{"id":2361,"date":"2015-12-13T00:34:40","date_gmt":"2015-12-13T00:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/?p=2361"},"modified":"2015-12-13T14:57:18","modified_gmt":"2015-12-13T14:57:18","slug":"study-sheets-for-sunday-december-13-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/?p=2361","title":{"rendered":"STUDY SHEETS for Sunday December 13, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/woman-fashion-abstract-colorful.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2363\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2363 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/woman-fashion-abstract-colorful.png\" alt=\"woman fashion abstract colorful\" width=\"220\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/woman-fashion-abstract-colorful.png 220w, http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/woman-fashion-abstract-colorful-158x300.png 158w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Matthew begins his gospel with these words: \u201cThe book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He is the only gospel writer to begin in this way. In fact, of the others, only Luke (chapter three) has a genealogy of Christ but NO women are mentioned. Mark starts in Isaiah. Luke begins in the days of Herod. John begins \u201cin the beginning\u201d referring to what we call eternity past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">And in this genealogy that Matthew gives us, this God-inspired account of the family tree of Jesus Christ, only five women are mentioned. Four of these women\u2014Tamar, Rahab, Ruth and Bathsheba\u2014are enveloped in stories of sex, power, position and intrigue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">No \u201cgood girls\u201d mentioned except Mary, the young virgin who was the mother of Jesus. No Sarah, no Rebecca, no Rachel. Why?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Why would God put his list together in this way? And it was intentional. God doesn\u2019t waste words. He has a purpose. So this morning we ask, Why?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Message Title: Grace &amp; the Grandmothers of Jesus Christ!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Message Text: Matthew 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/PDF-Grace-and-the-Grandmothers-of-Jesus-Messiah-Matthew-1-ffc-dave-scott-121315-AM-STUDY-SHEET-ONE.pdf\" rel=\"\">PDF Grace and the Grandmothers of Jesus Messiah : Matthew 1 : ffc : dave scott : 121315 AM STUDY SHEET ONE<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/PDF-Grace-and-the-Grandmothers-of-Jesus-Messiah-Matthew-1-ffc-dave-scott-121315-AM-STUDY-SHEET-TWO.pdf\" rel=\"\">PDF Grace and the Grandmothers of Jesus Messiah : Matthew 1 : ffc : dave scott : 121315 AM STUDY SHEET TWO<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew begins his gospel with these words: \u201cThe book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.\u201d He is the only gospel writer to begin in this way. In fact, of the others, only Luke (chapter three) has a genealogy of Christ but NO women are mentioned. 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