Jsus before going to heaven said to His disciples to go and make disciples and TEACH THEM TO OBEY EVERYTHING HE TAUGHT. Mat 28:20
He also said that if anyone is ashamed of Him and HIS WORDS, He will be ashamed of him before His Father and the angels. Mark 8:38. Thus there is a need to know what is taught in the gospel so that we can obey and not be ashamed of Jesus' words.
In this series we will start from the book of Mathew onwards.
Mathew 1:1
Verses 1-17 gives us the genealogy of Jesus. It shows that God is interested in our family tree. He doesn't make a brief summary that Jesus was the son of David and Abraham but continues to mention the name of each individual. The same way God is interested in each individual.
Vs 18
It shows the birth of Jesus by the virgin Mary through the power of the Holy Spirit
Joseph being a righteous man did not want to disgrace her planned to send her away secretly but as he thought about it, God sent an angel to make Him know what had happened.
In the same way, if we are righteous, we will not want to disgrace others but will seek to cover their sins for love covers multitude of sins. 1Pet 4:8
The name JESUS means He will save HIS people FROM Their sins. vs 21, not in their sins. Thus His people will not continue to live in sin but will overcome sin. Rom 6:13,14, Jn 8:32, 2Pet 4:1-2, 1John 1John 3:9.
The purpose of this is fulfillment of what was prophesied by the prophets.
In the same way, God planned out lives and wrote it in a book. Ps 139:16 and everything that we are to do in our lifetime. Eph 2:10
If we yield completely to the leading of the Holy Spirit, God will fulfill in us and through us whatever He planned for us.
You are blessed to be a blessing
We will continue our study from there
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