Unexpected Grace: The Scandalous Genealogy of Jesus
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"Matthew highlighting and mentioning four unlikely, undeserving, unexpected women in a genealogy that usually would contain only men. We heard about them last week. There was Rahab, and there was the wife of Uriah. There was Tamar, and there was Ruth, Ruth connected to the story of Jesus's family tree." [00:01:39] (25 seconds)
"And Matthew, as he highlights these four, he's mentioning these four women, and they're unusual in a sense, in that there's one thing that connects each and every one of those women. They were marked by scandal. Scandalous women. Sexual scandal in one way or another, each and every one of their stories." [00:01:51] (21 seconds)
"But there is a fifth woman in that genealogy that I did not mention last week. A fifth woman that is a part of this genealogy whose story jolts us as well. You might not know as much about those four last week, but this one, this fifth woman, you know all about. You've been singing about her, this babe, this child of Mary. Mary." [00:02:49] (29 seconds)
"Her inclusion in the story, Matthew tells us about it. Matthew tells us it's in the genealogy. We didn't hear it today, but we heard it last week that Jacob fathered Joseph, the husband of Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, who is called the Messiah." [00:03:18] (15 seconds)
"And the reason why Mary is held in high esteem, as Dr. Luke tells us in his gospel, while we call her blessed among women, throughout the Old Testament we find these women being highlighted in the developing story of the coming Messiah. And Mary belongs in that company, the last in line, the greatest of all in that line." [00:06:00] (23 seconds)
"After his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, were introduced to Joseph in the genealogy, but now the story continues and begins with Mary, begins with an engagement. Now, engagements in those days, they were a lot different than engagements now. There were contracts that were drawn up between the families, most of them usually arranged." [00:06:39] (22 seconds)
"Joseph at first doesn't hear the Holy Spirit part either. Mary isn't married. She's pregnant, and she's facing a divorce. Put yourself in her shoes at this point. A pregnant teenager. She knows the real truth, but no one believes her. Her life is now a scandal, and that's why Matthew places her in the genealogy." [00:08:32] (23 seconds)
"it's so wonderful that mary can embrace this promise by faith the angel then tells joseph that mary's child is god becoming man and that joseph has a part in this mission as well to help him as he saves his people from their sins mary embraces that promise and mary herself is that unlikely and unexpected person she's poor she's lowly she's not a queen she's not nobility she's an unknown and anybody but yet given this great burden and gift and she embraces it all by faith" [00:10:36] (37 seconds)
"And while she may not have known every detail and event, Mary did know. She knew that pain and suffering would be there because of that and promise that she's embraced. Whatever expectation she had going into the marriage with Joseph's, they're going to be changed, shattered, blown up by a baby she now carries, but embraces by faith because of who he is, God with us, the one who saves her and others in the family tree from their sins." [00:11:37] (34 seconds)
"We learn that from Mary and her inclusion in this story, that Jesus is enough. Jesus is enough. Jesus is more than enough. We're in a season where we're going to be reminded and bombasted over and over and over again, being told we're not enough. You don't have enough. You don't look right enough." [00:13:02] (24 seconds)
"The highlight reel, it's what we want, but it's not what we live. We live the reality where we are not enough, never enough. And that's okay, because we can take it from Mary. We can take it from Rahab. We can take it from Tamar, from Ruth, from the wife of Uriah, and from the wife of Uriah. And from Mary herself. Jesus." [00:13:43] (33 seconds)
"Years later, as Mary's son goes to the cross and saves his people from their sins, the unlovely, the unlikely, the unexpected, the unworthy, the unbelievable, all of us, Mary gives birth to the Savior of the world. Mary gives birth to the promise. Mary gives birth to grace. And Jesus, Jesus is enough. He's more than enough. Amen." [00:15:10] (34 seconds)
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"And Matthew, as he highlights these four, he's mentioning these four women, and they're unusual in a sense, in that there's one thing that connects each and every one of those women. They were marked by scandal. Scandalous women. Sexual scandal in one way or another, each and every one of their stories." [00:01:51] (21 seconds)
"But there is a fifth woman in that genealogy that I did not mention last week. A fifth woman that is a part of this genealogy whose story jolts us as well. You might not know as much about those four last week, but this one, this fifth woman, you know all about. You've been singing about her, this babe, this child of Mary. Mary." [00:02:49] (29 seconds)
"Her inclusion in the story, Matthew tells us about it. Matthew tells us it's in the genealogy. We didn't hear it today, but we heard it last week that Jacob fathered Joseph, the husband of Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, who is called the Messiah." [00:03:18] (15 seconds)
"And the reason why Mary is held in high esteem, as Dr. Luke tells us in his gospel, while we call her blessed among women, throughout the Old Testament we find these women being highlighted in the developing story of the coming Messiah. And Mary belongs in that company, the last in line, the greatest of all in that line." [00:06:00] (23 seconds)
"After his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, were introduced to Joseph in the genealogy, but now the story continues and begins with Mary, begins with an engagement. Now, engagements in those days, they were a lot different than engagements now. There were contracts that were drawn up between the families, most of them usually arranged." [00:06:39] (22 seconds)
"Joseph at first doesn't hear the Holy Spirit part either. Mary isn't married. She's pregnant, and she's facing a divorce. Put yourself in her shoes at this point. A pregnant teenager. She knows the real truth, but no one believes her. Her life is now a scandal, and that's why Matthew places her in the genealogy." [00:08:32] (23 seconds)
"it's so wonderful that mary can embrace this promise by faith the angel then tells joseph that mary's child is god becoming man and that joseph has a part in this mission as well to help him as he saves his people from their sins mary embraces that promise and mary herself is that unlikely and unexpected person she's poor she's lowly she's not a queen she's not nobility she's an unknown and anybody but yet given this great burden and gift and she embraces it all by faith" [00:10:36] (37 seconds)
"And while she may not have known every detail and event, Mary did know. She knew that pain and suffering would be there because of that and promise that she's embraced. Whatever expectation she had going into the marriage with Joseph's, they're going to be changed, shattered, blown up by a baby she now carries, but embraces by faith because of who he is, God with us, the one who saves her and others in the family tree from their sins." [00:11:37] (34 seconds)
"We learn that from Mary and her inclusion in this story, that Jesus is enough. Jesus is enough. Jesus is more than enough. We're in a season where we're going to be reminded and bombasted over and over and over again, being told we're not enough. You don't have enough. You don't look right enough." [00:13:02] (24 seconds)
"The highlight reel, it's what we want, but it's not what we live. We live the reality where we are not enough, never enough. And that's okay, because we can take it from Mary. We can take it from Rahab. We can take it from Tamar, from Ruth, from the wife of Uriah, and from the wife of Uriah. And from Mary herself. Jesus." [00:13:43] (33 seconds)
"Years later, as Mary's son goes to the cross and saves his people from their sins, the unlovely, the unlikely, the unexpected, the unworthy, the unbelievable, all of us, Mary gives birth to the Savior of the world. Mary gives birth to the promise. Mary gives birth to grace. And Jesus, Jesus is enough. He's more than enough. Amen." [00:15:10] (34 seconds)
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