1 00:00:00,500 --> 00:00:06,000 I don't know about you. But with me, as I grew up and 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:11,600 beginning to start reading the New Testament, first of all, and 3 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:13,100 then, as I grew up, it seemed like. 4 00:00:13,100 --> 00:00:16,100 Every time we had this reading, it's like, what do you do with 5 00:00:16,100 --> 00:00:18,900 the first 16 verses of Matthew Chapter 1? 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,100 What if that's your chapter steady? 7 00:00:22,100 --> 00:00:26,200 What do you do with it? And, you know, the easy point is 8 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,900 to say, look, this just helps us prove that Jesus had the lineage 9 00:00:29,900 --> 00:00:34,400 that he supposed to have. But now, Paul told Timothy says, 10 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:38,000 all scripture is given by the inspiration of God, it's 11 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:42,800 profitable for Doctrine for reproof for correction for 12 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:45,600 instruction, in righteousness. That the man of God may be 13 00:00:45,700 --> 00:00:48,700 complete thoroughly furnished unto all good works. 14 00:00:50,100 --> 00:00:54,400 So, what can we learn then? From the family tree of Jesus, 15 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,200 that might be profitable for Doctrine, reproof. 16 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:01,200 Correction and instruction A couple of years ago. 17 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:03,800 I decided it's time that I figured that out. 18 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:08,800 If if I can figure it out yet, and honestly, I was just kind of 19 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:12,800 like I'm still blown away. I haven't had the chance to 20 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:16,400 preach this very many times. So, Wade, warned me this morning 21 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:17,900 says, okay. Now it's going to be on the 22 00:01:17,908 --> 00:01:20,700 website, so anywhere you go to preach a meeting, you know, 23 00:01:20,700 --> 00:01:22,300 expect they're going to have heard it. 24 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:24,300 So can you at least give me till June. 25 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:27,300 The end of June, I've got three meetings and they'll be done 26 00:01:27,300 --> 00:01:33,500 this year and after that But what, we're going to study to 27 00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:39,300 me, I hope I can bring this off with the aha moment for you that 28 00:01:39,300 --> 00:01:43,800 I felt when it it started to click when you back up into 29 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:48,000 Matthew chapter 1 says the book of the genealogy of Jesus 30 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,000 Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 31 00:01:52,900 --> 00:01:56,000 I'm not into genealogy. We have some different members 32 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,500 in the church at Oakdale that are really into it. 33 00:01:58,500 --> 00:02:01,500 And there's one in particular and I get it now, why he's? 34 00:02:01,500 --> 00:02:05,200 So, To it. He was actually a man, young man 35 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,000 that was brought to church because he was dating one of the 36 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,600 girls from church. And you guys may know Merlin 37 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,800 Tiffany Richardson used to be anyway. 38 00:02:13,900 --> 00:02:16,400 I'm not going to go down the family lines of genealogy but he 39 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,400 thought he was first generation met it, Riverbank High School 40 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,700 and they dated got married. He happened to go back to a 41 00:02:22,700 --> 00:02:25,600 Fourth of July meeting with her one year in Missouri. 42 00:02:25,900 --> 00:02:28,700 And on the way because he's in the genealogies is like while we 43 00:02:28,700 --> 00:02:31,600 were there. He says, I understand some of 44 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:36,100 our family were actually Richard sons and he knew where they were 45 00:02:36,100 --> 00:02:37,400 from. He says, I want to go and try to 46 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:40,500 connect and see if we can make it his people when they came 47 00:02:40,500 --> 00:02:45,700 West had to change their name to Richardson for legal reasons. 48 00:02:48,300 --> 00:02:51,800 you know, you know, Todd Richardson, the preacher turns 49 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:55,700 out they're cousins, His people go back to this and this was 50 00:02:55,700 --> 00:02:58,000 like for him, I'm getting chills thinking about just how he feels 51 00:02:58,000 --> 00:02:59,900 about it. He thought he was the first 52 00:02:59,900 --> 00:03:03,100 generation and so, genealogy to him, he's all the time asking me 53 00:03:03,100 --> 00:03:05,900 about my people. And I don't know, I wish Evelyn 54 00:03:05,900 --> 00:03:08,200 was here today because she kind of represents that for our 55 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:09,600 family. She's my Dad's cousin. 56 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,400 And I know nothing really about her. 57 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:15,200 Until I was here, one Sunday, and, and she was making 58 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,700 connections for me, and I thought that is really cool. 59 00:03:19,300 --> 00:03:23,900 Jesus has a genealogy that sometimes and in the Just admit 60 00:03:23,900 --> 00:03:25,300 it. I just blew through it like I 61 00:03:25,300 --> 00:03:27,000 can't wait to get onto his birth. 62 00:03:28,300 --> 00:03:30,600 And not even realizing where he came from. 63 00:03:31,300 --> 00:03:35,300 He's a son of David, the son of Abraham, Abraham, begat, Isaac, 64 00:03:35,300 --> 00:03:38,500 and Isaac begat, Jacob, Jacob, begat Judah and his brothers and 65 00:03:38,500 --> 00:03:43,300 Judas, begat Perez and zerah, by Tamar the reason Perez and zamar 66 00:03:43,700 --> 00:03:46,600 Perez and zerah are talked about here is because they're twins. 67 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,600 So usually when you read about this, you're going to hear just 68 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:51,200 one. But these two came out as Twins 69 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:55,200 and its really interesting as we go, let's consider just so you 70 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:56,900 know, a little bit about his family. 71 00:03:58,700 --> 00:04:02,300 You know who Abraham is and you know Isaac and you know Jacob we 72 00:04:02,300 --> 00:04:06,800 heard of your god of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and you probably 73 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:08,900 know enough to say. And so I won't spend time saying 74 00:04:08,900 --> 00:04:12,900 much about the fact that Jacob really wasn't are he didn't have 75 00:04:12,900 --> 00:04:16,500 the birthright to have all this happen through him but you 76 00:04:16,500 --> 00:04:19,100 remember Esau sold it for a bowl of beans. 77 00:04:20,899 --> 00:04:23,600 See, he didn't realize what he was given away and this is 78 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:25,800 exactly what he saw was given away. 79 00:04:25,900 --> 00:04:28,000 I mean, there was other things that came with it, but there's 80 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,500 nothing like being the are the bloodline of the Messiah. 81 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:35,900 I mean we're so proud of our kids were so great. 82 00:04:35,900 --> 00:04:38,000 It's awesome. When we hear good things about 83 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,300 them, it's awesome when we see them being able to take care of 84 00:04:41,300 --> 00:04:44,200 things on their own and we see them progressing, can you 85 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:48,000 imagine what it would be like? Be like, for those that could 86 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,600 say, that's my grandson, that's my great grandson. 87 00:04:54,700 --> 00:04:57,600 Jacob seen to understand this. I don't know why or what? 88 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,800 Or if you even understand the depth, I'm sure he did not but 89 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:05,100 he did understand the birthright and Jacob begat Judah. 90 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:07,800 Now, if you know much about Judy, you're like how is this? 91 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:14,100 Because Judo wasn't the oldest You know, the fact is there are 92 00:05:14,108 --> 00:05:16,300 certain things about this. That's fascinating to me. 93 00:05:16,300 --> 00:05:19,300 First of all, Judah was the third son of Leah? 94 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:24,000 Now you might remember the other two had curses against them one 95 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:28,300 because he laid with his father's concubine ruined it. 96 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,600 The other two were just Wicked people. 97 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:35,500 They lost it and so when it came time for blessing, Judah was the 98 00:05:35,500 --> 00:05:38,300 first that was able to even receive it. 99 00:05:38,700 --> 00:05:42,900 It's fascinating to me that he wasn't even the son of the one 100 00:05:42,900 --> 00:05:46,900 who Jacob loved. Remember Jacob was absolutely in 101 00:05:46,900 --> 00:05:48,600 love with Rachel. Who wouldn't be in love with 102 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:54,300 Rachel. But he got tricked and had to 103 00:05:54,300 --> 00:05:57,200 marry Leah and then wait to marry Rachel. 104 00:05:58,500 --> 00:06:02,000 The bloodline that led to Jesus didn't even go through Jacobs 105 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,600 love. See God sees things different 106 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:05,900 than we do. That's what we're beginning to 107 00:06:05,900 --> 00:06:09,400 learn already with this this, this lineage and it wasn't 108 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:11,500 Joseph. I mean, Joseph, there's so much 109 00:06:11,500 --> 00:06:13,700 written about Joseph. We know so many things about the 110 00:06:13,700 --> 00:06:16,800 details of Joseph's life, but yet, that's not where this 111 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:18,800 bloodline, that's not where it comes from. 112 00:06:19,300 --> 00:06:22,100 In fact, it was Judah. The one who the bloodline came 113 00:06:22,100 --> 00:06:25,000 through. This was part of selling Joseph 114 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,000 for twenty shekels of silver that was the price of a Slave. 115 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:36,200 His grandson would be sold for thirty shekels inflation. 116 00:06:37,700 --> 00:06:44,200 The price of a Slave. You got to go down to judah's 117 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,700 great. Great grandson in Matthew 26 15. 118 00:06:46,700 --> 00:06:49,100 You see where we're going. You know, this is the genealogy 119 00:06:49,100 --> 00:06:54,200 of Jesus. He had Judah by Tamar. 120 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,600 Now, this is all recorded in Genesis chapter 38. 121 00:06:59,900 --> 00:07:03,400 Tamar Tamar, are you pronounce? It was actually his 122 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:08,800 daughter-in-law. His son earlier was wicked, and 123 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:11,700 God killed him before he and Tamar had children. 124 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,700 And so, it was by the Old Law. The next in line had to take it. 125 00:07:15,700 --> 00:07:19,400 The next son was Onan and so he was given to her to continue the 126 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:21,300 bloodline. He was unfaithful to God 127 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,900 scriptures, say God killed him Judah, now is getting nervous, 128 00:07:24,900 --> 00:07:28,500 he promised Shayla the youngest son but then he didn't ever 129 00:07:28,500 --> 00:07:30,900 really let it happen. He sent her to her father's 130 00:07:30,900 --> 00:07:33,700 house in her widows garments, but he was afraid, she would 131 00:07:33,700 --> 00:07:35,600 die. He thought that Tamar was like 132 00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:40,200 I'm going to lose all my kids because they're married her. 133 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:43,700 She's bad luck. He didn't give her to her and 134 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:48,900 Tamar realized this. Well, judah's wife dies. 135 00:07:50,300 --> 00:07:52,500 And then he begins to seek companionship. 136 00:07:52,500 --> 00:07:54,700 I don't want to go in the whole story for time sake. 137 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,200 He ends up finding companionship because Tamar puts a veil over 138 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,800 her health had takes off for widows garments, but to another 139 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:06,200 Veil over her head and goes out and sits where unsavory women 140 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,900 would sit the Harlot would sit and he comes along and he goes 141 00:08:09,900 --> 00:08:15,700 into her, she gets pregnant. Now, she's said he was supposed 142 00:08:15,700 --> 00:08:18,800 to Perry, didn't have money. So she said, give me something 143 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:22,000 to prove, you'll come back, he gave him his Signet and his and 144 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,500 his staff. Remember later when word gets 145 00:08:25,500 --> 00:08:26,800 out hey your daughter-in-law is pregnant. 146 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:30,100 Goes like this is my chance. Let's get her as killer because 147 00:08:30,100 --> 00:08:31,900 she's clearly been playing the Harlot. 148 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:37,000 And she says, she sends message to him by the man who owns these 149 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,900 as whose child, this is. That's these two twins. 150 00:08:43,700 --> 00:08:45,800 You see, this is not like the family treat. 151 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:47,800 I've known people who say you don't want to know about my 152 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:49,500 family. It gets dirty and gets ugly 153 00:08:49,500 --> 00:08:51,900 quick. I'm like, you know what? 154 00:08:51,900 --> 00:08:56,700 You're not the only one this is one of the things that makes the 155 00:08:56,700 --> 00:09:00,400 Bible so believable to me, is it doesn't protect the greatest 156 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:03,700 names in the greatest people from the truth and the reality 157 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:08,500 of the ugliness of sin, like, we talked about this morning, She's 158 00:09:08,500 --> 00:09:10,400 tiled Willis. We already talked about that 159 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,100 Perez. This is interesting because he 160 00:09:13,100 --> 00:09:15,300 was a twin, but he was the second one. 161 00:09:15,700 --> 00:09:18,600 And yet prophecies were that he would dominate. 162 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:23,600 And indeed the Bloodlines comes through Perez Judah. 163 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:27,500 The got Perez and zerah by Tamar Perez begat hezron, hezron begat 164 00:09:27,500 --> 00:09:30,800 ram ram to got a minute dad. A minute ab begat nahshon 165 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:35,400 nahshon begat Salman. There is little known about many 166 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:38,200 of this accepted a minute. Dad's daughter married Erin the 167 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:41,600 priests. And so Aaron being Moses 168 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,100 brother, her name was Alice Sheba. 169 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:47,800 That makes a minute to have the grandpa denied, having a by Hugh 170 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:52,700 and Eleazar and ithamar. That's about all I could find on 171 00:09:52,700 --> 00:09:56,700 these because actually, to be honest, I began to try to seek 172 00:09:56,700 --> 00:10:00,500 information on these guys in this, in the genealogy, Jesus 173 00:10:00,500 --> 00:10:02,900 more than I have my own. I couldn't tell you this about 174 00:10:02,900 --> 00:10:09,500 my own ancestors. Salman though. we start to 175 00:10:09,500 --> 00:10:15,700 recognize something as big God Boaz by Rahab Boaz begat Obed by 176 00:10:15,700 --> 00:10:19,900 Ruth and Obed begat, Jesse, and Jesse begat David, the King 177 00:10:20,100 --> 00:10:24,800 David, the king begat Solomon by her, who had been the wife of 178 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:29,000 Uriah That's how I came to, finally, decide what to preach 179 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:30,400 this morning. We're going to save a lot of 180 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:32,900 time this afternoon by me, not have to explain her that had 181 00:10:32,900 --> 00:10:35,200 been the wife of Uriah you know, it now. 182 00:10:37,700 --> 00:10:42,600 There are Generations here six of them with a very gloriously 183 00:10:43,100 --> 00:10:47,400 in glorious family tree think about and if you don't know that 184 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:50,300 Solomon married Rahab you can read about this in Joshua 185 00:10:50,300 --> 00:10:53,800 chapters 2 and + 6. And she bore Boaz. 186 00:10:54,300 --> 00:10:57,400 This is Rahab who was a Canaanite, harlot. 187 00:10:59,700 --> 00:11:06,300 You can read this for sure. And Hebrews 11 31, James 225 Now 188 00:11:06,300 --> 00:11:10,600 we know it was her faith and she saw something different about 189 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,700 Israel and she wanted to be protected and be a part of that. 190 00:11:14,100 --> 00:11:19,000 And she winds up because of her stand of Faith, even though she 191 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:24,900 was really from the enemy. Boaz begat Obed, by Ruth. 192 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:27,600 That you've read the book of Ruth. 193 00:11:28,300 --> 00:11:31,000 I don't want to go through the this time because we got so much 194 00:11:31,100 --> 00:11:33,400 but it's a great read and it won't take you very long if you 195 00:11:33,408 --> 00:11:36,100 don't know the story. But the fact is so what I want 196 00:11:36,100 --> 00:11:38,900 you to know for the portion of this study is she was a moabite 197 00:11:39,300 --> 00:11:43,300 and in Deuteronomy chapter 23 and verse 3, it says an ammonite 198 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:46,500 or moabite shall not. Enter the Assembly of the Lord 199 00:11:46,500 --> 00:11:50,200 even to the tenth generation. None of his descendants shall 200 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,400 enter the Assembly of the Lord forever. 201 00:11:53,500 --> 00:11:56,900 Because they did not meet you with bread and water on the road 202 00:11:56,900 --> 00:12:01,000 when you came up out of Egypt because they hired against you 203 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:04,200 Balaam, the son of beor, frumpy Thor of Mesopotamia to curse 204 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:06,600 you. If you don't know all those 205 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,800 stories, you have read those, they're great when you can 206 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:12,100 preach on them. Here's what I want you to get 207 00:12:12,100 --> 00:12:15,200 out of this. One of Jesus's. 208 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:17,200 Greg, Greg, Greg, Greg Greg, Greg grandmas. 209 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:24,300 Could not even as enter the Assembly of the Lord, according 210 00:12:24,300 --> 00:12:32,500 to the Old Testament. Do you realize when Jesus died 211 00:12:32,500 --> 00:12:35,600 on the cross his blood as it were float forward and 212 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:41,000 backwards? He was opening up a pathway even 213 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:46,300 for his ancestors. That didn't exist without his 214 00:12:46,300 --> 00:12:50,700 blood. And what we're going to begin to 215 00:12:50,700 --> 00:12:54,600 fill in this is that he is open up a pathway for everyone in the 216 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:59,700 same way. Obed, begat, Jesse, and Jesse 217 00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:04,200 begat David, the King David, the king begat Solomon by her, who 218 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:09,500 had been the wife of Uriah Won't even use her name. 219 00:13:11,100 --> 00:13:13,600 But it reminds us of the sin. You see, sometimes the 220 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:17,600 consequences we can't get away at get away from. 221 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:24,700 See how much time we're saving. In Jesus, family, tree so far. 222 00:13:24,700 --> 00:13:28,200 We have found deceit. We found for slavery in his 223 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:33,400 family, tree, Judah and Joseph, we found fornication between 224 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,900 Judah and Tamar. And now we add cannot adultery 225 00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:41,600 and even murder to the family tree Solomon begat, ribaldry 226 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,400 bigotry, Obama got abijah abijah begat ASA. 227 00:13:44,700 --> 00:13:47,300 Now, Solomon was a man that had was them like no other. 228 00:13:47,300 --> 00:13:50,800 We know that and he learned some pretty tough life lessons. 229 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:55,100 His son rehoboam You can read about First Kings 14 and 15. 230 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:59,200 It was basically because he took the bad advice of his peers and 231 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:04,300 not the good advice of the elders that the whole Kingdom 232 00:14:04,300 --> 00:14:07,200 became divided. Now it was prophesied so I 233 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:09,400 agree. It was bound to happen but it 234 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,900 was only bound to happen because God knew how irresponsible 235 00:14:12,900 --> 00:14:16,400 riobamba would be about who he gathered and took wisdom and 236 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:18,800 advice from. So if we learn nothing else from 237 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:23,300 the family tree than this right here, Value. 238 00:14:23,300 --> 00:14:27,100 The advice of your elders, over the advice of your peers. 239 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:32,300 When push comes to shove, am I saying, they're always right, 240 00:14:32,900 --> 00:14:35,200 sometimes you'll find that the word of God gives clear 241 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:38,800 Direction and The Pier is right, and the older was wrong, but on 242 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:41,300 many cases it's not. There isn't a clear direction. 243 00:14:42,100 --> 00:14:45,300 If you make a mistake, make a mistake listening to your 244 00:14:45,300 --> 00:14:50,500 elders. Abijah and second Chronicles 245 00:14:50,500 --> 00:14:54,800 chapter 13 relied on God and he had victory over jeroboam. 246 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:57,800 Now jeroboam was the one who had the other 10 when the kingdom 247 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:02,200 divided and they got ugly abide. You was able to overcome 248 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:05,700 jeroboam at that point in second, chronicles, 14 and 15. 249 00:15:05,700 --> 00:15:08,000 There's ASA, he's good, and right? 250 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:14,300 And he's loyal to God. Until chapter 16, says late in 251 00:15:14,300 --> 00:15:17,900 his life, he made in a treaty with Syria. 252 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:21,000 Now, God, scolded ASA through the Seer. 253 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:22,700 A Seer is kind of like a prophet. 254 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,700 And the prophet came to him and God scolded him. 255 00:15:26,700 --> 00:15:29,300 And so, you know what, he did with the prophet, he did not 256 00:15:29,300 --> 00:15:31,100 say, you know what, you're right, I'm wrong. 257 00:15:31,100 --> 00:15:34,500 I'll be like David, and I will just confess my sin. 258 00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:39,600 Instead he threw the Seer in prison and so God gave him a 259 00:15:39,608 --> 00:15:42,300 disease. Started in his feet and killed 260 00:15:42,300 --> 00:15:45,200 him. We don't know what that disease 261 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:48,400 is. I know of three people who died 262 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:50,400 from diseases that started in their feet. 263 00:15:51,300 --> 00:15:55,500 Everyone, I'm diabetic. I'm a bit curious. 264 00:15:56,100 --> 00:16:03,600 If that's what a sad. But the question I have is, why 265 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:05,600 do people change when they grow old? 266 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:09,500 We're going to start to notice a pattern as we go through this 267 00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:12,800 and blow through this genealogy. That there were some of the 268 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:15,400 people that were good when they were younger. 269 00:16:17,300 --> 00:16:21,000 And as they got older, they turned away from God. 270 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:26,200 What was it that would take ASA and somebody that was loyal to 271 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:30,100 God did good and right, but later kind of started calling 272 00:16:30,100 --> 00:16:34,200 his own shots. You know, I wonder if it's not 273 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,100 like Paul's warning to the Ephesian Elders that even have 274 00:16:37,100 --> 00:16:41,700 their own cells would arise men. Who would be ravenous wolves? 275 00:16:43,700 --> 00:16:46,200 I've known of people who in their youth and in their younger 276 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:50,900 days and their young men's age, could could literally explain to 277 00:16:50,900 --> 00:16:53,500 you and defend. You the way we've commune today? 278 00:16:54,700 --> 00:16:58,700 The way we worship today. Everything we stand for, they 279 00:16:58,700 --> 00:17:00,800 could help and identify from the word of God. 280 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:05,000 Thus saith the Lord and somewhere between 40 and 50. 281 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,099 They became arrogant or something, they began to think 282 00:17:11,099 --> 00:17:12,900 they understood better than this. 283 00:17:13,700 --> 00:17:16,599 And I've had a couple of them. Tell me personally, I know it 284 00:17:16,599 --> 00:17:19,200 says that but I cannot believe that. 285 00:17:20,700 --> 00:17:23,000 Insert whatever. Doctrinal point we're talking 286 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,599 about. And it goes something like that. 287 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:29,400 What is it? That makes us. 288 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:31,300 We get older. We been around the block a few 289 00:17:31,300 --> 00:17:33,400 times. That we think we're good? 290 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:37,500 God, we'll take it from here. I'm not saying everyone does 291 00:17:37,500 --> 00:17:43,400 that but it seems like this man ASA did and he's not alone and 292 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:45,300 we continue to see that Trend today. 293 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:50,600 If I as I grow older will remember this And check myself 294 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:54,400 and my own attitude and my own desire to help others that it 295 00:17:54,408 --> 00:17:57,400 doesn't start to come between my ears, but it comes from the good 296 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:00,900 book, I will help to protect myself and you will do the same 297 00:18:00,900 --> 00:18:06,300 for yourself as we stand before God in our own chronology of 298 00:18:06,300 --> 00:18:09,900 family ASA. Begat Jehoshaphat Jehoshaphat 299 00:18:09,900 --> 00:18:13,300 began joram and joram. Begat Uzziah Jehoshaphat is you 300 00:18:13,300 --> 00:18:15,400 can read about him in second chronicles 17. 301 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:19,900 He was a good King. There's another but he made an 302 00:18:19,900 --> 00:18:22,400 alliance with Ahab and Merit in marriage. 303 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,200 Bad choice on who he married and the family. 304 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,900 He connected himself with You can read about lacaille has 305 00:18:30,900 --> 00:18:33,500 warning all about what happened with that. 306 00:18:34,300 --> 00:18:40,300 You know, good people. Can create a bad Alliance. 307 00:18:42,300 --> 00:18:47,100 And it can suffer their genealogy and what goes on as it 308 00:18:47,100 --> 00:18:50,800 were in their Kingdom. This happened with Josh at joram 309 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:53,400 and second Chronicles chapter, 20 and 21. 310 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:55,800 He was a bad man, he killed his own Brothers. 311 00:18:57,500 --> 00:19:00,700 He married, Wicked 8/2 daughter and he suffered a bad death, 312 00:19:01,100 --> 00:19:04,300 we'll leave it at that. Zion second chronicles 26 had a 313 00:19:04,308 --> 00:19:10,200 good start but then he was given up to Pride which ended up 314 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:14,700 giving him leprosy. Who's Zaya begat joatham and 315 00:19:14,708 --> 00:19:17,200 joatham begat ahaz ahaz begat Hezekiah. 316 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:20,000 Now, Joe them you can read about and second chronicles. 27 just 317 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:24,000 says he was a good king, that's a summary, I can make a has in 318 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,600 second chronicles, 28 was a bad King, he gave in to the Baal 319 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:29,800 worship. Hezekiah second chronicles, 29 320 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:32,900 through 32 is a good King. You see how things going back 321 00:19:32,900 --> 00:19:38,300 and forth Let us not be shocked that we look back and we look at 322 00:19:38,300 --> 00:19:40,300 a generation and say, you know what, things just aren't like 323 00:19:40,300 --> 00:19:42,900 they used to be that's been going on since the beginning. 324 00:19:44,300 --> 00:19:48,300 Ups and downs, ups, and downs. Make sure your generation is on 325 00:19:48,300 --> 00:19:50,600 and up. I can't control the Next 326 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,700 Generation Wade, and his brothers and those kids, they're 327 00:19:53,700 --> 00:19:57,700 going to decide. I can control what my choices 328 00:19:57,700 --> 00:19:58,700 are. And what will I will humble 329 00:19:58,700 --> 00:20:01,600 myself before God or not, you can do the same thing. 330 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:06,400 You see, part of understanding his genealogy is to see the ups 331 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,500 and downs, and the choices each person had Hezekiah restored, 332 00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:11,700 Temple worship, he kept the Passover. 333 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,600 He even tried to unify the Kingdom because he loved his 334 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:17,600 Brethren. There is a lot of good things 335 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:21,700 written his about Hezekiah, a wonderful example. 336 00:20:21,700 --> 00:20:25,200 He destroyed pillars, and, and altars and images, and He 337 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:30,200 restored truthful warship. but you know, at the end of his 338 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:34,900 life, he struggled with the sin of Pride as well, He had to 339 00:20:34,900 --> 00:20:41,100 learn humility. Pride, you see it keeps Finding 340 00:20:41,100 --> 00:20:45,600 its way back in Hezekiah, begat Manasses and Manasses begat Amon 341 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:49,900 and Amon begat, Josiah. Manasseh was a bad King cording. 342 00:20:49,900 --> 00:20:54,100 Second chronicles 33, he rebuilt those altars that have been torn 343 00:20:54,100 --> 00:20:57,100 down the Bell warship. He caused his sons to pass 344 00:20:57,100 --> 00:20:59,500 through the fire. He was guilty of sorcery. 345 00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:02,500 He defiled the temple. And the Bible says he did more 346 00:21:02,500 --> 00:21:07,400 evil than other nations. God's people became more wicked 347 00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:14,400 than the wicked people. but, This is finally a good change. 348 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,900 In fact, in the genealogy of Jesus, I wish there were more of 349 00:21:16,908 --> 00:21:19,700 these. But unfortunately, his genealogy 350 00:21:19,700 --> 00:21:21,400 is write a reflective of ours that seems. 351 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:26,500 Like there's more people that go bad and stay bad, then, bad 352 00:21:26,500 --> 00:21:29,800 people, that turn good. But now here's an example of 353 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:32,700 Manasseh that says, it can God humbled him through the 354 00:21:32,700 --> 00:21:35,000 Assyrians. He repented. 355 00:21:35,500 --> 00:21:37,200 He wound up destroying those altars. 356 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:40,500 He restored true worship before. God. 357 00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:43,800 Then there was a man in second chronicles 33. 358 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:47,700 He was a bad King. He never did repent and Josiah. 359 00:21:47,700 --> 00:21:51,400 He was a good King. He sought He restored. 360 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:55,800 He tried to give the BET Josiah's tragedy. 361 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:59,200 She really came to the fact that he died. 362 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:02,200 Choosing War. Over piece. 363 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:07,200 It wasn't really a bad king and you read through what he did and 364 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:13,100 he wasn't Wicked. He had a chance to choose peace 365 00:22:13,100 --> 00:22:19,100 and he chose War. In the New Testament. 366 00:22:20,900 --> 00:22:25,200 We are taught a whole different concept or under Jesus. 367 00:22:26,300 --> 00:22:28,900 Then you can read about through some of the genealogical things 368 00:22:28,900 --> 00:22:33,100 we're studying. And today, you and I live in a 369 00:22:33,100 --> 00:22:37,600 nation and which we are blessed to be able to choose peace or 370 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,100 War. It's called conscientious 371 00:22:39,100 --> 00:22:43,600 objectors. We're told to love our enemies 372 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:47,400 as Christians. We're told the weapons of our 373 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,200 Warfare are not carnal but they're Mighty to God building 374 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:52,300 out strong. It's it's the, it's the sword of 375 00:22:52,300 --> 00:22:56,400 the spirit. It's not machine guns and 376 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:59,400 missiles. It's true from wrong. 377 00:23:01,100 --> 00:23:03,400 It's when our enemy is hungry, we feed them when they're 378 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,000 thirsty. We give them drink. 379 00:23:07,700 --> 00:23:10,800 We have a choice. Nobody is forcing anybody in 380 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:15,400 this room or this nation to go to war or align yourself with 381 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:21,500 people that would kill. Don't make the same mistake. 382 00:23:21,500 --> 00:23:25,100 Josiah made in choosing when he had the opportunity for peace. 383 00:23:26,300 --> 00:23:28,800 He chose war and tragically died. 384 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,600 Josiah begat jeconiah his brothers about the time. 385 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:36,300 They were carried away to Babylon and after they were 386 00:23:36,300 --> 00:23:39,100 brought to Babylon, Babylon, Jack, and I have begot Shield 387 00:23:39,100 --> 00:23:44,200 Hill, shalt, ill-begotten, Sarah bubble, jeconiah Esther's 388 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:49,000 chapter 2 and 6, Jeremiah 24 429 that's when they go into 389 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:52,400 Babylonian captivity. In fact, he is the last declared 390 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:57,100 king of Judah that I could find. She was dealing with a lot of 391 00:23:57,100 --> 00:23:58,900 kings in the lineage of Jesus up. 392 00:23:58,900 --> 00:24:03,300 To this point, I mean, Patriarchs and kings. 393 00:24:04,900 --> 00:24:08,000 But Jack and I will now be the last one who was declared to be 394 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,400 a king. Shall tell is only revealed as 395 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,800 their bubbles dad. That's really all we know. 396 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,400 Is there a bubble? You can read about in Ezra 397 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:20,600 Nehemiah haggai and Zechariah. He was a governor of though he 398 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:24,300 was not a king, the king is Darius King of Babylon according 399 00:24:24,300 --> 00:24:27,300 to haggai chapter 1 and 1. He's a good governor. 400 00:24:27,700 --> 00:24:30,100 In fact he was chosen by the Lord of hosts according to 401 00:24:30,108 --> 00:24:35,800 haggai 2 and 23, he rebuilt the temple and he trusted God, he's 402 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:39,600 a good guy. But royalty and the language is 403 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:42,300 now beginning to change in Jesus genealogy. 404 00:24:42,700 --> 00:24:44,900 Is there a bubble begat ABIA to be Hood? 405 00:24:45,100 --> 00:24:47,200 The god? L like I am like I am begat. 406 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,900 Azor Azor begat sadoc and sadoc begat a Khmer. 407 00:24:49,900 --> 00:24:53,200 Khmer got a lion the lion begat Eleazar, Eleazar begat matthan 408 00:24:53,500 --> 00:24:59,300 matthan and matthan begat. Jacob, Jacob begat Joseph, the 409 00:24:59,300 --> 00:25:04,400 husband of Mary of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ. 410 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:07,300 Now, I don't know if that's interesting to you. 411 00:25:08,900 --> 00:25:12,900 That to me, is interesting because the family tree of Jesus 412 00:25:12,900 --> 00:25:16,000 went to Patriarchs and Keynes to relative obscurity. 413 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:19,300 Can you find anything about these people? 414 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:23,400 Until Jesus was finally, Born Into the family of a carpenter. 415 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:28,200 I'm not sure what that says about the trade of carpentry 416 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:34,900 relative to other traits. He's a common man. 417 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,700 He's common people and that is exactly. 418 00:25:40,900 --> 00:25:44,100 We're his invitation will go in his ministry. 419 00:25:44,100 --> 00:25:45,700 What can we learn from Jesus family? 420 00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:48,200 True family tree. We can learn that. 421 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,600 Prophecy was fulfilled, concerning the Messiah. 422 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,500 We can learn that social status is not relevant. 423 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,800 It doesn't matter where you came from, and who your family people 424 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:02,600 and who they were, it matters. Who we are together as the 425 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:06,000 children of God, and we learned that our parents have an 426 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,600 influence over who we become. But our faith is in our own 427 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,200 control. Think about the kings that would 428 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,400 be good than bad, good than bad. It's almost like it took a bad 429 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,600 parent to make a kid. So you know what? 430 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:19,200 I don't want to live that way and what a kid had a good 431 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:20,500 parent. They're like, I don't want to 432 00:26:20,500 --> 00:26:24,200 live that way. And then they went bad and then 433 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,200 their kids, I Don't Wanna Live that way and then they get good 434 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:28,500 and kissing. I want to live that way. 435 00:26:29,700 --> 00:26:32,200 See this is the same thing going on in your families and my 436 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:36,400 families and every generation. And every group, what is the key 437 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,700 to weathering? This storm of up and down? 438 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:44,400 I believe wholeheartedly the key is that you stand firm with 439 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:48,800 truth? Read an article not too long 440 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,600 ago, I believe was in the light. I don't remember who wrote it. 441 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:54,900 But I won't forget, I don't think the illustration. 442 00:26:56,900 --> 00:27:01,500 Talked about a farmer Rancher guy whose cow had got off in the 443 00:27:01,508 --> 00:27:04,100 winter and caft clear on the other side of the place. 444 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,600 The snow was bad. The blizzard was coming in. 445 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:10,600 And they went out to try to get it. 446 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:14,600 And, of course, the mama took off, and here's this calf in the 447 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,700 snow. And Has his son with him and he 448 00:27:17,700 --> 00:27:20,900 picks up that little calf and starts going back to the barn. 449 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:26,900 The sun was just worried. This calf can't live. 450 00:27:26,900 --> 00:27:28,000 It's just brand new, but it needs. 451 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,800 Its mama needs the milk and he's the warmth of her body. 452 00:27:31,100 --> 00:27:34,900 It needs mama. He kept his fret over it and 453 00:27:34,900 --> 00:27:36,600 dancing. Don't you worry don't you worry? 454 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:41,100 Talked about watching his dad, go back into the into the barn. 455 00:27:41,100 --> 00:27:43,900 And in, through all the gates, he left everything open and he 456 00:27:43,900 --> 00:27:47,500 said pretty soon that Mama Cal followed him right into the bar. 457 00:27:51,300 --> 00:27:53,800 They shut it all in the cath, lived, everything was safe. 458 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,100 He said, I learned a big lesson that night, there's some 459 00:27:56,100 --> 00:28:00,800 instincts of motherhood. If they're going to be, we're 460 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:03,000 going to be where the children are. 461 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:08,900 He says in some ways that's beautiful in other ways. 462 00:28:08,900 --> 00:28:12,400 He says, I've seen people lead them their children lead the 463 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:16,000 parents into captivity under the same principle. 464 00:28:18,100 --> 00:28:19,800 Moms and dads. It's tough. 465 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,200 When we have to decide where to be when it comes to our 466 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:27,300 children. But make sure wherever we are 467 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:31,500 Wherever You Are. When they're ready to come home, 468 00:28:31,500 --> 00:28:33,300 they come to a place of faithfulness. 469 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,400 That is the most. We can offer them so that their 470 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:41,000 faith can try to find that plane. 471 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:47,000 We learn from the family tree of Jesus. 472 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:48,900 The common trait of those who failed. 473 00:28:49,500 --> 00:28:52,900 They did not have faith in God's word and therefore, they were 474 00:28:52,900 --> 00:28:56,200 disobedient. You can read through all those 475 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,100 chapters. We've really blew through it 476 00:28:58,100 --> 00:29:03,100 really in historical setting. When the New Testament talks 477 00:29:03,100 --> 00:29:07,300 about us having faith in God, it's not just because God wants 478 00:29:07,300 --> 00:29:10,400 us to do what he wants us to do, and just deal with it. 479 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:14,100 He wants us to have faith in it so we believe it, we see the 480 00:29:14,100 --> 00:29:17,700 value of it. Because he knows if we don't 481 00:29:17,700 --> 00:29:21,700 have faith will give in, I mean, it's like that plan. 482 00:29:21,700 --> 00:29:24,100 When the doctor says, look you need to do this or you need to 483 00:29:24,100 --> 00:29:27,300 do that and you're like okay I'll do it but you're really not 484 00:29:27,300 --> 00:29:30,100 convinced. That's Wilt what it'll take, are 485 00:29:30,100 --> 00:29:33,000 you really not convinced, it'll make that big a difference so 486 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:37,500 you don't sell out to it. The great physician tells us in 487 00:29:37,500 --> 00:29:40,000 his word, this is how we have to live. 488 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:44,300 If I believe it the common trait of those who failed, they didn't 489 00:29:44,300 --> 00:29:45,500 believe it and they were disobedient. 490 00:29:45,500 --> 00:29:47,400 The commentary to those who succeeded. 491 00:29:48,100 --> 00:29:50,500 They had faith in God's word. They completely believe it. 492 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:52,800 They obeyed to it. And when necessary, they 493 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:57,900 repented, We also learn that God was also always faithful to 494 00:29:57,900 --> 00:30:02,400 receive and forgive repentance, Souls over and over. 495 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,000 When people would repent, God would receive them. 496 00:30:05,100 --> 00:30:08,100 You know, there's a verse there that I put up here on the slide 497 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:13,000 Isaiah 55:8 night. I had that verse memorized long 498 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:14,900 before I knew what it was talking about. 499 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:21,800 In fact, I quoted that verse, in sermons about other things, that 500 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:24,600 I believe is true long. Before I knew what that was 501 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:28,300 talking about. Isaiah 55, 89 for my ways are 502 00:30:28,300 --> 00:30:29,900 not your ways. My thoughts are not your 503 00:30:29,900 --> 00:30:31,500 thoughts, as the heavens are higher than the earth. 504 00:30:31,500 --> 00:30:33,700 So are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your 505 00:30:33,700 --> 00:30:38,700 thoughts. And I always and I believe it's 506 00:30:38,700 --> 00:30:41,400 true, apply it to our worship, this doesn't seem right but 507 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:42,900 God's ways are higher than our ways. 508 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:46,800 Certain items have Doctrine doesn't make sense, but God's 509 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:48,800 ways higher than my voice and that's all true. 510 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,000 But do you know what, Isaiah 55, what he's been talking about? 511 00:30:52,900 --> 00:30:56,200 he's been talking about his mercy and his grace, and his 512 00:30:56,200 --> 00:31:01,900 willingness to forgive And less man. 513 00:31:01,900 --> 00:31:04,500 Say, I just can't believe that I can't I just don't see how God 514 00:31:04,500 --> 00:31:08,000 can really forgive. He says my ways are higher than 515 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,800 your ways and my thoughts are higher than your thoughts. 516 00:31:11,300 --> 00:31:14,500 So the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways. 517 00:31:16,300 --> 00:31:21,300 God is always faithful to receive Andhra forgive those who 518 00:31:21,300 --> 00:31:25,400 will repent. You know, I suppose, when we 519 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,100 consider Jesus, family tree, there are a lot more questions 520 00:31:28,100 --> 00:31:30,600 without closure than there are answers. 521 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,600 And I believe God probably did that intentionally. 522 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,800 But I asked you, what was Jesus perspective of his genealogy. 523 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:47,200 I've told you what I studied and what I gathered out of the first 524 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:52,500 16 verses of Matthew chapter 1, Listen to what Jesus said in 525 00:31:52,500 --> 00:31:55,500 Matthew, 20, 12, and verse 46. Now the specifically 526 00:31:55,500 --> 00:31:58,300 contextually what happens here is he's inside preaching, and 527 00:31:58,300 --> 00:32:00,800 his mother and his brothers are outside and some people aren't 528 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:04,300 even sure if he's going crazy or what's really happening and 529 00:32:04,300 --> 00:32:06,700 while he was still talking to the multitudes, behold his 530 00:32:06,700 --> 00:32:08,200 mother. And brothers, stood outside 531 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,600 seeking to speak with him, then once said to him, look your 532 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:13,800 mother and your brothers are standing outside seeking to 533 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:17,600 speak with you, but he answered and said to the one who told 534 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:19,600 him, who is my mother? And who are my brothers? 535 00:32:20,700 --> 00:32:23,700 He stretched out his hand toward his disciples and said, here are 536 00:32:23,700 --> 00:32:28,200 my mother and my brothers for whoever does the will of my 537 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:32,000 Father in Heaven is my brother and sister. 538 00:32:33,700 --> 00:32:40,100 And mother. I remember hearing this saying 539 00:32:40,100 --> 00:32:42,100 when I was growing up, Bloods thicker than water. 540 00:32:44,100 --> 00:32:47,500 And what that meant by the people, I heard say it was who 541 00:32:47,500 --> 00:32:50,200 you were relative to blood relation to. 542 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:53,600 That's who are you going to line up with before where you were 543 00:32:53,600 --> 00:33:00,400 baptized and what church? You were a member of Jesus is 544 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:05,500 not the other way around. God's word is always. 545 00:33:05,500 --> 00:33:07,600 This is my mother. This is my sister. 546 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,800 This is my brother. This is my family. 547 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:13,500 Does that disassociate him from those people standing outside? 548 00:33:13,500 --> 00:33:16,300 Absolutely not, in fact, you can read where they stayed together 549 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:20,500 but they knew where he stood when they were outside wanting 550 00:33:20,500 --> 00:33:22,500 him to come out to. He says that's not a place. 551 00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:24,100 I'm going there. Welcome in here. 552 00:33:26,100 --> 00:33:29,700 And you know what they came in, we learned that by the time they 553 00:33:29,700 --> 00:33:33,400 were at the cross. Jesus is saying, John take care 554 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:37,000 of my mama? Jesus brother. 555 00:33:37,900 --> 00:33:40,300 He's part of the early church, the faithful though. 556 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:44,200 You see the faithful or adopted in Ephesians chapter 1 and 1. 557 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:47,300 Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God to the Saints 558 00:33:47,300 --> 00:33:50,500 who are in Ephesus and faithful in Christ Jesus. 559 00:33:51,700 --> 00:33:54,700 This is to those who are Saints and those who are faithful grace 560 00:33:54,700 --> 00:33:56,900 to you and peace from God. Our Father and the Lord Jesus 561 00:33:56,900 --> 00:33:59,800 Christ blessed, be the God, and father of our Lord. 562 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:02,800 Jesus Christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing. 563 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:06,600 In the Heavenly places in Christ just as he chose us in him 564 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:10,100 before the foundations of the world that we should be holy and 565 00:34:10,100 --> 00:34:14,100 Without Blame before him in love having predestined us to 566 00:34:14,100 --> 00:34:18,000 adoption as his son by Jesus Christ to himself, according to 567 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:21,400 the good pleasure of his will to the praise of the glory. 568 00:34:21,500 --> 00:34:27,000 Of his grace by which he made us accepted in the Beloved, how was 569 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:28,400 it? That we were predestined to 570 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:34,500 adoption as Sons. Was it just random on God's side 571 00:34:34,500 --> 00:34:36,699 that we have? No real know about like some 572 00:34:36,699 --> 00:34:40,699 would teach It's called Calvinism. 573 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:46,800 Nope. It's to the Saints who are in 574 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:53,199 Ephesus and faithful in Christ, Jesus, he predestined long 575 00:34:53,199 --> 00:34:56,400 before all this happened that if people would be faithful, they 576 00:34:56,400 --> 00:35:00,900 would be adopted. That plan was long before all 577 00:35:00,900 --> 00:35:03,800 this started. Now, I'm not going to take the 578 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,300 time right now to give you my two cents worth on that. 579 00:35:06,900 --> 00:35:08,800 If you're interested, we can talk afterwards. 580 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:14,100 But he decided before all this was even created. 581 00:35:15,300 --> 00:35:18,800 How he was going to determine who he would adopt. 582 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:25,500 He said a plan in order and it required faithfulness in Christ 583 00:35:25,500 --> 00:35:28,100 Jesus. The adopted then that are 584 00:35:28,100 --> 00:35:30,800 adopted, they're not just like put in there to be kind of like 585 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:34,600 half welcome. Know their heirs according to 586 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:37,700 Galatians chapter 4 and verse 4 but when the fullness of the 587 00:35:37,700 --> 00:35:43,000 time had come God sent forth his son born of a woman born under 588 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:46,200 the law to redeem. Those who were under the law 589 00:35:46,700 --> 00:35:49,800 that we might receive the adoption as Sons. 590 00:35:50,300 --> 00:35:53,400 And because you are Sons, God has sent forth the spirit of his 591 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:58,500 son into your heart, crying out, Abba Father. 592 00:35:59,500 --> 00:36:03,200 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son and if a son 593 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:12,000 then an heir of God through Christ You're our adoption into 594 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:15,300 Christ, through our faithfulness comes with all the blessings, as 595 00:36:15,300 --> 00:36:19,800 if we were natural born. That's just awesome. 596 00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:25,600 You know, when we stop and realize it theologically when we 597 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,400 know God is the father of all, I mean. 598 00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:33,100 So of course, There are two sides to that. 599 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:36,100 There are conditions of this inheritance. 600 00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:40,700 This inheritance in this faithfulness isn't just left is 601 00:36:40,700 --> 00:36:42,900 like here, come, get it and just receive it. 602 00:36:42,900 --> 00:36:46,700 He says, their conditions for it according to Roman's 11 and 19 603 00:36:47,100 --> 00:36:49,500 and I wanted to use this worse. There's plenty of that we could 604 00:36:49,500 --> 00:36:53,600 use, but Romans chapter 8, Romans chapter 4 gets just 605 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:58,700 abused doctrinally to make it sound like you just got it and 606 00:36:58,700 --> 00:37:02,400 they're no conditions. So let's go to Roman's, he's 607 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:05,300 already explained all those things that people draw their 608 00:37:05,300 --> 00:37:08,700 conclusions about, once you're saved and Faith only, and it 609 00:37:08,700 --> 00:37:12,600 doesn't matter, no conditions. So he gets on as he continues. 610 00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:16,400 Let her say you will say, then branches were broken off that. 611 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:20,600 I might be grafted in, he's compared this adoption to a tree 612 00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:23,700 and all entry that just was bad in some of the branches had to 613 00:37:23,700 --> 00:37:28,200 be cut off, that was Israel and then the Gentiles were adopted 614 00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:31,300 and grafted in and so he says you might boast That and well 615 00:37:31,300 --> 00:37:36,900 said, because of unbelief they were broken off and you stand by 616 00:37:36,900 --> 00:37:40,000 faith. Now, we just read about it in 617 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:43,400 the genealogy of Jesus, those who were broken off those who 618 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:48,000 died without faith, those who God killed, because of the lack 619 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:49,900 of faith, and he has no part with them. 620 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:53,600 He says, that's right. They were broken off. 621 00:37:54,900 --> 00:37:58,100 And you stand because you stand in faith but do not be haughty. 622 00:37:58,900 --> 00:38:03,300 No me arrogant, but fear for if God did not spare the natural 623 00:38:03,300 --> 00:38:06,700 branches He may not spare you either. 624 00:38:07,300 --> 00:38:10,700 Therefore what do you do consider the goodness and 625 00:38:10,700 --> 00:38:13,900 severity of God? On those who fell severity but 626 00:38:13,900 --> 00:38:19,000 toward you goodness? If if you continue in his 627 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:25,500 goodness, otherwise you also will become You see, it's really 628 00:38:25,500 --> 00:38:28,800 simple. The message is still the same 629 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:32,300 that said, God wants us and he gave Jesus so that we can be 630 00:38:32,300 --> 00:38:34,300 saved. But here's the deal. 631 00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:39,500 If I don't continue in his goodness, I will also be cut 632 00:38:39,500 --> 00:38:44,700 off. What if you're cut off, can you 633 00:38:44,700 --> 00:38:48,500 repent? Absolutely God is faithful and 634 00:38:48,500 --> 00:38:51,800 just to forgive us and cleanse us of all unrighteousness. 635 00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:56,900 If we're going to first John 18 night, But now, we're going to 636 00:38:56,900 --> 00:39:00,900 have to repent. And returned as the Book of 637 00:39:00,900 --> 00:39:04,700 Revelation, says, and do. The first Works, come back, and 638 00:39:04,700 --> 00:39:08,200 they also these ones who were broken off that I might be 639 00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:11,900 grafted in, and they also, if they do not continue in unbelief 640 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,900 will be grafted in for God is able to graft them in again, 641 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:20,600 Israel doesn't have to be lost Just because they were so bad 642 00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:23,300 and did such awful things and even killed the Messiah. 643 00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:27,700 In fact, it didn't take long for them to be offered salvation. 644 00:39:27,700 --> 00:39:29,500 The day of Pentecost. That's what it is all about. 645 00:39:29,500 --> 00:39:34,500 In Acts chapter 2, What they say minute brother? 646 00:39:34,500 --> 00:39:37,600 What do we do? We did we killed God, we killed 647 00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:39,400 the Son of God. We've been broken off. 648 00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:41,700 How do we fix this? And what are the applied, the 649 00:39:41,700 --> 00:39:43,400 disciples? The apostles, tell them Peter 650 00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:47,900 said, repent, and be baptized every one of you. 651 00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:53,600 That's it. They can be graphed in again and 652 00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:57,700 so the question comes to us today, are you Faithful in Jesus 653 00:39:57,700 --> 00:39:58,800 Christ? Are you in there? 654 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:03,800 If this genealogy continued to be written, she, that's the 655 00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:05,600 interesting thing about genealogy. 656 00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:11,500 Is tracing yourself back to the source. 657 00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:13,900 You begin to narrow down a narrow down, right? 658 00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:19,600 but when you come back to Jesus, think about how big the tree is 659 00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:22,700 getting. Think about everything below 660 00:40:22,700 --> 00:40:24,500 that, that's where you and I fit in. 661 00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:31,400 Where are we in this? When it comes to the genealogy? 662 00:40:33,100 --> 00:40:36,500 Of the family of Christ. We know, as we studied this 663 00:40:36,500 --> 00:40:38,700 morning, that faith comes by hearing hearing comes from the 664 00:40:38,707 --> 00:40:40,100 word of God. You've heard it today. 665 00:40:40,900 --> 00:40:43,300 We know that without faith, it's impossible to please him for. 666 00:40:43,300 --> 00:40:46,500 He who comes to God, must believe that he is, and that he 667 00:40:46,500 --> 00:40:49,300 is, a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. 668 00:40:49,900 --> 00:40:54,700 He wants our faith. In Acts 17 and 30, it says all 669 00:40:54,700 --> 00:40:59,200 men everywhere have to repent. There was a time he said, God 670 00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:03,300 winked at ignorance. But that time was no more in 671 00:41:03,300 --> 00:41:04,800 Romans 10. And 10, he says with the heart 672 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:12,800 man believes And righteousness. And with the mouth confession is 673 00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:16,400 made unto salvation. Today, you believe, are you 674 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:18,900 willing to confess? Are you willing to take? 675 00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:25,000 And be adopted Galatians 3:27. Speaking of the adopted, sins of 676 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,800 many of you have been baptized into Christ, have put on. 677 00:41:28,500 --> 00:41:30,100 That's the deal. That's the Covenant. 678 00:41:30,700 --> 00:41:32,500 That's what he offers us. All today, if you are a 679 00:41:32,508 --> 00:41:34,500 Christian today, we already referenced it. 680 00:41:35,100 --> 00:41:37,600 According to 1st, John 1 and 9. He is faithful. 681 00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:39,500 And just to forgive us and cleanse us of all 682 00:41:39,500 --> 00:41:41,700 unrighteousness. James says, the effective, 683 00:41:41,700 --> 00:41:44,200 fervent prayer of a righteous Melon Man developed in these 684 00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:47,900 cases, if you're here today and you desire to come and obedience 685 00:41:47,900 --> 00:41:50,800 to the gospel, be baptized Me, Love Stupid. 686 00:41:51,700 --> 00:41:53,700 I'll tell you this if you're here and you're like yeah I want 687 00:41:53,700 --> 00:41:55,200 to Big Greg. I mean, nothing personal, but 688 00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:58,600 I've been studying with Frank or somebody else and I really want 689 00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:01,500 them to do it. That's awesome. 690 00:42:01,900 --> 00:42:03,400 You won't hurt my feelings a bit. 691 00:42:05,100 --> 00:42:07,400 What would hurt my feelings? 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