ABOUT GENEALOGIES.

Luke 3:23, "And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, whi h was the son of !eli""
MATTHEW 1:1-17; LUKE 3:23-38 Even the genealogies are inspired by God and profitable (2 Tim. 3:16). Matthe tra!es "es#s$ genealogy thro#gh "oseph ba!% to &olomon. 'o ever( there as a !#rse pla!ed on one of &olomon$s sons named "e!honias ("er. 22:2)*3+)( hi!h "es#s avoided by being born of a virgin. ,#%e mentions "es#s as being the s#pposed son of "oseph ho as the son of 'eli. -t as a!t#ally Mary ho as the da#ghter of 'eli. This as done in other .ld Testament instan!es (/#m. 20:1*111 36:12 ith 2#th ):6). Mary$s genealogy as also from 3avid b#t thro#gh /athan( a half brother of &olomon. Th#s the lineage as preserved b#t the !#rse bypassed. These genealogies sho the infinite isdom of God in f#lfilling 'is promises despite the !orr#ption of man. -n fa!t these genealogies are f#ll of m#rderers( ad#lterers( and every sort of pervert %no to man( and yet these same people ere #sed of God( not be!a#se of their a!tions b#t in spite of them. This means there is still hope for #s. God has never had anyone 4#alified or%ing for 'im yet and e on$t be the first. The history of God$s dealings ith man reveal that 'e has al ays #sed less than perfe!t vessels. 5e !an re6oi!e and ta%e !omfort in the fa!t that God #ses #s be!a#se of o#r faith and not o#r holiness.