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โข Share about a situation where you told someone, โFinally! Youโre here!โ How important was the personโs arrival?ย
โข Have you ever been in a situation where someone needed to save you? What happened?
โข When waiting for something, would you rather wait a short while but receive something different, or wait longer and get exactly what you wanted? Why?
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๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ. . . . ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ณ๐บ, ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต. ๐๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐บ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐บ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ช ๐ญ:๐ญ, ๐ญ๐ฒโ๐ญ๐ณ
When Matthew presented the genealogy of Jesus, he established Him as the long-awaited Messiah and Lord. Jesus is not only the fulfillment of Godโs covenant with Abrahamโthrough whom all nations would be blessedโbut also the fulfillment of Godโs promise to David that a descendant from his line would establish an eternal kingdom. Despite these, Matthew also referred to Jesus as Christ. This signifies that Jesus is the anointed one, the promised Savior spoken of throughout the Old Testament. By tracing Jesusโ genealogy all the way to Joseph, Matthew confirms that the Savior, who fulfilled both the Jewish expectations of the Messiah and Godโs redemptive plan for the world, has finally arrived. Today, we will look at what Jesus Christโs arrival means for us.ย
๐ญ. ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐, ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฑโ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ. ๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ช ๐ญ:๐ญ
Jesusโ arrival on earth was planned long before He was born. God weaved lives and events across generations to make sure the Savior of the world would be born on earth. This gives us great confidence in His faithfulness. God does not do things on a whim. He did not carelessly think about us and what to do with us the day we were born. This assures us that God is in charge of everything, working through time, people, and events to bring about His plans and purposes in our lives. How has knowing that God has a plan and purpose for everything changed your life?ย
๐ฎ. ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐, ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฑโ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ. . . . ๐๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐บ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐บ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ช ๐ญ:๐ญ,๐ญ๐ณ
The list of generations from Adam to Christ shows us that God works through a wide variety of people. He chooses those who are powerful and well-known, as well as those who are ordinary and obscure. Kings like David, Hezekiah, and Zerubbabel play a prominent role, as do figures like Zadok the High Priest. Yet, alongside these famous names are Gentiles like Ruth and Rahab, and humble individuals like Mary and Joseph. This diversity reveals that Godโs plan for redemption can involve anyone, regardless of status or background. God takes notice of each of us and can use us in His plans. This gives us so much security and a great sense of purpose. According to Matthew 28:18โ20, what is Jesus telling us to do? How are you taking part in this from where God has placed you?ย ย
The genealogy of Jesus shows that no one is too insignificant to be part of Godโs story. Whether the world considers us well-known or unknown, God sees us and He knows every detail of our lives. God is calling us to proclaim what Jesus has done to the ends of the earth so that people would know that finally, the Savior has come and is establishing His kingdom on earth.ย
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โข Do you sometimes feel that your life is insignificant? Ask God to help you see yourself the way He sees you.
โข Ask God to reveal His plan and purpose in your life. Write it down and put it somewhere where you can see it and be reminded that God wants you to live a purposeful life.ย
โข What are some specific things that you can do to take part in what God is doing in the world? Pray that you will have opportunities to share who Jesus is with those closest to you.
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โข Thank God for the assurance that your life is important, regardless of what people around you may think or say. Ask God to give you the boldness to live the way He wants you to live and the confidence to be who He wants you to be.
โข Pray that God would bring clarity in specific things He is calling you to do to fulfill your part in His bigger plans. โข Ask Him to give you a heart that is willing and ready to obey Him.
Pray that this Christmas season, God will use you to bring hope and encouragement to those around you. List down all the reunions and get-togethers you will attend and ask for open doors to minister to people.ย