
In today’s climate of turmoil and uncertainty, threatening and incapacitating feelings run rampant. Yet the God who created your emotions has also given you everything you need to navigate them. The Bible paints relatable and resonant portraits of women and men struggling with grief, anger, guilt, and despair—and provides divine wisdom for transforming your emotional trials into spiritual triumphs.
Scriptures: Matthew 1:5, 1:16, 22:41-42, Luke 1:35, 3:23, 3:34-38, Leviticus 20:26, Ephesians 2:11-12
Jesus' past--His ancestors--reveal much about Him and how our God sees us. The pieces in a mosaic by themselves may not appear valuable, they may even appear ugly or broken, and do not make a significant impression. But when they are used by God and placed in the masterpiece that is His mosaic, they make a far greater impression. In the genealogy of Jesus, God shares with us an unbelievable truth that anyone can become a part of the greatest royal family of all--the family of not just "a" king, but the "King of Kings."
"God in His wisdom saw to it that He would be born of a woman, conceived by the Holy Spirit, so that both His full humanity and His full deity would be evident from the moment of His conception to the time of His birth." --Dr. Merritt
Keywords: genealogy, ancestors, bloodline, Jesus, past, history, family, tree, Ruth, Mary, 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.