Matthew: Enter the Story of Jesus

Listen in as we begin our series through Matthew and look a chapter 1:1-17. The good news if found in how Jesus uses and meets us in the gaps of life.

Notes/Quotes:

Matthew 1:1-17

Three gaps many Christian contend with:
1) I believe in God's love but struggle to experience it
2) I believe God is intimately involved, but don't often see it
3) I thought I would be further along by now. 
Minding the gap without legalism, shame & guilt is crucial.
- Steve Cuss

“The book of the genealogy” appears to function not only as a heading for the genealogy itself but also as a title for the entire story to follow: a new beginning with the arrival of Jesus the Messiah and the kingdom of God” - ESV Study Bible

“No words or ordering of words in scripture is without significance. Matthew knows he is telling the story of one that was born a king, yet a king to be sacrificed. God had tested Abraham by commanding him to sacrifice Isaac. By beginning with “son of David,” Matthew prepares us to recognize that this is a king who will end up on the cross.” - Stanley Hauerwas 

Philippians 2:12-13