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Scripture: Matthew 1:1-17 Sermon: J esus saves sinners through 26:35 Song: What Child is This Jesus Saves Sinners  #2 Jesus identifies with the immoral. The women Jesus identify with did not have the best reputations. -Their sins are not even easy to explain in public places when children are present -BUT- Jesus saves sinners. The unrighteous, the sick, the unwell. Rahab- Woman of faith ( mentioned in Hebrews 11) yet also a gentile and known for her prostitution Ruth-a godly woman as well; yet again, a Moabitess and gentile- she would have been excluded from the family of God Bathsheba, not mentioned by name but by her gentile husband's name. It was have been against the law for her marriage and on top of that she becomes the adulterous lover of King David. Tamar- conceives her children through Judah. This account is best read for yourself in the scriptures. In the questions portion I have linked one of the best sermons I ever heard on this passage given by Voddie Baucham. -Matthew

Scripture: Matthew 1:1-17 Sermon: Jesus Saves Sinners through marker 18:30 Song: God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman Jesus Saves Sinners pt 2 1) Jesus identified with idolaters - His family tree is full of idolatry! Often we look at Abraham, Issac, Jacob...David as pious saints of old. However: Abraham- took another woman to try and create his own son of promise (Hagar and Ishmael); Jacob-sees his older brother coming towards him and sends the lesser loved wife and children in front of him as a buffer (among other things Jacob does); David-has adulterous relationship and sets in order the marching orders for Bathsheba's husband death; Solomon with 700 wives and 300 concubines... The truth remains Jesus saves sinners.  The genealogy list goes on-Kings of Judah (read their stories in 1+2 Kings) Judah, Abijah, Asaph,Jotham-they refused to take down the high places of worship; Ahaz we read in 2 Kings burned his own son as an offering and worshipped false gods under every hill, high place and u

Scripture: Matthew 1:1-17 Sermon: Jesus saves sinners (up to minute marker 8:50) Song: O How a rose er blooming Fittingly, as we heard last week that the proclamation of Jesus as the Christ, the next sermon we listen to will be Jesus Saves Sinners. After all, the entirety of Christmas is that Jesus came...to save His people from their sin.  As was the last two weeks this will be a sermon divided into 3 or 4 parts and below is a rough outline of the message and then some study thoughts/questions.  Study the goodness of Jesus with me this day! Jesus Saves Sinners   People are often fascinated by their genealogy.  It links us to our past, brings meaning to our present and pushes us forward in our future. -What if we had access to the genealogy of the the greatest person the world has ever known?     We do! Jesus genealogy is found here in Matthew 1.  It links our past to Him, that we belong to him in the present  and will reign and rule with him in the future. Matthew's grand plan of

Scripture: Matthew 1:1-17 Sermon: J esus is the Christ Minute marker 34:00 to the end Song: Christ Jesus is the Christ #3 Jesus is the Christ because He is the seed of New Humanity. -He is the Seed of those who come after Him. -There are 3 separate paragraphs and 3 separate lists in this passage. It is organized  in a theological way of 3 groups of 14 generations. Why would it be list this?  -A simple explanation 14 is 7 doubled. 7 is the number of perfection in the bible.  There are therefore 6 lists of 7. Matthew could be suggesting that God's 6 days of preparing the way is complete with the 7th coming into Christ. Christ enters the world bringing it into a new Sabbath rest. -Jesus is the beginning of New Humanity. The book of the 'genealogy of Christ' the term genealogy is only used here and in Genesis when we see the creation of the heavens and the earth (Septuagint). -Restoration, newness and life. Jesus restores to sinners what Adam had in the beginning...fellowship

Scripture: Matthew 1:1-17, Isaiah 9,55; Jeremiah 31; Ezekiel 34; Amos 9; Acts 15 Sermon: Jesus is the Christ: minute marker 23:00 through 33:25 Song: Silent Night Jesus is the Christ- Part 3, Point #2 #2 the Seed of David -About 1000 years after Abraham, David. Son of Jesse. Why David? He was not Israel's 1st king (the people had chosen Saul) but the 2nd king in succession, however, he was the 1st chosen by God of the line of Judah (Genesis 49) David was a man after God's own heart, whom every king after would be measured. Yet still not the promised King.  2 Samuel 7 we see David wishing to build a house for the Lord but the Lord saying rather he would build a forever house (lineage) for David. However just like Abraham, David;s son would not be the ultimate Son. -God's promises do not come true because of human effort, it is only the work of the Lord and the Lord alone.  -Christ alone is the answer, The lineage of Jesus is a mess of human sinners, but it points us to Jesus

Scripture: Matthew 1:1-17; further study, Genesis 12,15,17,22 and Galatians 3:7-18 Sermon: Jesus is the Christ minute marker 10:00 through 23:00 Song: Who Would Have Dreamed Jesus is the Christ- Part II The way we see Jesus is the Christ: #1 The Seed of Abraham -Matthew is unlike the other genealogies     John starts at eternity, "the eternality of the Lord." Mark has no genealogy and Luke's is gathered together differently and starts with Joseph and goes through to Adam. It is written for a gentile audience that Jesus is the Savior of all mankind. Jesus is the better Adam for all of mankind. -Brings us to Matthew, written by a Jew for the Jewish reader. Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah. He starts with Abram because, he is the formal beginning to the Jewish people. Genesis 12 Shows the faithfulness and promises of God. Abram called out of his nation to be a Father of a new nation. Gen 12:3 (we will see later this also linked to Galatians 3:7-18) Genesis 15- Fire pot and