Our first lesson was on the genealogy of Jesus. As we looked at many in the lineage of Jesus we saw liars, murderers, prostitutes, adulterers, incest and just plain evil men. Yet, this is where the God of the Kingdom chose to come as King to rescue a people held captive to sin.
Now that you've had time to think about the lesson, what has God been saying to you? As you examine your own genealogy, what have you seen? Have you allowed the cleansing blood of Jesus to wash away all the vestiges of slavery or do you walk in the brokenness that plagued your genealogy?
I shared with a part of my own genealogy and a thread of hope found even in the midst of slavery. How a slave owner who impregnated a 12 year old slave girl and fathered 3 children by her, set them all free. More than that, he gave them his name and gave them a part of his land so that might build their own lives. What's your thread of hope that God placed into your genealogy?
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