and Aram [was] the father of Aminadab,
and Aminadab the father of Nahshon,
and Nahshon the father of Salmon
Matthew 1:4
I intentionally chose the most obscure of all the verses in the most obscure portion of the Gospels. Why? To make an important point.
You may have heard me tell the story of a missionary who was about to quit. The remote tribal people he was witnessing to just wouldn't believe. So he tried one last thing. He started reading them from the New Testament from Matthew 1:1,2,3 and 4.
In a culture where the most important person in town is the geneologist who keeps the history of the tribe alive, the people suddenly sat up and listened! They essentially said, "We couldn't believe in a superhero who walked on water and raised the dead, but this is a real person."
Here's the point ...
If you're ever like me, you're occasionally tempted to ignore certain parts of the Bible. They seem ancient. Cultural. Less relevant. Don't succomb to that temptation. Every word is there for a purpose. It is, indeed, the Word of God.
In Christ's Love,
a guy who was begat by Gary
who was begat by Almond
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