Advent: His People

Welcome to Every Thought Captive. I’m Phil Steiger, pastor of Quail Lake Community Church.

Scripture tells us that when Christ came into the world, he came to his own people. He entered history at a particular time and place and lived his life among God’s people. The Gospel of Matthew helps us understand exactly what it means for Christ to come to his own people in his genealogy.

When you take a close look at who is listed in the first few verses of Matthew, you will see that Matthew included some pretty unsavory characters as descendants of Jesus. There is a king who killed a man for his wife; a king who sacrificed his own son; a man who deceived his brother and took everything he had, and the list goes on.

But then an angel tells Joseph that the baby’s name is Jesus because he will save his people from their sins. Jesus entered a family tree that desperately needed saving, and a human race that still needs his hand of grace.

This has been Every Thought Captive, a Christian worldview minute sponsored by Quail Lake Community Church. For more information, please visit quaillake.org.