Amazing Grace in the geneaology of our Saviour Jesus Christ, the King of kings.

Have you ever considered the five women in the genealogy of our Lord Jesus Christ as recorded by Matthew? The first woman was Tamar, Judah's daughter-in-law. She was the widow of two sons of Judah. When Judah withheld a third son, Shelah, from her, she posed as a prostitute and slept with Judah, her father-in-law. She deceived Judah. The act produced twins, one of whom was Perez, also in the genealogy of Jesus. See Genesis 38.

The second was Rahab, the prostitute of the red rope on the wall of Jericho. She also wasn't Jewish.
The third was Ruth, a Moabitess, from a people cursed and excluded from the assembly of the Lord forever according to Deuteronomy 23:3-

3 “An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter the assembly of the Lord; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the Lord forever"

The fourth, though unnamed, was Bathsheba. David killed her husband Uriah after he (David) got Bathsheba pregnant and his attempt to foist the pregnancy on Uriah failed. He then married Bathsheba. The product of this union, their son Solomon, is in the genealogy of our Lord Jesus!

The fifth is Mary. Highly favoured, blessed among women. Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Not to leave out the guys that are reading this:) The author of the gospel of Matthew was a tax collector. In the eyes of the religious Jews back then, he and his kind were scum; so scummy that they were a sin category on their own: remember "the tax collectors and sinners." But our Lord Jesus Christ saved him; transformed him so that one of the accounts of His life as a Man on earth was written by Matthew the despised tax collector!

No matter how "ruined" you think you are, no matter what you've done, even if you are already a believer, our Saviour Jesus will make you beautiful (as He is) when you receive His abundance of grace and of His gift of righteousness. You will reign in life through Him (Romans 5:17). His Spirit will transform you to the image of His glory, from glory to glory. (2 Corinthians 3:18.) No matter how messy your life is, He'll make a message of you!

Nothing to do with what we do/did. All because of what He has done for us. This is Grace - undeserved, unmerited favour.

The Holy Spirit will teach you all things.

Believe Right and you will Live Right.

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