If you were to open your Bible and turn to the very first page of the New Testament, you would be greeted with a genealogy. Specifically, you would be greeted with the genealogy of Jesus, all the way from Abraham down to Joseph, the husband of Mary. Often people complain about all the genealogies that one finds in the Bible—you know, all the “begats” that one encounters. Such as, “So and so lived so many years and begat so and so, who lived so many years and begat so and so, etc...” And so goes what many people would often call the boring parts of the Bible.
But in the case of what we find in Matthew 1:1, the genealogy of Jesus can teach a few things, not only about Jesus’ ancestry, but also about something that we should focus on as we gather around the table of the Lord. What I am referring to is humility.
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Author: Philip P. Kapusta
Keywords: Judah, Judah and Tamar, Tamar, Tamar and Judah, Family disgrace, Jesus's seedy family history, Family history, Family history of the Messiah, Messiah, Family of Jesus, Jesus' family history, Descent of Jesus, Genealogy of the Messiah, Genealogy of Jesus, Genealogy of Christ, Crawling creatures, Creeping things, David and Bathsheba, scandal, shame, shamed, disgrace, humility, humbleness, family scandal, embarrass, embarrassing, embarrassment
Bible reference(s): Genesis 38:11-13, Genesis 38:15-16, Genesis 38:24-26, Deuteronomy 23:3, Jos 2:1, 2Sa 11:2-5, 2Sa 11:27, 2Sa 12:7, 2Sa 12:10, Luk 3:23-34, Matthew 1:1-17
Source: Philip Kapusta, from a Sunday morning table talk, Sept. 21, 2014, Richmond, Va.
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