thank God for each and every one of you. But I want to thank you for your prayers during this time and I thank God that I'm able to join with you once again that we can share words from the word of God. Today, I ask you to pray along with me as we begin here, that the Holy Spirit would open the eyes of our hearts and our minds as we look, through the eyes of Scripture, at Jesus Christ, the promised King, the promised Messiah, emmanuel, god with us.
Speaker 1:Now just to reflect on something here, with Matthew, matthew's gospel serves as sort of a divine bridge that connects the Old Testament to the New Testament. His frequent use of the word fulfilled and his numerous quotations from the Old Testament underscore this connection. There's no way it can be denied. Even the Jews in that day, the Pharisees and the Sadducees that had formed over the 400 silent years from Malachi till John the Baptist, came out of the wilderness. They could not deny Matthew's connection from the New Testament, his revelation of Jesus Christ there, to the connection of Old Testament law, prophets and scriptures and so on. They couldn't deny that. Neither can we deny it. He sets this forth. As this connection is set forth and, like I said, he quotes from the Old Testament. We need to understand this. He quotes from the Old Testament more than Mark, luke and John combined, if I may say, highlighting the continuity of the fulfillment of God's promises from the Old Testament. Another word for testament is covenant, the Old Covenant, so Matthew in a seamless way connects, through Jesus Christ and the revelation of Jesus Christ, the Old Covenant to the New Covenant. Christ would tell us if we read verse 1 here. Let's read verse 1 here in Matthew, chapter 1, and we'll read the next, the 25 verses. But we're going to look at verse 1, right quick.
Speaker 1:The book of the generations of Jesus Christ the son, because later in the gospel, in chapter 26 of verse 28, we hear the words of Christ. He says for this is my blood of the New Testament. The word there in the Greek is covenant, the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. So right away, right here, matthew sets the stage for that bridge being built to cross over from the old testament prophecies and law, uh, the levitical priesthood, the sacrificial system, all that foreshadowed Christ in those instances. The offering of Isaac when he said where is the lamb, and Abraham saying God will provide the sacrifice, and so on and so forth. The Passover lamb, when the children of Israel were brought up out of Egypt, which represents Christ, and his blood, his innocent blood, shed for us Immediately. As I'm saying here, he sets the stage. He sets the stage for who Christ is and the lineage that he came through.
Speaker 1:Now he begins here, if you will turn here to Matthew, gospel chapter, matthew, chapter 1, and let's read together the book of the generations of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begot Isaac and Isaac begot Jacob and Jacob begot Judas and his brethren. That is not Judas like Judas Iscariot, that is Judah in the Old Testament. Now there is a difference here in the names in this lineage compared to the Old Testament counterparts of these names, and the reason for that is Matthew is writing and recording in Greek and he is using the Greek form of the Hebrew names from the Old Testament. That justifies the difference. There is no contradiction here. So let's get that set as we begin.
Speaker 1:Judas begat Phares, judah begat Phares and Zerah of Tamar and Phares begot Isram and Isram begot Aram and Aram begot Amenadab and Amenadab begot Naasan and Naasan begot Salmon and Salmon begot Boaz of Rakob and Boaz begot Obad of Ruth and Obad begot Jesse. Excuse me, obad begot Jesse and Jesse listen closely and pay attention right here, in verse 6, begot David the king. So far down through verse. Right here, in verse 6, matthew has established the lineage of Jesus the Messiah. But now in verse 1, he sets the stage for Jesus, the introduction of Jesus the promised king, and Jesus the promised Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham. We'll get into that as we go, but so far he's given the lineage in the Jewish line from Abraham to David. Now he sets forth, and he gives us, the royal kingly line of David and sets forth the lineage from the kings of Judah.
Speaker 1:As we go through Now, as we will look at some of these individuals, as we go through this, it's important to notice how God used flawed individuals, sinful individuals, to bring about his redemptive plan in Christ and to bring his son into the world. But it says right here, and let's pick back up in verse 6, and Jesse begot David the king and David the king begot Solomon of her that had been the wife of Uriah, that's speaking of none other than Bathsheba. And Solomon begot Reboam and Reboam begot Abiah and Abiah begot Asa, and Asa begot Josaphat and Josaphat begot Joram and Joram begot Osias. That's uzziah, king uzziah mentioned in isaiah, chapter 6, verse 1, specifically the year that king uzziah died, isaiah saw the lord seated upon his throne high and lifted up and so on. That's where you find uzziah at, specifically in the Old Testament mentioned, but of course go on. It says in jahas, bet begot German, german begot Osiris. As you saw, ya begot Joethem and Joethem begot a Kazan, a cash, but got, as the kiosks has a kaya in the Old Testament, has a kaya but got Manassas, manassas, manassas begot Ammon, ammon begot Josias and Josias begot Jeconias and his brethren about the time they were carried away, speaking of the children of Judah and Jerusalem, when they were carried away into the 70 years of Babylonian captivity.
Speaker 1:When they were carried away into the 70 years of Babylonian captivity, josias begot Jeconias and his brother about the time they were carried away to Babylon and after they were brought to Babylon, jeconias begot Salathiel and Salathiel begot Zerubbabel. Now, as we come to verse 12, we see the recorded history here of this lineage that can be verified from the Old Testament, mainly ending here in Salathiel and Zerubbabel, who were prominent figures in the Babylonian captivity and subsequent return to Judah and Jerusalem and subsequent return to Judah and Jerusalem. But we also see that Matthew evidently had a verbal genealogy that was given to him as he records on down. But either way, it's the word of God, it's inerrant, it's infallible and we know that if it's in God's word, it is the truth. So we look at these individuals as we go down. The word of God says here in verse three, and it's a ruble begot Abod and Abod begot Eliakim and Eliakim begot Azor and Azor begot Zadok and Zadok begot Achim and Achim begot Eliud and Eliud begot Eleazar. The last begot the Jacob.
Speaker 1:Begot Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. So all the generations from Abraham to David are 14 generations, and from David unto the carrying away into Babylon are 14 generations, and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are 14 generations. Three sets of 14 generations, speaking of God's perfect timing and planning. Now, the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise, picking up in verse 18, when, as his mother, mary was espoused to Joseph before they came together, note that she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph, her husband, being a just man and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream saying Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary, thy wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost, and she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins. Listen closely to verse 22.
Speaker 1:Remember when I talked about Matthew building that bridge? And his key phrase, or his key word, is fulfilled, as we will see as we go through this gospel and all the references he refers back to the Old Testament prophecies. Now, all this was done that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet saying speaking of Isaiah. From Isaiah, chapter 7, verse 14, behold, a virgin shall be with child and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which, being interpreted is God with us. Then Joseph, being raised from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him and took unto him his wife and knew her not. Notice this knew her not. There was no intimacy between the two till she had brought forth her firstborn son, and he called his name Jesus son and he called his name Jesus. May the Lord bless the reading of his word to our hearts. Today, when we read this passage, we witness the fulfillment of God's promises from the Old Testament in none other than Jesus Christ, and we see Christ emerge as we see number one, the promised King and Messiah. Jesus Christ, the eternal sovereign.
Speaker 1:The genealogy of Jesus in Matthew, chapter 1, verses 1 through 17, traces his lineage from Abraham to David and from David to Joseph, from Abraham to David and from David to Joseph. This is not just a list of names, and we must understand this significance. It is not just a list of names. I know that genealogies can be boring, to say the least. There is not much to be found in genealogies, and I say that if you are not prayerfully reading the Word of God and you are depending on the Holy Spirit to open up the eyes of your heart and your mind when you read it, you will not find much in a genealogy. But if you are prayerfully reading the Word of God and you're seeking that, the Lord would reveal to you the portion, through his spirit, that he would have you to have. I assure you, as we will see today, that much can be shown to you, even in a genealogy which many count as boring and laborious to go through that labor, that labor, laborious thing that I just mentioned. You saw how laborious it was me reading through all of the names and the pronunciation of the names. I recall when I first got saved and I tried to read the lineage of Adam and I was like Lord, how in the world, how can I understand this? I can't even pronounce the names and many times we fail at that and we just give up and don't even look at the genealogies. But these genealogies, especially here in Matthew and in the Gospel of Luke as he reveals the humanity of Christ, are very significant and have a lot to reveal to us if we just depend on the Holy Spirit and prayerfully search the Word of God. It has so much to show us and we will see that in this message today.
Speaker 1:This is not just a list of names. It shows the fulfillment of God's promises to Israel, and only to Israel, but all the nations of the earth. Did you know that? Are you aware of that fact? If not, I pray that the Holy Spirit would lead you unto the saving knowledge of the gospel of Jesus Christ today, that you would fully understand that Jesus came to save all of mankind from their sin, to save his people and we will find out just who his people are today. Each name represents a story, a life and a promise kept by God. Did you hear that Each name mentioned here in God's word, in this genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Lord? Jesus Christ, the promised King, the promised Messiah, represents a story, a life and a promise kept by God? The main two promises we want to focus on here in this first point the promised King and Messiah, jesus Christ, the eternal sovereign, is God's promise to Abraham and God's promise to David. God promised Abraham that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars and that through his seed, all the nations of the earth would be blessed.
Speaker 1:Genesis, chapter 15, verse 5. I'm going to recite these verses for sake of time, but you can make reference to these. If you can't keep up, you can pause the broadcast and go back and follow along with us, but for the sake of, I'm going to go through them. Genesis, chapter 5, verse 5, excuse me. Genesis, chapter 15, verse 5. The Lord promises Abraham, he says. And he brought him forth abroad and said Look now toward heaven and tell the stars if thou be able to number them. And he said unto him so shall thy seed be, seed plural, speaking of the many of the nations of Israel that would come through the seed of Abraham, isaac and Jacob. Then you see the blessing further mentioned in Genesis, chapter 22, verses 17 and 18, from the Lord to Abraham that in blessing I will bless thee and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is upon the seashore, and thy seed shall possess the gates of his enemies. And in thy seed, listen closely, and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice. Speaking of when he offered up Isaac willingly, his only son, when the Lord tested him and found him faithful, and he promised him and reaffirmed the promise of multiplying his seed and that through his seed all the nations of the earth will be blessed. From chapter 12, when he called him out of his homeland. In verses 1 through 3, he reaffirms that promise. But this is the promise of the Messiah, and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.
Speaker 1:Speaking of none other than Jesus Christ. Refer back to verse 1 with me, the book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham, the promised Messiah, the son of Abraham, the seed through which all the nations of the earth would be blessed. Seed singular the seed reminds me of the seed mentioned in Genesis, chapter 3, verse 15,. The evangelium, the first evangelium, where the Lord God, upon the sin and rebellion of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, pronounced the curse upon Satan. He said I will put in him between thy seed and the woman's seed, and it he shall crush thy head and you shall bruise his heel. Speaking of her seed, the woman's seed singular. That reminds me. This promised Abraham reminds me of that promise made in Genesis, chapter 3, in the beginning, when sin and death and darkness entered into the world by Adam and Eve's disobedience and rebellion against God. When we move on, god promised David an eternal throne on the throne. If you refer to 2 Samuel, chapter 7, verses 12 through 16, we're going to look at verse 12 and 13 and 16 here, but the reference is 2 Samuel, chapter 7, 12 through 16.
Speaker 1:And when thy days? This is Nathan the prophet speaking unto David, the words that the Lord had told him to say to David. He says it comes to David and he says and when thy days be fulfilled. Now he's talking plural and singular because he's speaking when he gets to the eternality of this, his kingdom ruling forever. He's speaking of one seed and eternality of this, his kingdom ruling forever. He's speaking of one seed and that is none other than Jesus Christ. We will see the fulfillment of this in Scripture in just a few moments. He says let's just go back to the beginning, and when thy days shall be fulfilled and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels. And verse 16, he says Thine house and thy kingdom shall be established forever before thee, thy throne shall be established forever, jesus being the son of David, the son of Abraham being the descendants. That's what he's speaking of when it says son, the descendant of both Abraham and David, or David and Abraham, as in the order of Scripture.
Speaker 1:There, in verse 1, is the fulfillment of the covenants made here. These are promises, covenants, testaments that the Lord made with these two men of God. Lord made with these two men of God, greatly flawed, yes, but used of God to bring about his redemptive plan through his son, jesus Christ, which was determined in his heart before the foundation of the world that he would send his son to die at a place called Calvary. But the covenants made here to these two men that we just looked at in the Old Testament scriptures, jesus is the fulfillment of both of those covenants. Abraham, the father of faith, despite his flaws, including lying, when he and Sarai went down when his name was still Abram. And they went down into Egypt and Sarai was fair to look upon and he told her to lie to save his life to the Egyptians and say that she was his sister, not his wife, because he feared because if they found out Sarah was his wife that they would kill him. So he lied. So Abraham, despite being the father of fate, had flaws. He lied. He was a liar.
Speaker 1:David, the beloved king, who was both an adulterer and murderer if you read in 2 Samuel, chapter 11 and 12, we'll get into that here in just a moment and many others mentioned here in this genealogy with flawed and sinful past. Yet God chose each one, each one of them, to be part of his redemptive plan and the genealogy of his dear beloved son. These names highlight that God's promises are steadfast and his plan is perfect, even when worked through imperfect people. For example, let's refer back to David Despite his sins, was called a man after God's own heart because of his later repentance. One of the greatest Psalms that's quoted today Psalm 51, david's great cry of repentance unto the Lord for salvation and redemption from the sin that he committed taking upon himself.
Speaker 1:He had stayed home when he sent Joab and his fighting men out to fight and he stayed at home and he went on the rooftop that night and observed Bathsheba bathing herself and he lusted after her and she was the wife of Uriah and he sent for her and they had intimacy and she became pregnant. David, to cover up that sin, called Uriah from the battlefield and tried to get him to go in unto his wife and have intimacy with her so he could cover up her pregnancy. Yet Uriah refused to do so because all the other men were fighting upon the battle. So David orchestrated it through Joab to have Uriah put on the hottest battle front line and had him murdered to cover up and then took Bathsheba as his wife to cover up to pregnancy. Now it says right here that Solomon was begotten by David of her that had been the wife of Uriah, the first child that was conceived in the adulterous affair before she was married to David, died. The Lord caused that child to die because of that transgression, died. The Lord caused that child to die because of that transgression. But Solomon, after they were married, became the child that was conceived, that would carry on the royal line of David and of whose seed we just saw was promised the kingdom. The throne would rule forever. He was part of that genealogy.
Speaker 1:But what I'm trying to show here and we may not get through this whole message today, but I think the Lord has shown us so much so far, but for the sake of time we may have to come back to this in the next broadcast but what I'm trying to show you here is Jesus is the long-awaited king and the long-awaited Messiah bringing hope and fulfillment of all of God's promises. In the Old Testament, matthew, carried along by the Holy Spirit, giving revelation from the Lord and, no doubt, the historical records to bring about this genealogy, whether it be verbal or written, to bring about this genealogy of Christ bridging the gap, the 400 years of silence between the Old Testament Malachi to his first gospel here, and not only that, but his gospel. His gospel was accepted by all the early church fathers as the first gospel of the New Testament. But either way, it doesn't matter what man thinks, this is what God has given us in his word and it is God's word and we know it's inerrant, it's infallible and it's the truth. God is not man, he cannot lie. So we know that this lineage is a fact and it's truth. So we know that this lineage is a fact and it's truth and it reveals to us today, as we have prayed for the Holy Spirit to open the eyes of our hearts and minds, to show us our long-awaited King, our long-awaited Messiah, our long-promised Messiah and King, has come and is the fulfillment of all of God's promises from the Old Testament, in the law, in the sacrificial system, levitical priesthood, so on and so forth, the prophets and so on in the prophecy, so on and so forth. He came to establish a kingdom, not of this world, and that will be set forth in the gospels, as Matthew especially in his gospel. He came to establish a kingdom not of this world, but an eternal heavenly kingdom. He is also the promised Messiah, as foretold. Abraham, through whom all nations are blessed. Abraham, through whom all nations are blessed. Jesus fulfilled.
Speaker 1:We see this fulfillment, as we've said, and I repeat it again and I think it's worth repeating the book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham, verse 1 of chapter one, our verse text today. This genealogy connects jesus directly to david and abraham, showing him as the fulfillment of all of god's promises. You said we've already said that. I think it's worth repeating. This is very significant. Understand this is eternal, this is eternal and the eternal state of souls, where they will spend eternity, is at stake and we need to understand that. We don't need to rush through this, we don't need to hydroplane our way through just the genealogy, because it reveals Jesus Christ genealogy, because it reveals Jesus Christ, our Lord, our Savior, our God and we'll get into that in the next broadcast Becoming flesh and dwelling among us as we look at the presence of God. But today we've looked at the promised King, the promised Messiah. The Apostle Paul would tell us in Galatians, chapter 3, verse 16,.
Speaker 1:Now to Abraham and his seed. Were the promises made? Because if you followed through Isaac, the history of Isaac and Jacob, you see that promise of the seed, their seed blessing all the nations of the earth through their seed. You see that promise continue on and that God would make of them a great nation. So you see, that promise carried on along and the beauty that God is faithful to all his promises, and that's beautiful in our hearts. Because when he says he can save us from all of our sins and that through Jesus Christ and us placing our faith in him, sins and that through Jesus Christ and us placing our faith in him, all our sins are washed away by his precious blood. Separated as far from us as the east is from the west, cast into the depths of the sea, never to be remembered no more, we can know that he means what he says. We know that he's faithful to that promise through his son, jesus Christ. Christ, who is the fulfillment of his redemptive plan.
Speaker 1:But back to Galatians 3.16, now to Abraham and to his seed. Were the promises made? He saith not, and to seeds, plural as of many, but as of one, and to thy seed, which is none other than Christ. Note Paul explains that the promises were made and meant for Christ, the singular seed of Abraham, fulfilling God's covenant. The seed, the son of David, that lineage that we just read today, the seed coming through all the way through, all the way back to Genesis 3.15, as we talked about earlier. How wonderful, how remarkable is this Salvation, coming through all of those years and no matter how the scientists say the world is millions and billions of years old. No, it's about 6,000 years old, about 6,000 years of human history. And this lineage is beautifully portrayed in a beautiful tapestry, woven for us here on the pages of scripture today Galatians, chapter 4, and I'll close with this Galatians, chapter 4, verse 4 and 5.
Speaker 1:But when the fullness of time was come this is the Apostle Paul writing again to the believers there in Galatia. But when the fullness of time was come, god sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of son. This passage emphasizes the fulfillment of time, when God his perfect timing, when God sent Jesus Christ, his only begotten son, to redeem all of humanity and fulfill his purposes and promises. Thus the genealogy of Jesus not only traces his loyal lineage, but also underscores the fulfillment of God's eternal promises. How remarkable is that today, my friend, through his earthly ancestry, we see a divine plan unfolding, a plan of redemption and hope through Jesus Christ, the Lord, the eternal King and Messiah.
Speaker 1:As we reflect on this lineage. Let us turn our hearts to understand tomorrow or, as the Lord wills, possibly tomorrow or in the next broadcast, the significance of Jesus' birth and his role as Emmanuel. God with us, and I invite you to join with us and follow along with us as we continue this series of messages. I didn't intend it to be a series of messages, but the Lord had his way and that's the way we like to do it. We like to let him lead what's done here at Words from the Word of God.
Speaker 1:But before I close, I give this invitation what the Lord is saying, and I'm not trying to say. I know the heart of the Lord, but it appears to me and is revealed to me through the Holy Spirit that the Lord is saying today this is my family, this is where I, this is the lineage that I came through, this is my family, a family of adulterers, liars, deceivers, on and on, murderers and so on. This is my family, broken yet redeemed. This is my family. Do you want to be a part of my family? If so, repent and receive me by faith. Receive Christ by faith.
Speaker 1:Today, if you are living a life of immorality, you've played the harlot, you've played the prostitute. You've played the immoral game. You're living in sin. We who are born again have been there where you are now, and we know the remarkable gift it is to receive the grace of God in Jesus Christ and him to become your personal Lord and Savior. We know the transformation that takes place because it has happened to us. Most of us have been where you are now. Understand that Jesus is calling out to you today, saying this is my family, broken, sinful, yet redeemed, and I can do the same for you. It does not matter who you are, it does not matter where you come from, it does not matter where you're at now. I can forgive you, I can redeem you, you. All you have to do is repent and receive me by faith. Repent and receive me by faith.
Speaker 1:I read these words in closing the word of god tells us you can't earn it, you can't buy it. The word of god tells us in ephesians, chapter 2, verse 8 and 9. I want to read these verses to you right quick, in closing. It tells us that you can't work for it and you can't earn it, for by grace are ye saved. Grace is God's unmerited, his undeserved favor upon humanity.
Speaker 1:Paul would tell us in Titus, that the grace of God which bringeth salvation, hath appeared unto all men. The grace of God is Jesus Christ. In Jesus Christ it says, for by grace is unmerited favor, undeserved favor upon you. Are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves. It is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast. It's not of works, it can't be earned, it cannot be purchased. It is a free gift, but it is the greatest gift that you could ever receive.
Speaker 1:He is telling you today sinner friend, I don't care where you're at, I don't care what you've done, I am willing, willing, just as all of these individuals. And we'll get into their lives a little bit in depth in the, the, uh, the, the next messages. As we go along, we'll get into some of these more lives, more than david and besheba. But consider david, a murderer and an adulterer, yet redeemed through repentance and is the great king of Israel and considered, because of his repentance and faith in God's mercy, is the greatest king, man, king that Israel ever knew. As far as man, jesus was the prominent king of Israel, all man, all God. We'll get in that next time.
Speaker 1:But as we go along, you'll see the lives of these broken individuals, these flawed individuals, these sinful individuals, how they were redeemed, no matter what they had done. God had a purpose for their life and God has a purpose for you in his son Jesus Christ. Purpose for their life and God has a purpose for you and his son, jesus Christ in and through salvation through him. Won't you come to him today and receive him by faith and repent and receive him by faith before it's eternally too late? Thank you so much for joining us for this episode of Words from the Word of God. I invite you very important join again with us in the next broadcast as we continue looking at Jesus Christ, the promised King, the promised Messiah, emmanuel, god with us. God bless you all.
