Well, we actually are gon na study God’s word this afternoon as well, however we’re not going to do what we’re carrying out in the morning. We’re gon na do something brand new, and it’s coming from Matthew and, I’m delighted to go through this with you all, knowing what God’s gon na teach us, specifically about the extremely truth that Jesus is the Messiah that the Jews are awaiting or have been waiting for and, and they need to still be waiting for. However Jesus has actually come and He has made Himself available and He will come again as the reigning King. But this is before His first coming as He is the assured Messiah that is to come and to save the Jewish country, both physically and likewise spiritually. We’re visiting this in the introduction of it in Matthew chapter 1 verse 1 through 17. Let’s read this together and if you have the word of God, just open it and we will enter this. Maybe a few of us avoid this passage, but actually a very, really essential passage for us to consider. Let’s read all of it.

It says, the book of genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the boy of Abraham. Abraham was the father Isaac, and Isaac the father Jacob, and Jacob the dad of Judah and his bros, and Judah the dad of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, and Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the dad Salmon, and Salmon the daddy Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the dad of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the daddy Jesse, and Jesse the dad of David the king. And David was a father Solomon by the spouse of Uriah, and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the daddy of Abijah, and Abijah the daddy Asaph and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat Jehoshaphat the daddy Joram and Joram the daddy Uzziah Uzziah, the daddy Jotham, and Jotham, the dad Ahaz, Ahaz, the dad Hezekiah, Hezekiah, the dad Manasseh, Manasseh the daddy Amos, and Amos the daddy of Josiah, and Josiah the daddy of Jeconiah and his bros at the time of the deportation to Babylon. And after the deportation to Babylon, Jeconiah was the dad Shetiel, Shetiel the daddy of Zerubbabel, Zerubbabel the dad of Abiud, Abiud the dad of Eliakim, Eliakim the dad of Azor. Azor the daddy of Zadok. Zadok the daddy of Achim. Achim the father Elud. Elud the father of Eliezer.

Eliezer the father of Mattan, and Mattan the daddy of Jacob, and Jacob the daddy of Joseph, the partner of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ. So all the generations from Abraham to David were 14 generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon, 14 generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to Christ, 14 generations. Let’s bow in the word of prayer. Our Father, we are so grateful for this passage, and even though in the really outside of it, it appears like it’s simply a lot of names, but we know, Lord, that this is a list of the thoughtful proofs of God to sinners. Lord, we understand that we’re sinners. We need your saving grace, and this list of people demonstrate that. So we pray, daddy, that we would see ourselves, Lord, as actually those who are among this list since, Lord, you show grace to us similarly that we are sinners conserved by you. We thank you in Jesus’ name. Amen.

We, as a society, do not comprehend grace. In the Bible, there is a particular story, a story by which we have actually seen in one of the parables of Jesus in which he said that there was a particular guy who was a master and he went out to the marketplace to try to find servants. In those days, in the Jewish world, there are those who were merely waiting by the markets for work. It’s kind of like when you go to the Home Depot and there are those who are waiting on work. Well, in those days, there are those in the marketplaces. And this master went out and stated, I require individuals to come and work in my field. I’ll pay them.

So in the extremely early morning, he went out, 6 in the early morning, that’s when the day starts, he made a deal with those who are going to start the work at 6 in the morning and said to them, I will pay you one denari for your work. One denari is a great wage. It’s a fine wage. It’s a affordable wage. And definitely, as a individual who is waiting there for work and, you’re just waiting and and you want that job, and those men happily took it. They get to consume. They get to earn a living. But the master didn’t stop there.

What he did is that at 9 AM, he headed out to seek for more employees, and he got more employees being available in and he said to them, I will pay you however much I think is right. So the employees are stated, are stating, fine. Okay. I will trust you in that. However the master didn’t stop there either. At 12 midday, you headed out and invited more individuals, saying the same thing, I will pay you nevertheless much I see fit. And after that also taking place at 3 and after that at 5 in the afternoon, purposefully that the work ends at 6 PM. That’s completion of the work day.

In that very sense, we see that there are a range of people pertaining to work for the master, however they work different set of hours and different set of times. So the day ends and the master states, welcome, everybody. I’m gon na begin paying you. And he starts out with the guys who came at 5 PM, and you understand what he gave them? One denarii. He gave them one denarii. And this got individuals in the back all excited because individuals in the current or the people in the back and at the end of the line are the people who started at 6 in the morning. They They saw individuals in the front who just for work for 1 hour and they got 1 denarii, and they’re stating to themselves, hey, that suggests that we’re gon na get 12 denari. I mean, we worked for 12 hours.

But lo and see, what took place was that those who were paid beginning with 5 PM to 3 PM to 12 PM to 9 AM, all got just one denari. And after that when it comes down to the workers who first began working there and approached the master, these are the 6 AM folks. They said to the master, Master, you, how much are you going to pay us? And the master provided to these individuals again the exact same one denari. And he started to grumble. They said, that is unfair. You’ve given everyone the same thing and we have been here for 12 hours toiling away, laboring, in a sense. However the master stated to them, is it not a excellent wage? Is it not a bargain? Why did you accept it? Did I not treat you relatively? Did I provide you I provide you what you deserve according to what we chose was right? Is it not my authority? To provide to individuals whatever it is I want to give them. See, this is a story of God’s grace.

You see, we deal with God the same way. At first, we might be very, extremely delighted over what God has actually provided to us. Say, get wed to a terrific woman. You’re thrilled, you’re grateful, however then in time, you begin to complain about this girl that you’re wed to. No longer are you as grateful as you were when you started. Possibly a task. You are operating at a particular task which you’re thankful for when I first employed you since you got nothing else, But then gradually, over this time of working there, you start to grumble over your job. Or possibly it’s just eating and drinking and breathing, you even state, that I’m eating whatever it is that God has actually provided to me.

I’m drinking whatever that God has offered me to consume. I’m breathing His air, but then we are not appreciative over the grace which God has actually provided to us in our lives. See, this is what happened to Adam and Eve in the very start. That’s why males sinned. Adam and Eve were given the ideal beautifies of God to live in a location of bliss and pleasure and gratitude and true blessings, but they desired something. They wanted to have something which is not theirs. They were not appreciative for what God has provided to them already. So they said, we could be our own god.

We might live our lives apart from God. And as a result, sin entered into the world. Sin is that hurtful word, that upsetting action, however really sin is coming from our hearts. That heart of jealousy, the heart of hatred, the heart of envy, the heart of selfishness, which are in our hearts that promotes itself in ugly words and unsightly actions, which injured ourselves, of course, were damaged on the within because of sin, however likewise damage others because of our sins. What does God do? Definitely, God might evaluate. God could and should judge, But what God provides for us in this world is that He has actually offered to us grace. Grace is a gift of God unjust. And this grace is offered specifically through the individual of Jesus Christ.

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