1. of Jesus
Matthew 1:1-17

2. The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (Genesis 2:9)

3. A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. (Isaiah 11:1)

5. B C
M W
K I
S Y
S K
S C
Alan
Helen
Zachary

6. This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah ... (Matthew 1:1)

7. This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham. (1:1)

8. Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers ... (2)

9. Genealogy
A was the father of B. B was the father of C. ...

10. Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar. (3)

11. Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon. (3-5)

12. Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth. (5)

13. Women in this genealogy
Tamar
Rahab
Ruth

14. Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of King David. (6)

15. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife

16. Women in this genealogy
Tamar
Rahab
Ruth
Bathsheba

17. Solomon the father of Rehoboam … (7)

18. Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa, Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram, Jehoram the father of Uzziah, Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Mnasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah, and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon. (7-11)

19. After the exile to Babylon ... (12)

20. Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, Zerubbabel the father of Abihud, Abihud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, Akim the father of Elihud, Elihud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob ... (12-15)

21. ... and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah. (16)

22. Women in this genealogy
Tamar
Rahab
Ruth
Bathsheba
Mary

23. God’s purposes are not thwarted by our humanity, however weak and wayward it may be.

24. God works in us, through us, more often than not, in spite of us.