A Genealogy of Good News (not just good advice)
Angels = “messengers”
The Good News Reported: Jesus is God with Us
2 Peter 1:16 CSB – For we did not follow cleverly contrived myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; instead, we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Luke 1:3-4 CSB – So it also seemed good to me, since I have carefully investigated everything from the very first, to write to you in an orderly sequence….. 4 so that you may know the certainty of the things about which you have been instructed.
Matthew 1:16 CSB – and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary, who gave birth to Jesus who is called the Messiah.
Luke 1:30-31, 34-35 CSB –
Then the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.31 Now listen: You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.
Mary asked the angel, “How can this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?”
The angel replied to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore, the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
Isaiah 7:14 CSB – Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign: See, the virgin will conceive, have a son, and name him Immanuel
Genealogy of Grace
Matthew 1:2, Abraham fathered Isaac…
Matthew 1:2c, Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers,
Matthew 1:3, Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar…
Matthew 1:5, Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab….
Hebrews 11:31 CSB – By faith Rahab the prostitute welcomed the spies in peace and didn’t perish with those who disobeyed.
James 2:25-26 CSB – …. wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works in receiving the messengers and sending them out by a different route? For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
Matthew 1:6, Jesse fathered King David,
David fathered Solomon by Uriah’s wife,
Matthew 1:10, Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered Amon
God Uses the Forgiven
Ephesians 2:1 CSB – And you were dead in your trespasses and sins
Psalm 51:3-4 CSB – For I am conscious of my rebellion,
and my sin is always before me.
4 Against you—you alone—I have sinned
and done this evil in your sight.
Romans 5:6-8 CSB – For while we were still helpless, at the right time, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For rarely will someone die for a just person—though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die. 8 But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 3:23-24 CSB – All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Romans 6:23 CSB – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 3:23-24 CSB – All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
A Genealogy of Hope
Matthew 1:17 CSB – So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations; and from David until the exile to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the exile to Babylon until the Messiah, fourteen generations.
Luke 4:18-19a, 21 CSB – The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to set free the oppressed,
19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.
He began by saying to them, “Today as you listen, this Scripture has been fulfilled.”
John 11:25 CSB – Jesus said, I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live.
Romans 5:1 CSB – Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:21 CSB – “Be reconciled to God.” 21 He made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
