Thankful He's Sovereign

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Welcome

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Commissioning

Kids moment

Thank you for the trip (Show picture)

Sermon

Sitting by Kym and Monte, a question needs to be asked (use picture)

Today’s text is a list of names, yet that list answers the question for me.

We can have hope because God is sovereign.

I will share a few stories to show why we can lean on God’s sovereignty even as we stand by a hospital bed, a graveside, and the daily hurts we face day by day.

Notes on genealogy in Matthew

Obed, the son of Boaz (v32): God is sovereign in our heritage

Creations of Moabites, constant battle, worldly culture, produced Ruth, Obed, Jesus, the salvation of the world.

Boaz, the son of Sala (v32): God is sovereign in a changed heart

A prostitute discovers the fear of God in the Israelite invasion of Jericho and becomes a wife and the mother of Boaz, Jesus, the salvation of the world.

Perez, the son of Judah (v33): God is sovereign above our selfishness, unfaithfulness, and sin

A failure to be faithful to his word, combined with an evenings immoral desires, leads to the birth of Perez, Jesus, the salvation of the world.

I picked 3. I could have doubled that without blinking, but the example remains the same.

Today you may question the goodness of your heritage, your choices before repentance, or the impact of the sinfulness of others (yourself)

One more…From Judah to the Exodus and from the exile to Babylon, through Persian, Greecian, and Roman control all lived with little hope. They couldn’t see what can now. All of that time, God was still at work. God was still sovereign. God’s love was never absent. God’s purposes never overturned. And this all remains true today in this place, in a hospital room in Los Angeles, and through whatever you face as you walk out these doors today.

Luke 3:23–38 ESV

Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

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