The Gospel of Luke: The Genealogy of Jesus - Heritage and Hope - Audio

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Sermon Date: 11/17/2024 Speaker: Corey Deyamport Luke 3:23-38 . Check us out at: https://citylightvicksburg.org/ Or check us out here: https://www.facebook.com/citylightvicksburg . The first time you meet someone, you often get asked: “who are you people” or “what’s your name.” The name you produce says a lot more than just a name. Knowing your name means knowing your family, and a family’s name carries their history. This text today tells us “who Jesus’s people are.” And this tells us that: Jesus is for all people He is the fulfillment of God’s promises. Jesus is fully man and fully God. Jesus is for all people: the angel tells us, announcing Jesus’s birth that His birth is great news for “all people.” The genealogy declares that Jesus and Jesus alone fits the mold to be the promised messiah. He is legally and spiritually the One. His connection to the royal bloodline and David, would show that He is the heir. But Luke traces the history all the way back to Adam and even God. Jesus is not just a Jewish Jesus, but He is a Jesus for all nations. Just as sin came in through one man - Adam, one man - Jesus, brought justification. Jesus is the fulfillment of God’s promises: this genealogy shows that Jesus is the resolution of all the promises God made to His people. And if God kept His promises to David and Abraham, we can be certain that God can keep his promises to us. Jesus is fully God and Fully man: Jesus is uniquely qualified to fulfill those promises. This genealogy shows us He was fully man and fully God. The word “as supposed,” shows that he was legally Joseph’s child, but he was of divine origin. In this way; He could bridge the gap between heaven and earth. And because of this, we can be adopted as sons and daughters of the Most High. We are heirs. And this adoption is granted to us solely by His grace. This truth transforms (or should transform) how we live. So when doubts creep in because we look at our lives and see how our unworthiness… we can look to Jesus and His act on the cross. We are not accidental citizens of Heaven.