Scriptures: Matthew 1:3, 5-6, Joshua 2:1
Ever wonder about the "black sheep" in your family? Can anything good come out of those bad situations? The genealogy of Jesus proves that God can take any family situation and ultimately make it into something good. Believe it or not, Jesus' ancestors were not all angels! But, God used the broken pieces of those lives as the path to salvation for mankind. Dr. Merritt reveals in scripture the wonderful truth that God can use who we are, for His glory.
"No individual sinner is beyond God's supernatural grace. God can change what we are. God took a prostitute and turned her into a princess. God took a woman going nowhere and made her a branch in the family tree of His own son." --Dr. Merritt
Keywords: genealogy, family, free, bloodline, Jesus, Joseph, Messiah, Perez, Zerah, Tamar, Hezron, Ram, Judah, Shelah, Onan, Rahab, mosaic
Pastors Edge provides Bible preachers and teachers with ready-to-use resources and materials based on the preaching of Dr. James Merritt, Senior Pastor at Cross Pointe Church in Duluth, GA and host of the international broadcast ministry Touching Lives.