6
January
2008

The New Testament in a Year

During worship on January 6th we will celebrate the beginning of our year of reading through the New Testament.  That morning we will be challenged about the importance of reading God’s Word.There are just enough chapters in the New Testament to read five each week and finish by year’s end.  You will receive a calendar of dates and readings, as well as a notebook, in which you can journal about what you learn.

Look at the schedule for the year of reading.

Here’s how we propose you read:

  1. Pray that the Holy Spirit teaches you as you read (rather than use Bible commentaries or study notes - at least for the 1st few months).
  2. Then read a chapter and ponder it.
  3. Ask, “What do I learn about God in these verses?”
  4. Ask, “How is God urging me to respond to what I read?”
  5. Write your thoughts in your journal.
  6. Pick one thought or verse to remember throughout the day.
  7. Thank God for what He teaches you and talk with Him in prayer.
  8. Each week share something you learn with someone.

For those of you who want to begin the habit of personal devotional time for the first time, you can start with as little as 10 minutes a day.  If you join late or get behind, you can jump in or start on the current week’s chapter.  You don’t have to catch up.Watch your Chronicles or bulletins for the verse that will be chosen to focus on each week in your family.

Pray that God will speak to us as individuals and as a congregation through His Word.

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6
January
2008

Matthew 1

Matthew 1

The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

1:1 This is the record of the genealogy1 of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

1:2 Abraham was the father2 of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 1:3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah (by Tamar), Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, 1:4 Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, 1:5 Salmon the father of Boaz (by Rahab), Boaz the father of Obed (by Ruth), Obed the father of Jesse, 1:6 and Jesse the father of David the king.

David was the father of Solomon (by the wife of Uriah3), 1:7 Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa,4 1:8 Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah, 1:9 Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 1:10 Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon,5 Amon the father of Josiah, 1:11 and Josiah6 the father of Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

1:12 After7 the deportation to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel,8 Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 1:13 Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, 1:14 Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, Achim the father of Eliud, 1:15 Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, 1:16 and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, by whom9 Jesus was born, who is called Christ.10

1:17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to Christ,11 fourteen generations.

The Birth of Jesus Christ

1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together,12 she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 1:19 Because Joseph, her husband to be,13 was a righteous man, and because he did not want to disgrace her, he intended to divorce her14 privately. 1:20 When he had contemplated this, an15 angel of the Lord16 appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 1:21 She will give birth to a son and you will name him17 Jesus,18 because he will save his people from their sins.” 1:22 This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled: 1:23 “Look! The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call him19 Emmanuel,”20 which means21 “God with us.”22 1:24 When Joseph awoke from sleep he did what the angel of the Lord23 told him. He took his wife, 1:25 but did not have marital relations24 with her until she gave birth to a son, whom he named25 Jesus.

Translation from Bible.org

To hear it read by Michael Lee, click here.

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