To Whom Are You Related?

N.T.#492 "To Whom Are You Related?"

Feb. 21, 2025 

Luke 3-Part 4

LET IT GLOW 

I hope everyone is keeping warm and safe through this winder blast. We received 9 inches of snow and temps are in the negative. This happens every once in a while, but not for this length of time. Enjoy your time at home.

Sometimes we like to brag who we are related to, if a famous person. Does it really matter? If we are a child of the King, that is all that matters to me. Stay with me and see who Mary was related to.

Luke inserted John the Baptist's trouble and imprisonment before Christ's baptism, temptation, and ministry. At the age of 30, Jesus began His ministry, as did the Levitical priests. (Numbers 4:47) 

Then Luke carefully explains Christ's unique parentage in light of His virgin birth. Jesus had no earthly father. (Falwell)

This genealogy is of Mary's blood-line, working backward through her father, Heli. You probably recognize some of the names-Levi, Simeon, Nathan, David, Booz, Phares, Jacob, Isaac, Abraham, Enoch, Seth, and Adam. So on the human side, Jesus was a descendant of David. (David was promised one of his descendants would remain on the throne of Israel. Jesus is that person.) (verses 23-38)

LET IT GROW

The royal blood of David flowed through Mary's veins. This entitled Jesus to the throne of David through His mother. (Matthew traces the line of Jesus through Solomon, the son of David, through Joseph. Yet Joseph was not Jesus' father.)

Jesus was related to king David on both sides of His family tree. Maybe Joseph adopted Jesus. 

Jesus was the last Adam God created. The first Adam fell into sin. The last Adam did not. 

We are adopted into God's family through faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of God. What a privilege! God's promises apply to us. We have an inheritance waiting on us that is out of this world!

LET IT GO

Renew our minds, Lord, for Your service today.

Help us focus on Your kingdom work.