God Uses Broken Lives to Bring His Savior

Theme: The Genealogy of Jesus Demonstrates God's Use of Sinners to Bring About Our Salvation and Jesus' Humiliation in Coming to Save Us!
I. Abraham to David – Broken Lives Used – vv. 1-6
A. The History of the Broken Patriarchs of God's People – vv. 1-3
B. In Christ there is Neither Jew nor Greek – vv. 4-5
C. Sin...Horrible Sin, Forgiven and Used by God – v. 6
II. Solomon through Babylon – a Genealogy of Good and Wicked Kings of Judah – vv. 7-11
A. Israel Fractured by Wickedness – v. 7
B. Ahab's Son-in-Law and a Leper – v. 8
C. Two Reforming Kings and One who Sacrificed his Children – v. 9
D. A Wicked King who Repented, His Son Followed in His Evil Footsteps, and a Reformer – v. 10
E. Judah Carried Away to Captivity for their Evil – v. 11
III. Christ's Genealogy Continues after the Babylonian Captivity – vv. 12-17
A. During and After the Babylonian Captivity – v. 12
B. We Lose Track, but God Knows – vv. 13-16
C. Jesus' Genealogy Perfected – v. 17