Talk: Matthew Chapter 1-2 Scripture Reading

Join me today as we start reading through the New Testament starting with Matthew Chapter 1-2. It is very important as Christians to read the bible. It Helps guide us in our lives and connects us with God. In Matthew 4:4 it says, "He Answered, "The Scripture says: Bread alone will not satisfy, but true life in found in every word that constantly goes forth from God's mouth." "

Transcript

Hello,

My name is James Whitaker and today I've decided to start something new.

I'll be doing a series of talks that are reading from the Bible,

Because reading from the Bible is something very important when you're a Christian.

It helps you to see God's will,

To see God moving,

And to know what he wants of you.

In Matthew 4-4 it says,

He answered,

The scriptures say,

Bread alone will not satisfy,

But true life is found in every word that constantly goes forth from God's mouth.

As I'm reading,

I will only be saying the chapter numbers,

I will not be doing the verse numbers,

So that as you read it,

It'll have better flow and it'll be easier to understand what it's saying.

Today we'll read the first two chapters of Matthew,

And I hope to continue beyond that in other talks.

The beginning of Matthew is a genealogy of the generations from Abraham to Jesus,

So bear with me as we read it,

And then we'll read about the birth of Christ.

Before we start though,

I would like to pray,

Pray that we'll be able to understand what we're reading.

Dear Heavenly Father,

We come to you today to learn more.

We come to you today to read your word.

We come to you today for something new.

I just pray that you'll be with us as we read it,

And there will be an understanding of what you are saying.

And calm our hearts and calm our minds,

And give us the attention to be able to follow what you're saying.

Thank you,

Lord.

In Jesus' name,

Amen.

Okay,

We're going to start now in Matthew.

Matthew 1.

This is the scroll of the genealogy of Jesus,

The anointed one,

The son of David and the descendant of Abraham.

Abraham had a son named Isaac,

Who had a son named Jacob,

Who had a son named Judah.

He and his brothers became the tribes of Israel.

Judah and Tamar had twin sons,

Perez and Zarah.

Perez had a son named Hezron,

Who had a son named Ram,

Who had a son named Aminadab,

Who had a son named Nashon,

Who had a son named Salmon.

Along with Rahab had a son Boaz.

Boaz and Ruth had a son named Obed,

Who was the father of Jesse.

And Jesse had a son named David,

Who became the king.

Then David and Bathsheba had a son named Solomon,

Who had a son named Rehoboam,

Who had a son named Abijah,

Who had a son named Asher,

Who had a son named Jehoshaphat,

Who had a son named Joram,

Who had a son named Uzziah,

Who had a son named Jotham,

Who had a son named Ahaz,

Who had a son named Hezekiah,

Who had a son named Manasseh,

Who had a son named Amos,

Who had a son named Josiah,

Who was the father of Jeconiah.

It was during the days of Jeconiah and his brothers that Israel was taken captive and deported to Babylon.

About the time of their captivity in Babylon,

Jeconiah had a son named Shittil,

Who had a son named Zerubbabel,

Who had a son named Abiad,

Who had a son named Eliakim,

Who had a son named Azer,

Who had a son named Zadok,

Who had a son named Achim,

Who had a son named Eliud,

Who had a son named Eliezer,

Who had a son named Mathem,

Who had a son named Jacob,

Who was the father of Joseph,

The husband of Mary,

And the mother of Jesus,

Who is called the Anointed One.

So from Abraham to David were 14 generations,

And from David to the Babylonian captivity,

14 generations,

And from Babylonian captivity to Christ,

14 generations.

This is how the birth of Jesus took place.

His mother Mary had promised Joseph to be his wife,

But while she was still a virgin,

She became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Her fiancé Joseph was a righteous man,

Full of integrity,

And he didn't want to disgrace her.

But when he learned of her pregnancy,

He secretly planned to break the engagement.

While he was still debating with himself about what to do,

He fell asleep and had a supernatural dream.

An angel from the Lord appeared to him and said,

Joseph,

Descendant of David,

Don't hesitate to take Mary into your home as your wife,

Because the power of the Holy Spirit has conceived a child in her womb.

She will give birth to a son,

And you are to name him Savior,

For he is destined to give his life to save his people from their sins.

This happened to fulfill what the Lord had spoken through his prophet.

Listen,

A virgin will be pregnant,

She will give birth to a son,

And he will be known as Emmanuel,

Which means in Hebrew,

God became one of us.

When Joseph woke from his dream,

He did all that the angel of the Lord instructed him to do.

He took Mary to be his wife,

But they refrained from having sex until she gave birth to her firstborn son,

Who they named Jesus.

Chapter 2 Jesus was born in Bethlehem,

Near Jerusalem,

During the reign of King Herod.

After Jesus' birth,

A group of spiritual priests from the east came to Jerusalem and inquired of the people,

Where is the child who is born King of the Jewish people?

We observed his star rising in the sky,

And we've come to bow before him in worship.

King Herod was shaken to the core when he heard this,

And not only he,

But all of Jerusalem was disturbed when they heard the news.

So he called a meeting of the Jewish ruling priests and religious scholars,

Demanding that they tell him where the promised Messiah was prophesied to be born.

He will be born in Bethlehem,

In the land of Judah,

They told him,

Because the prophecy states,

And you,

Little Bethlehem,

Are not insignificant among the clans of Judah,

For out of you will emerge the shepherd king of my people,

Israel.

Then Herod secretly summoned the spiritual priests from the east to ascertain the exact time the star first appeared,

And he told them,

Now go to Bethlehem and carefully look there for the child,

And when you've found him,

Report to me so I can go and bow down and worship him too.

And on their way to Bethlehem,

The same star they had been seeing in the east suddenly reappeared.

Amazed,

They watched as it went ahead of them and stopped directly over the place where the child was,

And when they saw the star,

They were so ecstatic that they shouted and celebrated with unrestrained joy.

When they came into the house and saw the young child with Mary,

His mother,

They fell to the ground at his feet and worshipped him.

Then they opened their treasure chests full of gifts and presented him with gold,

Frankincense,

And myrrh.

Afterwards,

They went to Bethlehem and worshipped the star.

Afterward,

They returned to their own country by another route because God had warned them in a dream not to go back to Herod.

After they had gone,

Joseph had another dream.

An angel of the Lord appeared to him and said,

Get up now and flee to Egypt.

Take Mary and the child and stay there until I tell you to leave.

For Herod intends to search for the child to kill him.

So that very night,

He got up and took Jesus and his mother and made their escape to Egypt and remained there until Herod died.

All of this fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the angel of the Lord.

I summon my son out of Egypt.

When Herod realized that he had been tricked by the wise men,

He was infuriated.

So he sent soldiers with orders to slaughter every baby boy,

Two years old and younger in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding countryside.

Based on the time frame he was given from interrogating the wise men,

The Lord fulfilled the words of the prophet Jeremiah.

I hear the screams of anguish,

Weeping and wailing in Ramah.

Rachel is weeping uncontrollably for her children and she refuses to be comforted because they are dead and gone.

After Herod died,

An angel of the Lord appeared again to Joseph in a dream while he was still in Egypt saying,

Go back to the land of Judah and take the child and his mother with you.

For those who sought to kill the child are dead.

So he awoke and took Jesus and Mary and returned to the land of Israel.

But when he heard that Archelius,

Herod's son,

Had succeeded him as the ruler over all of the territory of Judah,

He was afraid to go back.

Then he had another dream from God,

Warning him to avoid that region and extracting him to instead go to the province of Galilee.

So he settled his family in the village of Nazareth,

Fulfilling the prophecy that he would be known as the bridge.

Thank you for joining me today and I pray that the words reach you and that you have an understanding.

I hope you all have an amazing day and God bless.

Reviews

Thank you for your prayer~and for the readings from the gospel of Matthew🙏🏻 there is so much to learn from our God’s holy word.

Thank you, James! I am excited about this series of scripture readings. Looking forward to the next one. God bless you!