The Sermon Jesus: Lineage Of A King by David McGee
Dec 06, 2015
Jesus: Lineage Of A King (30:49)
Referenced Scriptures: Matthew 1:1-6; Joshua 2:8-11; Ruth 1:16-17
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Matthew 1:1-6
1) The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2) Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers.
3) Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram.
4) Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon. Nahshon became the father of Salmon.
5) Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse.
6) Jesse became the father of David the king. David became the father of Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.
Joshua 2:8-11
8) Before they were laid down, she came up to them on the roof;
9) and she said to the men, I know that Yahweh has given you the land, and that the fear of you is fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
10) For we have heard how Yahweh dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom you utterly destroyed.
11) As soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Yahweh your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
Ruth 1:16-17
16) Ruth said, "Don‘t entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God;
17) where you die, will I die, and there will I be buried: Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death part you and me."
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The message eight years of our. Jesus the lineage of Cain and. As I was thinking of this mess he was home at night. For a long time. But this week. And a little all right. If you read the scripture. Matthew Chapter why when we know that marijuana is moderate. So anyhow. I will say it is plated somebody's awful really for us. Right it means right if you stumble over some of the names. Well I just really would prefer I think I'm going to start as a very important. Genealogical. And the reason I gave it is if you know if he had why of course it is that it isn't something that we could write. You know in our society and on our way looking at our life. We have. Ancestry dot com. You know which are hated hairy figure our hero. Well it's really for the Jewish nation. They can't get it all the time. They had a kind of soup a Jewish culture. If you going to prove your car was very far your belief was. You are entirely. You are not considered one of 's chosen people. So I hope will be 's chosen people are embarr ed. However that. You have proved your looneys. If you could prove really you or I So. We find it buried it right in his Gospel writing for the Jewish community. And they are interested in where it came for and who exactly is your ancestry was so true. To the Jewish community which Jesus came to minister to his people. Then. You wrote about this. And wrote about it. Connors. As an extension or eight feet humiliation. From his Old Testament. From a book of our guide to Mary. And so when you go underage which people were her family. They were bound for several years. And when he returned from about one she was really slow and a regal first of all you had to prove you're really. If you couldn't prove your lineage. You were excluded from. This is science. You were good see you were visitors like said her son. This is really just very poor answer. Man. You began by. The Irish Jesus was a descendant of Abraham and. He was course was the father of the Jewish nation. So we get as we begin there and look at you carry one. Just a minute. This will be a welcome one that we find that we find in Jesus and Matthew. Christ the side. They hate is a set of evil. And that he is the one who's killing the Old Testament prophecy He's one who is the Messiah. Because he did all this within the boundaries of what was specified in the Old Testament. The facts are this. Ancestrally were carefully presented. They were carefully reviewed and again. This this. Being able to trace where we've come to know where we are now how are you guys are you guys. That you know Maraniss. You know you've got on your ancestry dot com. You know. My brother was very much into this. The ancestry you know part. And now I know this. But he says that. We were we were sad. We were here for a year only seventy hundreds from wherever we see your retirement in the sky. And also some of the leaders of the Salem witch hunt. The trials of the never really my heart and soul of greed when the same theory. How you are the riches of America. The sum of our family was the leaders of. I don't really know the man but when you know you can trace back the ways you phrase nice food. Whatever became. I ask all I am see. She went on there are two brothers. And they were a piece are hard to stay and they need a family was in K.C.. She is a group. One state in that current state of the other moved apart see how to find the bugs bunny area. And be able to draw. The gate in C.T. so. We are. We are easy. So are the people this time different reasons for so I hate the Miller family you know why I was there was always up them as they ran the mill. You know its old summer they were very much a part of the. How patient. That people did so in so that's how we come up with our history. Come up with very own. Well off key to the Jewish people. If you could prove your ancestry. You are no good. So with Mary's right. It is good for her. Years. Four hundred years. Oh a sign from me. You know your person to be gay with interest or. There was no problem. There was no I was a secret guy and those four hundred years. Sort of American men do theirs are four hundred. Here. I am. And. Matthew growers shouldn't use. And he did so to present Jesus as the Messiah. So here is the introduction. I'll surely society. To the side. And this is this late age and this is where you come from where it comes from and what I often alluded to the front of the argument Jesus didn't just show out that there is. I declare I have a look somewhere or are all one hundred prophecies are. Who Jesus is and nice book of the Bible is a different picture of who Jesus is. On who the sire will be so each of the Old Testament books. Speaking of an aspect of the character of Jesus and. Where are you going to start putting this together and start seeing the history. That is now lying to one of the scientists of the. It isn't Jesus Jesus didn't show up and say I have a side. We are looking at it is why. His ministry. In accordance with the. Fifteen hundred years of your past in the book was so obvious that it needed one hundred years out. People were usually. Of our of the Messiah will be. Now. How do all these people write about one one messiah at the same picture a white Holy Spirit the Holy Spirit or their house of their answers fire gives Pete. What is also a Holy Spirit comes to mosque and inspires us as we really as we read the Scriptures that the Bible says that the scriptures are. They come alive. It's living in Akron. It's a lie to be in us all where we have our. I'm without a word. Because it is. Bottom up in my mind the light hit. You know. I did it. But. If we love ourselves as. Basically And we're not split personalities but. If we were just planets as a word physical. It's all a mo and we have a spiritual. And the spiritual side because there was that which is that all of us the car. Deals with that the scripture is here and influences are spiritual man and a spiritual man is where we confess our sins and ask for a price. Forgiveness or sins live within our hearts. We take communion. We take physically spiritually it means that Jesus died for our sadness and rose again. Because the lives we show involve so. And that Jesus was always until the name which we heard him before he takes of a cup and another that way again. And so that's the spiritual part of us our pastor. Part grasp hold of the Scriptures. And it will it says the thinking and the actions on the physical men. OK. But I was I was not a stupid. Hit. So the spiritual has a cost you know this is going to say. Oh it was you know. But. We saw again those are actually goes out why they're reading this so all these other characteristics of the spirit or their employers. The physical. Well here we have building a case for you. Existence of the spiritual side. And all the physical laws. And we have this case. Not only for us. With all of these scriptures of your past in that spirit of ah a messiah coming. There's one who's going to come and lead this nation to forget or you miss her official land. Or they should always start things. There. Oh I don't live there. And we see. I mean. And he all of those things so I want to really pick out. Are OK. We have everything going into context that we can justify our way. Just as we can in charge of virus learning and therefore if it had we couldn't justify our theory is real misleading. Justifying magnet car. Just if you look at those legal usually say. They ARE YOU cars. Are there we see these things there were only scriptures we have the same time. Offices. So I wonder if I was forced to have faith. It is a wall was just a levy. And it got p ed you know it is a picture. Presented to walk. Oh. The statistical review. The exact science of the Scriptures. And this for over a lation. Presented it is for sure. Now being heard by the archaeologists and the things that they are finding ways for instance that surprising how people's faith I'll change is that they find something so there it is all those people that are existed. And then you know find out. Oh here it is. And so they changed or here. But when people try to disprove the body. And they use science to you. Disprove the Bible. Then I say that science has an eye on writing for a patient here because it is true because it is historically correct. It's not a campfire. You know. Some individuals like you know who say well look. Carry your own. Hold over this parish for these people wire around over this. So you can sound like this for you know across the. Has he you know all that stuff. So you can tell US court well. So we're going to school in America leagues. You know tested for the new test. And it contains many references to show us how did Jesus fulfill all these Old Testament prophecies. So Jesus made it very clear that he believed in the Old Testament. When Jesus for people legal more was received in the Old Testament. Sometimes people don't believe in the Book of Job. You know. That's one of the books that. People like to say. How can somebody whose fault I agree and what it is. You have on the ground somewhere. I mean it over story or joke or guy is playing. And there she is reading my guys if you believe all. It's in the book and she says I certainly do. He says you really believe that they are your kids throw them over. Or I'll vote in goods fall I'm a fish. You run away get. And I actually said yes or do this is how do you go oh I asked our pastor or I could have added a. Below the he of Love Jones and I didn't. And she said well you are so she often quoted little Testament and. Here is a town that has this whole thing or I mean funny you got I've got this covered it up in Genesis and it was people older guy. I'm going there are some fresh. Well I saw order. He said the guy the fish. Three Hey Very nice. Course. Ends up on THE LEAD Actually you were supposed to go and. What does Jesus say about himself as Joan. It was three days for you guys who heard. So sharply and hysteria and I was again. So here is even. The fair you know you come. Fairly or Jonah. Really is depicting a story about Jesus fulfilled. Doing what he has come to die for us so we look at the beginning and are you testing with Matthew. And when you know you're just looking for a few things that we can't believe. We begin to see how all of us that's to gather. That is a package deal. You know my whole life was a hand. You take it takes the scripture from understand this church. And again this one person writing all these things and put it together you were trying to you. Piece together how it was actually again. You know the beginning. Sort through and what errors are very hard for her parts are aware that you know that I go. Beginning to see what it is that all this time being rude. And I was a story no story as far as you started out with my ability to get it you know about me and it's taken how many years ago. But the goal of a viral viral. As a book was written by getting off the island or you're seeing her here's an office. You see if we believe in the murder of Jesus. We have two words or action. Here if we go into the resurrection the word means not. If you know the miracle of the world we can believe her as a Jesus. You know I believe I am. But we can't believe the seasons. Or believe these teachings were not there all he could or that's just people just exaggerated. You see it's a package deal. It's a. It's all that's all I wanted. We believe in our hearts are we going to stand there under these it's like you know the Book of Revelation are really all the stuff and you know. What I'm talking about. Well I like the one guy he says. The squirrel that had a fire escape. Is you know. How are they you know. Throughout the two thousand years ago I would describe. Actually how. You know. The fire. How would you describe the Giants were fired. Oh I see. It's a parish. And sometimes. You see it. Something. You're standing. But it's all here. We believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Not just because it's a religious claim. It is a historical play. When Christians say Jesus for most of the day don't mean that he grows. Spiritually or our manner. Corner. Or out of order. We believe in Jesus. Physically improved. From it yet. So what are we going to say to Jesus born on Earth or Jesus is born. Oh mercy. She done. She did OK. And she's the only one who really brought this to happen. And it is. It is an imperfect person. Proclaiming about how that. came into. Range their life. The one story that. I like. So much. How much. I do you have Mike. Time are up. Sorry. I'm I lost my time. It's almost time to quit. And I haven't got started it. Will move to Matthew in just a moment when. When Mary. Receives knowledge that the Holy Spirit comes upon her and she she conceives. And the Gabriel says. Your cousin Elizabeth. Is with child. And so they do you know and. Elizabeth her husband has been shut up. He's not allowed to speak. It's important that. See here's an old Here's an old. Here's an older individual. That he believes that he is beyond the age of having a child just like Abraham and Sarah. But he and Elizabeth. Are seemingly beyond the age of having a child but they have a child. But he's not he doesn't he's not allowed to say because he's not allowed to talk because he would probably go around telling. You know how this angel came and told me we were going to have it. We were going to have a child. But you know. I musta been dreamin. I was had some bad pizza. Because you know. How can me. See he wasn't allowed to talk. Sometimes we talk ourselves out of 's miracle in our life. And what I want to show here read. Matthew. Well it's. Is that how long is that. Three minutes and forty five. That's a long time. I'll just I'll just. We all read. The you know. Big got you probably haven't read the whole thing because you got tired of it in the middle and. So the Jewish religion. Was lost in political corruption and betrayal. And it was it was the Jewish station was oppressed by the Roman civilization. And then we have Matthew. And he says in this is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the Son of David the son of Abraham. And it goes on Abraham was the father of Isaac Isaac the father of Jacob Jacob the father of Judah. And his brothers Judah the father paratus. And zero. Whose mother was tame are. Perez the father of his Ron. Has run the father of ram. Ram the father of him a dad. A Member dad. Father of nations on nation the father of Salem. Say a solemn solemn. Solemn the father of Boaz whose mother was Rahab. But as the father of OBOD. Whose mother was Ruth. Obeyed the father of Jesse and Jesse. The father of King David. David was the father of Solomon whose mother was. Had been your Riah his wife. While. That's all the farther I wanted to go with that. Did you notice there is at least three imperfect people in this genealogy. The imperfect people in the lineage of Christ. Imperfect people in the lineage of Christ. We find that Isaac was the father of Jacob Jacob. Means to Seaver. Jacob's name was changed to Israel. Prince with . But in the lineage of Jesus His name is changed it. So the Jacob. Stole the birthright from his brother. And he didn't still that his brother gave it away sold it for. Porridge and whatever. Bowl the soup. And so we have here's Jake a piece the first one. He's the first one here in this lineage. That speaks of. It's not quite the best person in the reason I bring this up is. How many times in our lineage. Do we look at our family tree. And see who's hanging from it. And they're not really good people. And you see. It doesn't matter for us. And for the ministry for the call of . It doesn't matter who your parents were. It matters that has come into your life. At this point in time. And you now are going to change the outcome of your family. From here on out. So you're not because you're too old or too young. Important or not important. Has nothing to do with it. is going to change your heart and you're going to change. You're going to ins ute a change that takes place in the people around you because you're going to be different in the way you think. And what you expect to see in the lineage of Jesus. He we have these people that shouldn't be there if you were going to put together. A fake. Smoke and mirror religion. You. You wouldn't include all these bad these people. These rejects. You know. And Jacob was a deceiver. But you go on down a little further and in verse. All in verse two we spoke about Jacob. And in and chapter two. And I skipped ahead here. In verse five. Solomon. The father of Boaz. Whose mother was Rahab. OK. Who's Rahab. She's a pros ute. She is in the city of Jericho. And I. I wrote. Copy this it says. And this is in. Joshua chapter two verse eight. Before the spy so the spies have entered into Jericho. And they're hiding they need to hide because the king has heard that they're there and he wants to kill them. But Rahab hides them. And this is what she says. Before the spies were. Were down. For the night. The woman came up to them. On the roof and said. I know that has given you the land. We're all afraid everyone in the country feels hopeless. We heard how dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you. When you left Egypt. And what he did to the two M.R.I. Kings east of the Jordan. Cylon and. Whom you put under the holy curse. And destroyed. We heard it and our hearts. Sank. We all had the wind knocked out of us and all and and all because of you. You and . Your the heavens above. And of the earth below. Now promise. Me by the god. I showed you mercy. Now show my family mercy. Here is a woman. Who is a harlot. Who is living in the city. If that is about to be destroyed. And she saves the messengers of . And they in turn save her life. And she in turn. Becomes part of the lineage. Of the Messiah. You see when god. When you change. When you find . You find your life changing. You see you cannot I cannot go back and change my ancestry line. But I can change my response. To to life and to what I believe. And to what I accept. And my belief. Isn't in a fairy tale god who shows up one day a year in. Throws all kinds of gifts under the tree. That's not our our is a very credible being who created. You know the heavens and the earth who spoke them into existence. And his word creates that same type of life and us. And when I was telling the story about. When Mary. Visited the Lizabeth. That when she greeted Elizabeth. The baby. John the Baptist in the Lizabeth. Womb. Jumped to life. When Mary greeted her. Because Jesus is alive. In Mary's womb. And when the Word of . Comes to our life. When the promises of come to our life. In excite something on the inside. You know. It excites that. Part of our spiritual person that one has wow this is true this is going to happen. And then our physical man. Believes it in quotes and in talks about it. That has promised whenever it says that all things work together for good or person in our physical person is down because of situations and people and things. And our spiritual man hears that. All things are going to work together for good to those who love are called according to His purpose. The Spirit brings that to life and there is suddenly a change in our demeanor in our expectations. Knowing that is work in all of this. So. Rahab not to your. Mother of the month club. Individual. And she becomes part of the lineage of Jesus. And then the next verse Boaz. The father of OBOD. Whose mother was Ruth. And whose Ruth. She's right back there in the second pew. Oh. Ruth is the one that is with Naomi. Naomi. Had a husband two sons. Left left Bethlehem. Went to another country. Her husband dies. Her two sons marry. They die they're killed in the battle or something. And so the two widows and Naomi head back to to Bethlehem. Of course. Ruth is the one. When they only says you go back. Go back to your family. The only thing ahead of us. Is poverty and. Begging and Ruth says. Where you lauds. I will launch. Your god will be my . Your people will be my people. You see her lineage. Was caught up in a Dollar Tree. But her love for. Naomi. Caused her to see something in Naomi. That gave life to her spirit. And she wouldn't leave her. And because of that. She goes back to Bethlehem with. Naomi and. She marries. Boaz. And she's part of the lineage of Jesus. And then. The last one and I'll quit with this. When Solomon. Solomon's mother. Is your RIAA. The Hit es mother. Wife. And David had your riot killed. And his wife becomes the lineage. Of Jesus. You know. In our way of thinking that shouldn't never happen but to see. When forgives. And when restores. changes. And what we think and how we say. Think this should be or whatever. All we are called to do is to forgive. To love to expect that can do great things in us and through us. And it doesn't matter how we got here it matters that is with us. And he's going to take us onward in our next steps. And the Christmas. This Christmas. Let's believe that Codd is able to change me in such a way that I will change. I will change the destiny of other people. Just by the way I live. Just by what I say. By being encourage her by telling people that loves them and can make a difference in their life. We don't have to be the T.V. preacher. He just be ourselves. Believing in knowing that has made a difference in us. And he then will use us to make a difference in others. And that's what we see in the lineage of Jesus. People who were imperfect. But when the touch of on their life changed him. That's what's going on in our life. is changing us Amen. Let's then shall we. Thank you Father for the blessings of your word. Help us. Oh Lord as we read the scriptures and. As we go through this Christmas season. We will understand the gifts that you've given to us. You want to open every day. Bring to life the expectation of your spirit inside of us. Let us see what you see. Let us hear your words. Let us oh have strength to do your deeds. We pray Amen.The message eight years of our. Jesus the lineage of Cain and. As I was thinking of this mess he was home at night. For a long time. But this week. And a little all right. If you read the scripture. Matthew Chapter why when we know that marijuana is moderate. So anyhow. I will say it is plated somebody's awful really for us. Right it means right if you stumble over some of the names. Well I just really would prefer I think I'm going to start as a very important. Genealogical. And the reason I gave it is if you know if he had why of course it is that it isn't something that we could write. You know in our society and on our way looking at our life. We have. Ancestry dot com. You know which are hated hairy figure our hero. Well it's really for the Jewish nation. They can't get it all the time. They had a kind of soup a Jewish culture. If you going to prove your car was very far your belief was. You are entirely. You are not considered one of 's chosen people. So I hope will be 's chosen people are embarr ed. However that. You have proved your looneys. If you could prove really you or I So. We find it buried it right in his Gospel writing for the Jewish community. And they are interested in where it came for and who exactly is your ancestry was so true. To the Jewish community which Jesus came to minister to his people. Then. You wrote about this. And wrote about it. Connors. As an extension or eight feet humiliation. From his Old Testament. From a book of our guide to Mary. And so when you go underage which people were her family. They were bound for several years. And when he returned from about one she was really slow and a regal first of all you had to prove you're really. If you couldn't prove your lineage. You were excluded from. This is science. You were good see you were visitors like said her son. This is really just very poor answer. Man. You began by. The Irish Jesus was a descendant of Abraham and. He was course was the father of the Jewish nation. So we get as we begin there and look at you carry one. Just a minute. This will be a welcome one that we find that we find in Jesus and Matthew. Christ the side. They hate is a set of evil. And that he is the one who's killing the Old Testament prophecy He's one who is the Messiah. Because he did all this within the boundaries of what was specified in the Old Testament. The facts are this. Ancestrally were carefully presented. They were carefully reviewed and again. This this. Being able to trace where we've come to know where we are now how are you guys are you guys. That you know Maraniss. You know you've got on your ancestry dot com. You know. My brother was very much into this. The ancestry you know part. And now I know this. But he says that. We were we were sad. We were here for a year only seventy hundreds from wherever we see your retirement in the sky. And also some of the leaders of the Salem witch hunt. The trials of the never really my heart and soul of greed when the same theory. How you are the riches of America. The sum of our family was the leaders of. I don't really know the man but when you know you can trace back the ways you phrase nice food. Whatever became. I ask all I am see. She went on there are two brothers. And they were a piece are hard to stay and they need a family was in K.C.. She is a group. One state in that current state of the other moved apart see how to find the bugs bunny area. And be able to draw. The gate in C.T. so. We are. We are easy. So are the people this time different reasons for so I hate the Miller family you know why I was there was always up them as they ran the mill. You know its old summer they were very much a part of the. How patient. That people did so in so that's how we come up with our history. Come up with very own. Well off key to the Jewish people. If you could prove your ancestry. You are no good. So with Mary's right. It is good for her. Years. Four hundred years. Oh a sign from me. You know your person to be gay with interest or. There was no problem. There was no I was a secret guy and those four hundred years. Sort of American men do theirs are four hundred. Here. I am. And. Matthew growers shouldn't use. And he did so to present Jesus as the Messiah. So here is the introduction. I'll surely society. To the side. And this is this late age and this is where you come from where it comes from and what I often alluded to the front of the argument Jesus didn't just show out that there is. I declare I have a look somewhere or are all one hundred prophecies are. Who Jesus is and nice book of the Bible is a different picture of who Jesus is. On who the sire will be so each of the Old Testament books. Speaking of an aspect of the character of Jesus and. Where are you going to start putting this together and start seeing the history. That is now lying to one of the scientists of the. It isn't Jesus Jesus didn't show up and say I have a side. We are looking at it is why. His ministry. In accordance with the. Fifteen hundred years of your past in the book was so obvious that it needed one hundred years out. People were usually. Of our of the Messiah will be. Now. How do all these people write about one one messiah at the same picture a white Holy Spirit the Holy Spirit or their house of their answers fire gives Pete. What is also a Holy Spirit comes to mosque and inspires us as we really as we read the Scriptures that the Bible says that the scriptures are. They come alive. It's living in Akron. It's a lie to be in us all where we have our. I'm without a word. Because it is. Bottom up in my mind the light hit. You know. I did it. But. If we love ourselves as. Basically And we're not split personalities but. If we were just planets as a word physical. It's all a mo and we have a spiritual. And the spiritual side because there was that which is that all of us the car. Deals with that the scripture is here and influences are spiritual man and a spiritual man is where we confess our sins and ask for a price. Forgiveness or sins live within our hearts. We take communion. We take physically spiritually it means that Jesus died for our sadness and rose again. Because the lives we show involve so. And that Jesus was always until the name which we heard him before he takes of a cup and another that way again. And so that's the spiritual part of us our pastor. Part grasp hold of the Scriptures. And it will it says the thinking and the actions on the physical men. OK. But I was I was not a stupid. Hit. So the spiritual has a cost you know this is going to say. Oh it was you know. But. We saw again those are actually goes out why they're reading this so all these other characteristics of the spirit or their employers. The physical. Well here we have building a case for you. Existence of the spiritual side. And all the physical laws. And we have this case. Not only for us. With all of these scriptures of your past in that spirit of ah a messiah coming. There's one who's going to come and lead this nation to forget or you miss her official land. Or they should always start things. There. Oh I don't live there. And we see. I mean. And he all of those things so I want to really pick out. Are OK. We have everything going into context that we can justify our way. Just as we can in charge of virus learning and therefore if it had we couldn't justify our theory is real misleading. Justifying magnet car. Just if you look at those legal usually say. They ARE YOU cars. Are there we see these things there were only scriptures we have the same time. Offices. So I wonder if I was forced to have faith. It is a wall was just a levy. And it got p ed you know it is a picture. Presented to walk. Oh. The statistical review. The exact science of the Scriptures. And this for over a lation. Presented it is for sure. Now being heard by the archaeologists and the things that they are finding ways for instance that surprising how people's faith I'll change is that they find something so there it is all those people that are existed. And then you know find out. Oh here it is. And so they changed or here. But when people try to disprove the body. And they use science to you. Disprove the Bible. Then I say that science has an eye on writing for a patient here because it is true because it is historically correct. It's not a campfire. You know. Some individuals like you know who say well look. Carry your own. Hold over this parish for these people wire around over this. So you can sound like this for you know across the. Has he you know all that stuff. So you can tell US court well. So we're going to school in America leagues. You know tested for the new test. And it contains many references to show us how did Jesus fulfill all these Old Testament prophecies. So Jesus made it very clear that he believed in the Old Testament. When Jesus for people legal more was received in the Old Testament. Sometimes people don't believe in the Book of Job. You know. That's one of the books that. People like to say. How can somebody whose fault I agree and what it is. You have on the ground somewhere. I mean it over story or joke or guy is playing. And there she is reading my guys if you believe all. It's in the book and she says I certainly do. He says you really believe that they are your kids throw them over. Or I'll vote in goods fall I'm a fish. You run away get. And I actually said yes or do this is how do you go oh I asked our pastor or I could have added a. Below the he of Love Jones and I didn't. And she said well you are so she often quoted little Testament and. Here is a town that has this whole thing or I mean funny you got I've got this covered it up in Genesis and it was people older guy. I'm going there are some fresh. Well I saw order. He said the guy the fish. Three Hey Very nice. Course. Ends up on THE LEAD Actually you were supposed to go and. What does Jesus say about himself as Joan. It was three days for you guys who heard. So sharply and hysteria and I was again. So here is even. The fair you know you come. Fairly or Jonah. Really is depicting a story about Jesus fulfilled. Doing what he has come to die for us so we look at the beginning and are you testing with Matthew. And when you know you're just looking for a few things that we can't believe. We begin to see how all of us that's to gather. That is a package deal. You know my whole life was a hand. You take it takes the scripture from understand this church. And again this one person writing all these things and put it together you were trying to you. Piece together how it was actually again. You know the beginning. Sort through and what errors are very hard for her parts are aware that you know that I go. Beginning to see what it is that all this time being rude. And I was a story no story as far as you started out with my ability to get it you know about me and it's taken how many years ago. But the goal of a viral viral. As a book was written by getting off the island or you're seeing her here's an office. You see if we believe in the murder of Jesus. We have two words or action. Here if we go into the resurrection the word means not. If you know the miracle of the world we can believe her as a Jesus. You know I believe I am. But we can't believe the seasons. Or believe these teachings were not there all he could or that's just people just exaggerated. You see it's a package deal. It's a. It's all that's all I wanted. We believe in our hearts are we going to stand there under these it's like you know the Book of Revelation are really all the stuff and you know. What I'm talking about. Well I like the one guy he says. The squirrel that had a fire escape. Is you know. How are they you know. Throughout the two thousand years ago I would describe. Actually how. You know. The fire. How would you describe the Giants were fired. Oh I see. It's a parish. And sometimes. You see it. Something. You're standing. But it's all here. We believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Not just because it's a religious claim. It is a historical play. When Christians say Jesus for most of the day don't mean that he grows. Spiritually or our manner. Corner. Or out of order. We believe in Jesus. Physically improved. From it yet. So what are we going to say to Jesus born on Earth or Jesus is born. Oh mercy. She done. She did OK. And she's the only one who really brought this to happen. And it is. It is an imperfect person. Proclaiming about how that. came into. Range their life. The one story that. I like. So much. How much. I do you have Mike. Time are up. Sorry. I'm I lost my time. It's almost time to quit. And I haven't got started it. Will move to Matthew in just a moment when. When Mary. Receives knowledge that the Holy Spirit comes upon her and she she conceives. And the Gabriel says. Your cousin Elizabeth. Is with child. And so they do you know and. Elizabeth her husband has been shut up. He's not allowed to speak. It's important that. See here's an old Here's an old. Here's an older individual. That he believes that he is beyond the age of having a child just like Abraham and Sarah. But he and Elizabeth. Are seemingly beyond the age of having a child but they have a child. But he's not he doesn't he's not allowed to say because he's not allowed to talk because he would probably go around telling. You know how this angel came and told me we were going to have it. We were going to have a child. But you know. I musta been dreamin. I was had some bad pizza. Because you know. How can me. See he wasn't allowed to talk. Sometimes we talk ourselves out of 's miracle in our life. And what I want to show here read. Matthew. Well it's. Is that how long is that. Three minutes and forty five. That's a long time. I'll just I'll just. We all read. The you know. Big got you probably haven't read the whole thing because you got tired of it in the middle and. So the Jewish religion. Was lost in political corruption and betrayal. And it was it was the Jewish station was oppressed by the Roman civilization. And then we have Matthew. And he says in this is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the Son of David the son of Abraham. And it goes on Abraham was the father of Isaac Isaac the father of Jacob Jacob the father of Judah. And his brothers Judah the father paratus. And zero. Whose mother was tame are. Perez the father of his Ron. Has run the father of ram. Ram the father of him a dad. A Member dad. Father of nations on nation the father of Salem. Say a solemn solemn. Solemn the father of Boaz whose mother was Rahab. But as the father of OBOD. Whose mother was Ruth. Obeyed the father of Jesse and Jesse. The father of King David. David was the father of Solomon whose mother was. Had been your Riah his wife. While. That's all the farther I wanted to go with that. Did you notice there is at least three imperfect people in this genealogy. The imperfect people in the lineage of Christ. Imperfect people in the lineage of Christ. We find that Isaac was the father of Jacob Jacob. Means to Seaver. Jacob's name was changed to Israel. Prince with . But in the lineage of Jesus His name is changed it. So the Jacob. Stole the birthright from his brother. And he didn't still that his brother gave it away sold it for. Porridge and whatever. Bowl the soup. And so we have here's Jake a piece the first one. He's the first one here in this lineage. That speaks of. It's not quite the best person in the reason I bring this up is. How many times in our lineage. Do we look at our family tree. And see who's hanging from it. And they're not really good people. And you see. It doesn't matter for us. And for the ministry for the call of . It doesn't matter who your parents were. It matters that has come into your life. At this point in time. And you now are going to change the outcome of your family. From here on out. So you're not because you're too old or too young. Important or not important. Has nothing to do with it. is going to change your heart and you're going to change. You're going to ins ute a change that takes place in the people around you because you're going to be different in the way you think. And what you expect to see in the lineage of Jesus. He we have these people that shouldn't be there if you were going to put together. A fake. Smoke and mirror religion. You. You wouldn't include all these bad these people. These rejects. You know. And Jacob was a deceiver. But you go on down a little further and in verse. All in verse two we spoke about Jacob. And in and chapter two. And I skipped ahead here. In verse five. Solomon. The father of Boaz. Whose mother was Rahab. OK. Who's Rahab. She's a pros ute. She is in the city of Jericho. And I. I wrote. Copy this it says. And this is in. Joshua chapter two verse eight. Before the spy so the spies have entered into Jericho. And they're hiding they need to hide because the king has heard that they're there and he wants to kill them. But Rahab hides them. And this is what she says. Before the spies were. Were down. For the night. The woman came up to them. On the roof and said. I know that has given you the land. We're all afraid everyone in the country feels hopeless. We heard how dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you. When you left Egypt. And what he did to the two M.R.I. Kings east of the Jordan. Cylon and. Whom you put under the holy curse. And destroyed. We heard it and our hearts. Sank. We all had the wind knocked out of us and all and and all because of you. You and . Your the heavens above. And of the earth below. Now promise. Me by the god. I showed you mercy. Now show my family mercy. Here is a woman. Who is a harlot. Who is living in the city. If that is about to be destroyed. And she saves the messengers of . And they in turn save her life. And she in turn. Becomes part of the lineage. Of the Messiah. You see when god. When you change. When you find . You find your life changing. You see you cannot I cannot go back and change my ancestry line. But I can change my response. To to life and to what I believe. And to what I accept. And my belief. Isn't in a fairy tale god who shows up one day a year in. Throws all kinds of gifts under the tree. That's not our our is a very credible being who created. You know the heavens and the earth who spoke them into existence. And his word creates that same type of life and us. And when I was telling the story about. When Mary. Visited the Lizabeth. That when she greeted Elizabeth. The baby. John the Baptist in the Lizabeth. Womb. Jumped to life. When Mary greeted her. Because Jesus is alive. In Mary's womb. And when the Word of . Comes to our life. When the promises of come to our life. In excite something on the inside. You know. It excites that. Part of our spiritual person that one has wow this is true this is going to happen. And then our physical man. Believes it in quotes and in talks about it. That has promised whenever it says that all things work together for good or person in our physical person is down because of situations and people and things. And our spiritual man hears that. All things are going to work together for good to those who love are called according to His purpose. The Spirit brings that to life and there is suddenly a change in our demeanor in our expectations. Knowing that is work in all of this. So. Rahab not to your. Mother of the month club. Individual. And she becomes part of the lineage of Jesus. And then the next verse Boaz. The father of OBOD. Whose mother was Ruth. And whose Ruth. She's right back there in the second pew. Oh. Ruth is the one that is with Naomi. Naomi. Had a husband two sons. Left left Bethlehem. Went to another country. Her husband dies. Her two sons marry. They die they're killed in the battle or something. And so the two widows and Naomi head back to to Bethlehem. Of course. Ruth is the one. When they only says you go back. Go back to your family. The only thing ahead of us. Is poverty and. Begging and Ruth says. Where you lauds. I will launch. Your god will be my . Your people will be my people. You see her lineage. Was caught up in a Dollar Tree. But her love for. Naomi. Caused her to see something in Naomi. That gave life to her spirit. And she wouldn't leave her. And because of that. She goes back to Bethlehem with. Naomi and. She marries. Boaz. And she's part of the lineage of Jesus. And then. The last one and I'll quit with this. When Solomon. Solomon's mother. Is your RIAA. The Hit es mother. Wife. And David had your riot killed. And his wife becomes the lineage. Of Jesus. You know. In our way of thinking that shouldn't never happen but to see. When forgives. And when restores. changes. And what we think and how we say. Think this should be or whatever. All we are called to do is to forgive. To love to expect that can do great things in us and through us. And it doesn't matter how we got here it matters that is with us. And he's going to take us onward in our next steps. And the Christmas. This Christmas. Let's believe that Codd is able to change me in such a way that I will change. I will change the destiny of other people. Just by the way I live. Just by what I say. By being encourage her by telling people that loves them and can make a difference in their life. We don't have to be the T.V. preacher. He just be ourselves. Believing in knowing that has made a difference in us. And he then will use us to make a difference in others. And that's what we see in the lineage of Jesus. People who were imperfect. But when the touch of on their life changed him. That's what's going on in our life. is changing us Amen. Let's then shall we. Thank you Father for the blessings of your word. Help us. Oh Lord as we read the scriptures and. As we go through this Christmas season. We will understand the gifts that you've given to us. You want to open every day. Bring to life the expectation of your spirit inside of us. Let us see what you see. Let us hear your words. Let us oh have strength to do your deeds. We pray Amen.