TEXT Text Matthew 1117 THEME The orderliness of Matthews genealogy shows that God is in control and can use anybody for his purposes Matthew 1117 1 This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David the son of Abraham ID: 467726
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TITLE: Design, Not Despair
TEXT: Text: Matthew 1:1-17
THEME: The orderliness of Matthew's genealogy shows that God is in control and can use anybody for his purposes.Slide3Slide4
Matthew 1:1-17
1 This is the
genealogy
of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham:
2 Abraham was the father of Isaac,
Isaac the father of Jacob,
Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
3 Judah the father of Perez and
Zerah
, whose mother was Tamar,
Perez the father of
Hezron
,
Hezron
the father of Ram,Slide5
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4 Ram the father of
Amminadab
,
Amminadab
the father of
Nahshon
,
Nahshon
the father of Salmon,
5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,
Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,
Obed the father of Jesse,Slide6
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6 and Jesse the father of King David.
David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife,
7 Solomon the father of
Rehoboam
,
Rehoboam
the father of
Abijah
,
Abijah
the father of
Asa
,
8
Asa
the father of Jehoshaphat,
Jehoshaphat the father of
Jehoram
,
Jehoram
the father of
Uzziah
,Slide7
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9
Uzziah
the father of
Jotham
,
Jotham
the father of Ahaz,
Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
10 Hezekiah the father of Manasseh,
Manasseh the father of Amon,
Amon the father of Josiah,Slide8
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11 and Josiah the father of
Jeconiah
[c] and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
12 After the exile to Babylon:
Jeconiah
was the father of
Shealtiel
,
Shealtiel
the father of Zerubbabel,
13 Zerubbabel the father of
Abihud
,
Abihud
the father of
Eliakim
,
Eliakim
the father of
Azor
,Slide9
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14
Azor
the father of
Zadok
,
Zadok
the father of
Akim
,
Akim
the father of
Elihud
,
15
Elihud
the father of
Eleazar
,
Eleazar
the father of
Matthan
,
Matthan
the father of Jacob,Slide10
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16 and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.
17 Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah.Slide11Slide12
Truth 1: God moves history forward in an orderly and purposeful way.Slide13
Truth 1: God moves history forward in an orderly and purposeful way.
A. Matthew's point: God is in control; the genealogy is perfectly planned.Slide14
Genesis 17
God said to Abraham, ''I'm going to give you a son, and that son will have a son. And that son will have another son until someday far down the line the Savior of the world will be born, the Savior of all who believe in him."Slide15
Isaiah's 6
"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord." Slide16
Truth 1: God moves history forward in an orderly and purposeful way.
A. Matthew's point: God is in control; the genealogy is perfectly planned.
B. The genealogy is a demonstration of God's order and movement toward Christ.Slide17Slide18
Truth 2: God uses flawed humans as he carries history forward.Slide19
Truth 2: God uses flawed humans as he carries history forward.
A. A List of some people He used.Slide20
Truth 2: God uses flawed humans as he carries history forward.
A. A List of some people He used.
B. Why did God use these people? Slide21
Truth 2: God uses flawed humans as he carries history forward.
A. A List of some people He used.
B. Why did God use these people?
1. He knew we'd be worriers, and he wants us to know he's in total
control
.Slide22
Truth 2: God uses flawed humans as he carries history forward.
A. A List of some people He used.
B. Why did God use these people?
1. He knew we'd be worriers, and he wants us to know he's in total
control
.
2. The proof is in the last name on the genealogy list: Jesus, the Christ.Slide23
Truth 2: God uses flawed humans as he carries history forward.
A. A List of some people He used.
B. Why did God use these people?
C. How do we apply this to our own despair?Slide24
Truth 2: God uses flawed humans as he carries history forward.
A. A List of some people He used.
B. Why did God use these people?
C. How do we apply this to our own despair?
1. The train may seem out of
control
, but the Engineer hasn't abandoned it.Slide25
Truth 2: God uses flawed humans as he carries history forward.
A. A List of some people He used.
B. Why did God use these people?
C. How do we apply this to our own despair?
1. The train may seem out of
control
, but the Engineer hasn't abandoned it.
2. When we feel things are falling apart, we must remember this genealogy.Slide26Slide27
III. There are two comings of Christ, and God uses sinners to accomplish both.
A. The Old Testament generations leading to his first coming were full of sinners.Slide28
III. There are two comings of Christ, and God uses sinners to accomplish both.
A. The Old Testament generations leading to his first coming were full of sinners.
B.
Our present generation, leading to his second coming, is also full of sinners.Slide29
III. There are two comings of Christ, and God uses sinners to accomplish both.
A. The Old Testament generations leading to his first coming were full of sinners.
B.
Our present generation, leading to his second coming, is also full of sinners.
C. Christians hold a linear view of history in which God is working out a plan.Slide30Slide31
APPLICATION
1.
No one when Jesus was going to be born knew it was happening, but in the perfection of God's timing, three by fourteen generations from Abraham, God did the job. In a similar way, no one knows when the second coming of Christ is coming. But is most certainly is coming in God's perfect time.Slide32
APPLICATION
2. If you are a child of God, never live in pessimism and despair. God knows where he's taking your life. God knows where he's taking your children's lives. God has a design.Slide33
APPLICATION
3. He knows what he's doing in your life, and he knows where he is taking you.Slide34