A Christmas sermon on the family tree of Jesus Christ.

2. Jesus the Root of Jesse
Then in that day The
nations will resort to the
root of Jesse, Who will
stand as a signal for the
peoples; And His resting
place will be glorious.
Isaiah 11:10
Again Isaiah says,
“THERE SHALL COME THE
ROOT OF JESSE, AND HE
WHO ARISES TO RULE OVER
THE GENTILES, IN HIM
SHALL THE GENTILES HOPE.”
Romans 15:12

3. Matthew 1:1–16 (Joseph)
1 The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of
Abraham: 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the
father of Judah and his brothers. 3 Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar,
Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram. 4 Ram was the father of
Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon. 5
Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and
Obed the father of Jesse. 6 Jesse was the father of David the king. David was the father
of Solomon by Bathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah. 7 Solomon was the father of
Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa. 8 Asa was the
father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of
Uzziah. 9 Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the
father of Hezekiah. 10 Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of
Amon, and Amon the father of Josiah. 11 Josiah became the father of Jeconiah and his
brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon. 12 After the deportation to
Babylon: Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of
Zerubbabel. 13 Zerubbabel was the father of Abihud, Abihud the father of Eliakim, and
Eliakim the father of Azor. 14 Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim,
and Achim the father of Eliud. 15 Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of
Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob. 16 Jacob was the father of Joseph the
husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah.

4. Luke 3:23–38 (Mary’s)
23 When He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years of age, being, as was
supposed, the son of Joseph, the son of Eli, 24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son
of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, 25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos,
the son of Nahum, the son of Hesli, the son of Naggai, 26 the son of Maath, the son of
Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, 27 the son of Joanan, the
son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, 28 the son of
Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, 29 the son of
Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, 30 the son of
Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, 31 the
son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of
Nahshon, 33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron,
the son of Perez, the son of Judah, 34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of
Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, 35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of
Peleg, the son of Heber, the son of Shelah, 36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the
son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, 37 the son of Methuselah, the son of
Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, 38 the son of Enosh, the
son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

5. The Good Side of the Family
Enoch
Noah
Abraham
David
Solomon
Josiah

6. Enoch
Enoch lived sixty-five
years, and became the
father of Methuselah.
Then Enoch walked with
God three hundred years
after he became the
father of Methuselah, and
he had other sons and
daughters. So all the days
of Enoch were three
hundred and sixty-five
years. Enoch walked with
God; and he was not, for
God took him.

7. Noah
But Noah found favor in
the eyes of the LORD.
Genesis 6:8
By faith Noah…,in
reverence prepared an ark
for the salvation of his
household…
Hebrews 11:7
But [God] preserved Noah,
a preacher of
righteousness…
2 Peter 2:5

8. Abraham
Father of Faith
Heir of Righteousness
Friend of God

9. Father and Son
David
Psalmist
King
Man after God’s own
heart
Solomon
Wisest man in the
world
Builder of the temple
Writer

10. Josiah
King of Israel
Child of
prophecy
Greatest
reformer

11. THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
With the exception of Enoch all of these
men have recorded failures

12. Notice the
Women?
Tamar
Rahab
Ruth
Bathsheba

13. Tamar
Daughter-in-law to Judah
Two evil husbands
A rather R-rated tale…

14. Rahab
Hebrews 11:31 (NASB95)
31 By faith Rahab the harlot did
not perish along with those
who were disobedient, after
she had welcomed the spies in
peace.
James 2:25 (NASB95)
25 In the same way, was not
Rahab the harlot also justified
by works when she received
the messengers and sent them
out by another way?
Canaanite woman
Lived in Jericho
Helped the Jewish
spies
She had a rather
unusual last name…

15. Ruth an
Outcast
A Moabitess
A widow
A stranger in a foreign land
Picture of the role of the
kinsman redeemer
Deuteronomy 23:3 (NASB95)
3 “No Ammonite or Moabite shall
enter the assembly of the LORD; none
of their descendants, even to the tenth
generation, shall ever enter the
assembly of the LORD,

16. Bathsheba
Adulteress

17. Sinners & Saints
as it is written, “THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT
EVEN ONE;
Romans 3:10
For what the Law could not do, weak as it was
through the flesh, God did: sending His own
Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an
offering for sin, He condemned sin in the
flesh,
Romans 8:3

18. The plan
Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in
all things, so that He might become a merciful and
faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to
make propitiation for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 2:17
and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins;
and not for ours only, but also for those of the
whole world.
1 John 2:2

19. Easter at Christmas
and He Himself bore our sins in His body
on the cross, so that we might die to sin
and live to righteousness; for by His
wounds you were healed.
1 Peter 2:24

20. The Nativity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Wg
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