Monday, 22 September 2008

Why the four women???

Hey, was looking thru some website abt it..

Why would Matthew include women like Tamar, Rahab, Ruth n Bathsheba in the genealogy of Jesus?? (Mt 1)

  1. They all experienced humiliation
    http://www.bcbsr.com/survey/sgosp1.html

    Tamar - accused of harlotry
    Rahab - a former harlot
    Ruth - a Moabite
    Bethseba - an adulteress
    Mary - suspected adulteress

  2. A message to the self-righteous http://www.keepbelieving.com/sermon/1992-12-20-Four-Women-in-Jesus-Family-Tree/

    Matthew was written especially to the Jews. Many of their leaders (the Pharisees in particular) were self-righteous and judgmental toward others. They truly thought they deserved eternal life. What a shock it would be to read this genealogy because it is filled with liars, murderers, thieves, adulterers and harlots. Not a pretty picture. Not a "clean" family tree. This list was a stinging rebuke to that kind of judgmental self-righteousness.
    Do you know what this means? Jesus was born into a sinful family. He came from a long line of sinners.

  3. God did it so that His grace might be richly displayed

    If you come from a family like this, you can't exactly boast of your heritage. Sure, your ancestors were rulers and kings, but they were also great sinners.

    Question: Can a prostitute go to heaven? Yes or no? Can an adulterer go to heaven? Can a murderer go to heaven? Can a liar go to heaven? You'd better say yes, because Rahab and David are both going to be in heaven—and Rahab was a prostitute and a liar and David was an adulterer and a murderer.

    When you read the stories of these four women—and of the men on the list—you aren't supposed to focus on the sin, but on the grace of God. The hero of this story is God. His grace shines through the blackest of human sin as he chooses flawed men and women and places them in Jesus' family tree.

  4. God did it so that we would focus on Jesus Christ

    Many people are intimidated by Jesus Christ. They hook him up with a lot of religious paraphernalia—big sanctuaries, stained glass, beautiful choir, pipe organs, formal prayers, and all the rest. When they look at the trappings, it's all very intimidating to them. To many in the world today, Jesus seems too good to be true.

    This genealogy is in the Bible to let us know that he had a background a lot like yours and mine. He called himself "the friend of sinners," and he said he didn't come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. He said, "The Son of man has come to seek and to save that which is lost." (Luke 19:10)

That's wat i found today..Any comment??? :)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I know it is not really tt related, but I tot it was rather interesting...

Hebrews 7:16
one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life

Carol Li said...

hmmm..Melchizedek was greater than Hebrew priests. The priest king of Salem, Melchizedek gave Abraham bread n wine n blessed him as he returned fr victory over the kings of east...(Gen 14:18-20)

In the verse u posted, Heb 7:16..I guess its saying Jesus is like Melchizedek..is superior to any past priesthood...'not on the basis of a regulation' meaning not according to levitical law but Jesus will intercede on our behalf with God forever..Is tt wat u found/mean?

Anonymous said...

actually I just thought it was interesting while reading up for preparation of word tt wk