- Sin
- How do we come to sin?
- Matter of conscience – Romans 14:23
- What about when we doubt?
- How do we guard against (master) it? The heart of the matter; a matter of the mind.
- We strive for perfection – II Corinthians 13:11
- We sometimes miss the mark – James 3:2; I John 1:8-2:2
- Remember
- God wants us no longer dead _in_sin - Ephesians 2:1-7; Romans 5:8
- But dead _to_sin - Romans 6:1-14
- How do we come to sin?
- Family
- There are both physical and spiritual families – Ephesians 3:14-15
- Familiar reference to us all
- Father, son
- Brethren
- Hebrew
- מִשְׁפָּחָה (miš·p__ā__ḥā(h))
- A family, that is, circle of relatives
- Amos 3:1
- אֶלֶף (ʾěl__ěp̄)
- A family (from a sense of yoking or taming) an ox or cow
- Very few occurrences
- Judges 6:15
- Greek
- πατριά (patria)
- A group of families or a whole race
- Twice – Luke 2:4
- οἶκος (oikos)
- A dwelling
- A family (literally or figuratively)
- Household, temple
- One time – I Timothy 5:4
- γένος (genos)
- πατριά (patria)
- Disparity between Old and New Testaments
- Why?
- Genealogies
- Nature of family vs. religion in the Old Testament
- Familial nature of religion in the New Testament
- Why?
- Genealogies throughout Old Testament
- Genesis 5, 10, 11:10-32
- Numbers 1:5-16, 19-49
- I Chronicles 1-9, 24-26 (501 verses!)
- Purposes for genealogies
- Give historical context
- Numbering warriors and tribes
- Establishing lineage
- New Testament genealogies
- Matthew 1:1-17
- Abraham to Jesus
- Luke 3:23-38
- Jesus to God
- Both proving the legitimacy of Jesus
- Importance of genealogies in New Testament
- Lineage of Jesus – very important
- Since Jesus – not important
- Matthew 1:1-17
- Effect of the destruction of Israel
- Genealogy broken
- No way to establish lineage to Israel
- No way to establish Aaronic priesthood
- No way to legally re-establish temple worship
- One lineage
- No genealogy
- Priesthood – I Peter 2:9
- Sons of God – Romans 8:14-19
- Who is our spiritual family?
- מִשְׁפָּחָה (miš·p__ā__ḥā(h))
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