In this two-part series, explore biblical truths about the prophecies concerning the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. Discover fascinating insights about Jesus’ genealogy and the significance of His name.

The Highway of the Seed
The Highway of the Seed, Part 2

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The Highway of the Seed, Part 2 takes an in-depth look at the genealogy of our Lord Jesus Christ and the importance of His name.

Key Verses:
Isaiah 7:10-14
Matthew 1:1-23

Now, I want to give you a little backdrop to the message this evening. This is, as was yesterday, a teaching message – I said yesterday, I meant last Sunday. A teaching message that talks about the highway of the seed. Now, that is a term that C. I. Scofield used in his commentary on Genesis 3:15. But, it is tracing the lineage of the Lord Jesus from Adam through the godly line of Seth and bypassing the line of Cain, down through Enoch and Noah, and Methuselah in between there, and then through Abraham, and from Abraham through the tribe of Judah, and then through the lineage of David.

We are going to pick up where we left off there with the lineage of David. We won’t cover all those generations. This is pretty far down the line. But Isaiah chapter seven, we are not going to read the whole chapter but let me give you a little background.

There was a terrible war. I don’t know any wars that aren’t terrible but there was a terrible war where Syria had teamed up with the northern ten tribes called Israel, sometimes referred to as Samaria. Samaria was the capital of that northern kingdom and sometimes called Ephraim after the son of Joseph. But they had teamed up with the Syrians to attack Judah and Jerusalem. It did not look good for Judah and Jerusalem, but the Lord intervened, and the Lord prevailed.

Now, Ahaz is a direct descendent of David; all of the kings of Judah were descendants of David. Ahaz is on the throne in Jerusalem. King Ahaz is quite concerned; he doesn’t see a way out of this. He thinks it is the end of him. He thinks it’s the end of Judah. He thinks it is the end for Jerusalem. But the Lord sends Isaiah to speak to him. As the Lord sends Isaiah to speak to him, we pick up the story in verse ten.

Isaiah 7:10: “Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,”

Isaiah 7:11: “Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.”

Isaiah 7:12: “But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.”

We are going to stop there and pray and continue on. [Prayer]

Believe on His Name

In December each year, we celebrate the coming of the Lord Jesus and it is right that we celebrate his coming. All year, we say that we believe that Jesus Christ is Lord and if you will trust the Lord Jesus Christ you’ll be saved as we made reference this morning in Acts 16 and the Philippian jailor. But we also say you should believe in His name. is that right? That’s right. I want to focus tonight on the name as it is so important. But I also want us to follow the lineage. You can’t separate the two. It is so important that we understand that connection there.

Ask a Sign, Any Sign

So, let’s start back at verse ten again:

Isaiah 7:10: “Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,”

Ahaz knows about the Lord. The Lord has spoken. The Lord has sent a message to Ahaz [paraphrasing], “Look Ahaz, you are not going to fall. Syria and the northern kingdom together are not going to conquer Jerusalem. You’re not going to die, Judah will not fall, I’m with you. But Ahaz is not acting in faith. He is having his doubts. Verse 10 again:

Isaiah 7:10: “Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,”

Isaiah 7:11: “Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.”

Now, can you imagine that? God comes to you, and He says [paraphrasing], “Ask me anything. I want to give you a sign.” A lot of people want God to give them a sign. A lot of people want God to speak to them straight out of Heaven, they want to hear the voice from Heaven. Do you know if that has ever happened? It has but it is not commonplace.

You only have a few occasions in the Bible where we read of that happening. It happened during Jesus’ ministry at least three times. It happened on His baptism, it happened on the Mount of Transfiguration, and at least one other time. There are times when this has happened, but this is a very rare thing.

That is one thing about miracles that we forget. You say, “Well, we don’t see miracles today.” We don’t see things like what’s happened in the Bible. Well, understand they did not see those things every day either. They are back in Bible times, that is why they are so notable why we are reading them thousands of years later. It was not an everyday occurrence.

But Ahaz has a word from the Lord and the Lord has spoken to him. The Lord sent Isaiah the preacher to talk to him. But Ahaz’s faith is weak. And so, the Lord asks of him [paraphrasing], “Ask a sign, any sign you want, I’ll give it to you Ahaz. Ask me to do something.” I don’t know about you but I would have been asking the Lord just give me time so I can think what I want you to do because I would have taken Him up on that. Not Ahaz.

Isaiah 7:12: “But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.”

I don’t know if he thought he was being spiritual by saying that [paraphrasing], “No, not me. I won’t ask a sign from God. No, I just won’t ask.” That is just astounding to me. So, the Lord speaks again.

And in verse 13 it says, “And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David” – because we are following the line of the seed through the house of David. The Lord had made that Davidic covenant and promised David that a descendent of his would reign on the throne in Jerusalem forever. Ahaz is afraid that Judah is going to fall, it’s going to be gone.

Isaiah 7:13: “And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?”

Are you going to weary God? Can you imagine God gets a little weary with us sometimes?

The Lord Gives a Sign

Isaiah 7:14: “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”

We all know that verse, we talk about it often around this time of year and it is a good thing that we do. Let me share with you something about that. It says, “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign.” and I have shared this many times over the decades that we’ve been here, but the word translated as “virgin” in this verse is the Hebrew word “almah.” And some people have pointed out and said that sometimes that word is rendered as a virgin and sometimes as a young woman – it just means a young woman.

But let’s try it that way, “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son” – stop right there. That’s a sign? A young woman is going to have a son. That is a wonderful thing. That’s a wonderful thing when children are born. I don’t mean to diminish that at all. We all love little babies. We had a couple of them here this morning and everybody loves them and that’s great, we should.

But here’s Ahaz whose faith is weak. He believes the kingdom of Judah, and if he thought it through, the Davidic Covenant are on the line here. God says [paraphrasing], “I’ll give you a sign. Ask me anything you want.” Ahaz says [paraphrasing], “No, I’m not going to ask.” Again, I don’t follow his reasoning there. The Lord says [paraphrasing] “Alright, the Lord himself shall give you a sign. God himself is going to give you a sign, a young woman is going to have a son.” That’s a sign? Folks, we talked about miracles not happening every day. And I do not mean to diminish childbirth by any means, but young women have sons every day. And this is [paraphrasing], “God will give you a sign, a young woman is going to have a son.”

Let’s read it the other way. “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son”- now, that’s a sign. That is something that doesn’t happen every day. That’s something that only happened once in the history of the human race. That’s a sign. So, the context tells us that the word here should be translated as “virgin,” but we won’t go on that alone. I’ll give you some other evidence in just a moment. But the great sign that God is giving to King Ahaz and to the people of Judah, and to the world is a virgin shall conceive and bear a son.

We talked a couple of times already this month about how it was necessary for the Lord Jesus coming in human form but come without a human father because the sin nature is passed down through the father. By being born of a virgin he does not inherit the father’s sinful nature.

The Names of the Lord

There is something else here. This is a miraculous birth that’s prophesied. It is a sinless birth that’s prophesied. But then we come to the name.

Isaiah 7:14: “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”

Immanuel. We are to honor the name of the Lord. Exodus 20:7, Deuteronomy 5:11. Those say the same thing, “Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.”

Yet through the scriptures, the name of the Lord is given to us in many different ways. The first one we see is El, E-L in English, and simply translates as God. And then in Genesis 1:1, it is Elohim, the uniplural name meaning many but one – He who is many but one – and it also means the strong one.

We have other eloistic combinations. El Elyon, the most high God. You find that particularly used in the book of Daniel. Daniel talks about the most-high God. Then there is El Olam, the everlasting God. And then there is the word Adonai, which means Lord, the Shema that we talked about not too long ago here that is said in the synagogue every Saturday, “Sh’ma Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Eḥad” translated as “Hear, O Israel: the LORD is our God, the LORD is One.” So that “Adonai” is Lord.

Then there’s Jehovah or Yahweh, translated as LORD, in capital letters. We’ve talked about that here many times. It is always the redemptive name of the Lord meaning the self-existent one, it means the I Am, the one who is eternal.

In Genesis 2:7, it says God formed man and gave him life. Genesis 2:16-17, it’s the Lord who gives the first commandment, not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The Lord God Jehovah is doing this. Genesis 3:14-15, it is the Lord Jehovah who promised that the seed of the woman would bruise the head of the serpent. Genesis 3:21, it is the Lord God or Jehovah Elohim who made coats of skins for Adam and Eve.

And then in Exodus 3:15, Moses meets the Lord in the burning bush. Moses is told [paraphrasing], “My name, Jehovah Elohim, is forever.” Jehovah Jireh means the Lord will provide. Jehovah Rapha means the one who heals. Jehovah Nissi means the Lord our banner in whose name we do battle. Jehovah Shalom means the Lord our peace. Jehovah-Raah means the Lord our shepherd, “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” Jehovah Tsidkenu means the Lord our righteousness. Jehovah Shammah means the Lord who is always present.

And then we pointed this out last Sunday, we’re told in Genesis 49:10, a descendent of Judah, a lawgiver, would come from the tribe of Judah who is Shiloh, or rest. Jesus said [paraphrasing], “Come unto me and I shall give you rest.” In Psalms 1:22, He is the Lord’s anointed. In Psalms 2:7 and 2:12, He is the Lord, He is the anointed one, who is the only begotten Son of God in whom all that trust will be blessed.

In Isaiah 7:14, here, it says He is Immanuel, God with us. In Isaiah 9:6, He is the Son who is given to us, and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. And in Daniel 9:25, He is the Messiah.

In 1 Corinthians 2:8 and James 2:1, He is the Lord of Glory. In Revelation 19:16 He is the King of kings and Lord of lords. In Hebrews, He is the prophet, priest, and king. In Revelation 1:8, 11, Revelation 21:6, and 22:13, He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. In Revelation 1:18, He is the one who lives and was dead.

We look at it here and we find He is called Emmanuel; He is God with us. So, what we are celebrating is when God came to earth to dwell among men. He didn’t just come for a day or so. He was here for approximately 33-1/2 years.

Genealogy of Jesus

Now take your Bible and turn with me to the Gospel of Matthew and Matthew chapter one. We talked about the highway of the seed. Both Matthew and Luke give us the genealogy of the Lord Jesus. They give it to us from two different points of view. Luke starts at Jesus and works backward. Matthew starts at Abraham and works forward. That is not the only difference. One is giving us the lineage of Joseph, the other, the lineage of Mary. But here in Matthew chapter one, it says:

Matthew 1:1: “The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.”

So, Jesus is in the Messianic line. He is a descendent of David who is a descendent of Abraham. So he [Matthew] tells us:

Matthew 1:2: “Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;”

This is Jude, the son of Abraham from where we get the title, the Jewish people.

Matthew 1:3: “And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;”

Matthew 1:4: “And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;”

Matthew 1:5: “And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;”

We know “Booz” here, coming out of the Hebrew as Boaz. So why is it Booz here and not Boaz? Because this is translated from Greek and in the book of Ruth, it is translated from Hebrew. So, “And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab” – isn’t that interesting? Boaz’s mother is Rahab from the book of Joshua, called Rahab the harlot, the one who let down the scarlet thread along the wall of Jericho and helped the spies that had come to spy out the city for Moses.

Matthew 1:5: “And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;”

“Booz begat Obed of Ruth” – this is Ruth. Boaz and Ruth have a son named Obed and Obed begat Jesse.

Matthew 1:6: “And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;”

That would have been Bathsheba. So, here we have two of the mothers mentioned in the line, Rahab and Bathsheba. Honestly, if you think about it, these women were not perfect women. Rahab is called Rahab the harlot. Bathsheba came to David when she was a married woman. They are still included in the lineage of the Messiah. That speaks to us of grace and forgiveness, salvation.

I think it goes without saying that these men that we are seeing in this lineage are not sinless men either. They had to be forgiven. David certainly cried out for forgiveness. Verse seven:

Matthew 1:7: “And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;”

Matthew 1:8: “And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;”

Matthew 1:9: “And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;”

Matthew 1:10: “And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;”

This is Josias, the one who became king when he was just a boy. Josias was one of the most godly kings Israel ever had and there was a great spiritual revival in the days of Josias. You remember the story? They had let the temple fall into disrepair. Josias becomes the king, and he tells them to clean up the temple and as they clean up the temple, they find of all things, the Word of God. Isn’t that something? They had lost the Word of God. They did not have it. And young King Josias, commands the Word of God be brought to him and read in his presence. And then he commands the people to stand and listen to the reading of the Word of God and there was a great revival in the land at the reading of the Word of God.

Matthew 1:11: “And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:”

Go back if you will, to verse nine, “And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz” or Ahaz – this is the one of Isaiah chapter seven that we’ve read. Then it talks about the carrying away to Babylon. God had sent Isaiah and Jeremiah and Ezekiel and other prophets to tell the people of Judah to repent and turn back to Him or else. And they told him plainly the king of Babylon will come and take you away. They didn’t repent. The king of Babylon came and took him away and they were in captivity for 70 years.

Matthew 1:12: “And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;”

Matthew 1:13: “And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;”

Matthew 1:14: “And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;”

Matthew 1:15: “And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;”

This last set of names we read, this is still the royal line and is still the seed of David. But these men are not kings. There hasn’t been a king since the carrying away into Babylon. But the royal line continues.

Matthew 1:16: “And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.”

Now, it is very important to note how this is worded here. Jacob begat Joseph who is the husband of Mary, but it doesn’t say the father of Jesus. The Bible never says that Joseph is the father of Jesus. Now, I had somebody challenge me on that one time. He said it refers to him, isn’t this the son of Joseph? Yes, the Bible quotes somebody as saying that, but the Bible itself, never the writers of scripture ever called Jesus the son of Joseph.

Why would they even record that somebody else said that? Well, same as when they record the words of Satan many times in scripture. They want to tell us what was said so that we will know and understand. But the writers of scripture never, never called Joseph the father of Jesus.

Matthew 1:16: “And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.”

Now, very important that we look at this name, Jesus. It comes to us from Greek into English, and we talked about that before. In Hebrew, we would say Yeshua, but Jesus comes from Greek into English, so we say Jesus in English.

Matthew 1:17: “So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.”

The Story of Jesus’ Birth

And then we get into the story of the birth of Jesus. Now, let me explain something to you here and we are going to come back to the name. Matthew, as he writes his story is taken from the Septuagint. We talked about that here recently. The Septuagint was a Greek translation of the Old Testament that occurred near the end of the Old Testament period. It is called the LLX in Latin, or the 70 because there were 70 scholars who did the translation work. When the 70 Hebrew scholars translated the Old Testament into Greek, they took that Hebrew word in Isaiah 7:14 “almah” and translated it to the Greek word for virgin. Matthew had access to the Septuagint, but he also has access to the original Hebrew scriptures. And he comes to the conclusion that they did the right thing in the Greek translation rendering that word as “virgin.” So, it says in verse 18:

Matthew 1:18: “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.”

Understand the engagement process. In the New Testament period, people would be engaged. It wasn’t like engagements nowadays. Nowadays, a young man and young woman want to get engaged and the young man at some point proposes and says, “Hey, I’d like to get married. What do you think?” She says, “Yeah, I’m on board with that. Let’s do it.” And he gives her the ring and they are engaged and that’s it, they’re engaged. And then they pick a wedding date, they plan their wedding, and they have it.

It wasn’t that simple in New Testament times. In New Testament times, a man who wanted to marry a young woman would either have his father go to her father or if his father couldn’t – perhaps his father was deceased or for some other reason he couldn’t – he would send a representative, a friend who would go and make arrangements with the father of the bride.

Once the father of the bride was on board with things and comes to an agreement, they would enter in – the man and the woman – enter in a period of betrothal that would last approximately a year. It did not have to be precisely a year, but it would be about a year. During which time, he would go and get ready a place for them to live. Jesus makes reference to this in John 14, “Let not your heart be troubled … In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.” – He says there. That is what would have happened.

So, during that period, Joseph would have been preparing a place for them to live, obviously, in Nazareth. And during that year period, she is found with child. Now, Matthew tells us very quickly, “of the Holy Ghost.” And Luke gives us the details of that happening. But what does Joseph think? He doesn’t want to believe Mary had done something she shouldn’t have done, but she is with child. What is he going to think? Verse 19 says:

Matthew 1:19: “Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.”

Remember in scripture, when somebody is called a just man, it means a righteous man. He believed in the Lord. He was looking for the Messiah to come. “Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example” – had he brought her to the elders of the city and made her a public example, she could have been stoned. He didn’t want to do that. He did not want any harm to come to her and he certainly did not want to shame her. “Not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.”

Whenever you find those two words “put away” in the Bible in the context of marriage it always without a single exception means divorce. The betrothal was so legally binding that the only way to break the betrothal was to get a legal divorce. And Joseph did not want to do that, so he decided to do it privately, a private divorce. It would still be legal and binding, but he did not want to make a public show out of it. Verse 20, you know the story:

Matthew 1:20: “But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.”

“But while he thought on these things” – he is considering what to do. “Behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.” Did Joseph understand that? Probably not at this point. It was pretty hard for Mary to understand. But it is what happened. Again, Luke gives us the detail on that.

Call His Name Jesus

Matthew 1:21: “And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.”

Now, that’s interesting because we talk about these different names of God. And I told you Jehovah is the salvation name of God.

Isaiah 43:11: “I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.”

That’s pretty clear. So, Jehovah being the salvation name of God, we have the name, Jesus. Now, again, in Hebrew, Yeshua, is sometimes translated in the Old Testament as Jeshua or Joshua. Joshua, Jeshua, and Hosea are all variations of the same name. It is the name we render, Jesus.

It was not an unheard-of name. It was not a name that nobody else named their child before. And as we get through the New Testament, we find there are others named Jesus. In the New Testament, there was Elymas Bar-Jesus, there was Jesus called Justus. There are other people named Jesus. Paul warned that some people were preaching another Jesus.

The name is still around today and is known more in English as Joshua. I said to a mother one day, she had a son named Joshua, “You know, that is the same name as Jesus.” She said, “I didn’t know that.” I explained it to her.

But notice something else in verse 21:

Matthew 1:21: “And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.”

And He will. In Matthew 12, it says:

Matthew 12:21: “And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.”

Matthew 18:29: “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”

John 16:24: “Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.”

In Acts 3:13-16, there is healing in Jesus’ name. In Acts 4:1-12, Jesus is the Christ, the anointed one, the sent one, the Messiah. He is Jesus of Nazareth, and we are told in verse 12:

Acts 4:12: “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”

In Acts 4:18, they are told to teach in the name of Jesus, but they were forbidden to do so. In Acts 5:28, they were forbidden to teach in Jesus’ name the second time. Acts 5:40-41, they were told again, forbidden to speak in Jesus’ name and they rejoiced, counting it worthy to suffer for His name and cease not to preach in His name.

In Ephesians 1:15-21, His name is above every name, also in Philippians 2:9-10. Colossians 3:17, we are told to do all in the name of the Lord Jesus. In Hebrews 1:4, His name is more excellent than the names of the angels.

Matthew 1:21: “And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.”

Matthew 1:22: “Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,”

Matthew 1:23: “Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.”

So, it is God who came to be with us. And it was God who told all of this ahead of time. It was God who was the father of Jesus, and it is right to call Him Jesus. Many try to diminish that in our day and time. But we believe in that name. That name is the name of our Lord, the name of our Savior.

Many years ago, I was washing a car in front of the house. Two ladies came down the street and they came up to me. They asked if they could talk, and I said sure. They said they were Jehovah’s Witnesses. I said, “Nice to meet you.” They gave their name, and we were talking. And they said to me this, “We believe that God has a personal name, and He wants us to call Him by that name.” I said, “I believe that too.” They said, “You do?” I said, “Oh, yes, definitely.” They said, “What do you believe the name of God is?” I said, “I believe it is Jesus.” They said, “Oh, you don’t believe that do you?” I said, “Yes ma’am, I certainly do. If you wait here a minute I go in the house and get my Bible and show it to you.” They didn’t want me to do that.

Highway of the Seed

When we read through the Bible, it will help us to understand the lineage of Jesus and how we follow the highway of the seed all the way through the scriptures. It will help us to see the progression of His name and the many different meanings of the names of the Lord. We are to believe in His name. We are to pray in His name. We are to trust in His name. We are to teach in His name. We are to preach in His name. We’re to do all for the glory of His name.

So, all of this I shared with you in just these two messages, last Sunday and tonight, to show you how the Lord told us for thousands of years, approximately 4,000 years, about the coming of the Savior down to little details including but not limited to what His name would be and who His parents would be and His grandparents and all the way down is traceable so there is no doubt about it.

Many times during the ministry of Jesus on earth, people would call Him, thou son of David because they understood that He is the Messiah, He’s the Savior. I share this with you tonight, not that it is news to everybody here or never heard anything like this before. But I share it with you tonight at this time of year to encourage you and to help you and to strengthen you and cause you to know that when challenges come, you know you are trusting in the one whose name is God with us.

Let us pray. Father, we thank you so much for blessing us. Thank you for this time that we’ve had together. And Lord, as we come to the close this evening, help us Lord to be conscious every day that we serve the Lord God who did come to this earth, who did manifest himself, show himself to this world, believed on in this world, and received into Heaven. Lord, help us to share this message with others because He came as we said this morning to save sinners. Lord, there are many of us here tonight, perhaps many listening, who have already trusted you as Savior.

Lord, if there is even one who will hear these words tonight who hasn’t trusted you as Savior, it is my prayer that they would open their heart and that they would give their heart over to you. And would say, “Lord, I believe. I believe that you love me. I believe that you are the Son of God. I believe that you paid for my sins at the cross. I want to trust you to forgive my sins, and to save me, and to give me everlasting life. Thank you, Lord Jesus.”

Those aren’t magic words to say, but if you call on the Lord and ask Him to save you, He’ll do it. He has promised to do so, and He never, never breaks a promise. Father, bless now as we come to an invitation time, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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