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Intro: Probably the most exciting parts of Bible reading are the genealogies of where we read someone begot someone, and they begot someone else, and we don’t know how to pronounce any of their names.

Just kidding!

Though genealogies are boring to most of us, they are very important God or he would not have inspired them.

Your genealogy can tell you a lot about your families past and it also helps one understand a lot about the present.

Teutsch Family Tree- Traced back to the early 1700’s in Edenkoben, Germany to a Johann Philip Teutsch and his bride Anna Christina Berosel.

There were 7 children born in this union of which Johann Wilhelm Teutsch is where my family tree starts.

Johann married Philippina Bleystein and had four sons.

He was a blacksmith/ironworker/mechanic.

That might be the reason we were a rodeo family.

Johann also became involved with a religious activist, Maximilian Ludwig Proli, who was later named “Count de Leon” who was arrested under the accusations that he was using religion to defraud the citizens of Oberrad and was planning a revolution against the government.

Johann testified on behalf of Count de Leon as did many others and the trial ended with no convictions.

Johann was identified as an evangelical, blacksmith and landlord in official court records.

Jesus has a family tree/genealogy that tells a lot about His earthly family and we’re going to look at it this morning and tonight.

Text; Mt. 1:1-17

Listing a person’s family tree is an odd way of Matthew opening up the NT gospels, but genealogies were a big deal for the Jewish people.

Genealogies were significant because they communicate a person’s pedigree, social standing and status.They traced ancestral claims to land and positions of authority, they were outlines for tracing history, and they revealed ancestral origins.

Jesus’ family tree shows His pedigree.

Jesus’ family lineage travels through many of the Old Testament patriarchs such as Solomon, David, Jacob, Isaac, and Abraham.

All Jewish people took great pride from descending from the great patriarchs such as Abraham.

These are not all the names in Jesus’ genealogy, but are set out in three generations of 14 for easy remembrance.

Look at [v.17];

[v.

1-6] We see the promise of God to Abraham and David being fulfilled.

[v.7-11]

From Solomon to the captivity where Israel was judged in her sin

[v.12-16]

After the captivity till the promised redemption of God through His Son Jesus, the fulfillment of the prophesies we’ve been studying the past few weeks.

1.

The Purpose of Jesus’ Family Tree;

Because a person’s family line proved his or her standing as one of God’s chosen people, Matthew began by showing that Jesus was a descendant of Abraham, the father of all Jews, and a direct descendant of David, fulfilling Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah’s line.

The Messiah was to be the son of Abraham and the son of David; He was to be a descendant of both.

God gave to Abraham and his seed (the Messiah) the promise of blessings for the whole world.

God gave to David and his seed (the Messiah) the promise of eternal government

The Jews believed these promises of God.

Therefore, Matthew sets out to prove that Jesus “who is called Christ” (Mt.

1:16) is the promised son of Abraham and the promised son of David, their long awaited Messiah.

We believe a lot of things that are said about people these days.

Some of it is true and some of it is not.

Yet we often form an opinion about someone based on what we hear or read.

Have you come to the conclusion that Jesus is the Messiah based on what you have heard and read?

2. The DNA in Jesus’ Family Tree;

Many people do a genealogy search not just to find out about their family roots but also to see if there is any DNA issues in their family trees [23andMe].

DNA tests can identify mutations in your genes, chromosomes or proteins.

These mutations can indicate if you have or don't have a genetic condition.

DNA tests can also identify your risk for developing certain health conditions or passing on a genetic disorder.

In these 17 verses we met 46 people whose lifetimes span 2,000 years.

All were ancestors of Jesus, but they varied considerably in personality, spirituality, and experience.

Some were heroes of faith— Abraham, Isaac, Ruth, and David.

Some had shady reputations— Tamar, Rahab and the wife of Uriah.

Many were ordinary people— Hezron, Ram, Nahshon, and Salmon.

Others were evil— Manasseh and Abijah.

And on top of all this, there are five women mentioned in Jesus’ family tree which is very unusual.

[In the morning prayers of a Jewish male, he habitually thanked God that God had not made him a Gentile, a slave or a woman]

What do all these people, except Jesus, have in common in their DNA?

A genetic disorder called SIN! We were born with it!

The reason people have genetic disorders physically is because we have a sin nature.

The reason we all have dysfunctional family trees and skeletons in our past is because of our sin nature.

The reason we have a corrupt and wicked society today is because our family trees have become an enchanted forest under the spell of our sin nature!

But Matthew didn’t point out all these things to condemn us, but to show that God’s Son, Jesus the Jewish Messiah, came to save us from our sin!

Never let your past DNA determine your future!!

3. The Book of the Genealogy of Jesus Christ;

What if you could choose your family tree?

What type of pedigree would you have?

Would it be filled with the rich and famous, sports hero’s, presidents, or maybe Hollywood stars like Gene Autry.

Would you have a any shady characters and unwed mothers?

Probably not.

But One baby did pick his own pedigree, and look what he chose: an ordinary human family with scoundrels and saints mixed together!

He had holy men like Abraham, wicked kings like Ahab, sweet saintly Ruth, and sexy seductress Bathsheba.

Jesus was born in a usual way into the very real world of a dysfunctional human family.

But the difference in Jesus and us is what is said in [v.16] “Joseph the husband of Mary”.

The first promise and prophecy of scripture foretold of a kinsman-redeemer who would be the seed of the woman [Gen.

3:15].

Now He had come, not as the son of Joseph [who had a genetic disorder called SIN] but as the seed of the woman, conceived of the Holy Spirit, which is with perfect and holy DNA!

The royal bloodline of Jesus Christ continues on to this very day.

His genealogy can be your family tree, not by blood but by faith in Him alone.

Close;

Remember the title of this message, “Who’s in Your Family Tree”.

Well honestly it doesn’t matter who’s in your family tree.

What matters most is “Whose Family Tree Are You In”.

Is your name written in The Lambs Book of Life?