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0:00It's about to be the greatest year of
0:02your life.
0:03You can leave that on the floor if you
0:05want. I'm taking all of that from me.
0:09For some of you, man, I'M TALKING TO YOU
0:11RIGHT NOW. YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH TOO much
0:13and you survived too much and you've
0:16come through too much and you've WORKED
0:18TOO HARD. I SAID, I PROPHESY TO YOU,
0:21IT'S ABOUT TO BE THE GREATEST YEAR OF
0:23YOUR LIFE. YOU SACRIFICE too much and
0:27you pray too much and you sow too much
0:31and you believe too much.
0:35I'mma take that from me.
0:38Fill up. You pray too much. You've sown
0:42TOO MUCH. YOU'VE SACRIFICED TOO MUCH.
0:45YOU'VE GAVE up too much. You've worked
0:47too hard. THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE A
0:49REAPING YEAR for you in the name of
0:51Jesus.
0:53[Applause]
0:59You're going to reap in the name of
1:00Jesus.
1:01[Music]
1:09THIS AIN'T NO PROSPERITY GOSPEL AND I
1:12AIN'T PROPHET LYING. I'M TALKING TO
1:14PEOPLE in this room. This is going TO BE
1:16A HARVEST YEAR FOR YOU IN THE NAME of
1:19Jesus. I'm taking that from me.
1:24Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
1:29The scripture says seed, time, and
1:33harvest.
1:34For some OF Y'ALL, WE ALREADY DONE THAT
1:35FIRST TWO PART.
1:39[Music]
1:51[Music]
1:58I take that for me.
2:00[Music]
2:08I've been through too much.
2:12done lost too much.
2:17Gave up too much.
2:21Been stabbed too much.
2:26Been abandoned too much.
2:29[Music]
2:31Then shed too many tears.
2:34Then bruised my knees too often.
2:37[Music]
2:40I just feel what
2:42for me. What the spirit says to me, I
2:44give it to you.
2:4623 is going to be a harvest year.
2:51[Music]
2:53Amen.
2:55Amen.
2:56Whenever y'all ready, be seated.
3:00[Music]
3:01I'm waiting on you.
3:05Amen.
3:07[Music]
3:15Amen.
3:18Amen.
3:20Yo, the Lord responds to faith.
3:22That he's not deaf. He can hear everyone
3:25who's serious about the word that's
3:27going forward.
3:28Like, Lord, I want all of that for me.
3:31I receive all of that for me. I'm not
3:33sitting here in this room by accident on
3:35this day. I'm taking all of that for me.
3:40He ain't deaf.
3:45Hallelujah.
3:47[Music]
3:50Too much.
3:52Somebody just said too much.
3:55Come on, somebody shake your head like
3:57too much.
3:59[Music]
4:06Welcome my 28/19 family.
4:09[Applause]
4:21[Music]
4:23in the room and online wherever you're
4:26watching in cities around the country
4:28and a few pockets around the world to
4:30our family local and to our family
4:32abroad. We welcome you to the first
4:35gathering of our harvest year. I'm going
4:37to keep saying that. This is the our
4:39harvest year in the name of Jesus. You
4:42know, and I believe this is going to be
4:43a radical year where God is going to
4:45give us new brothers and sisters, a
4:47mighty harvest of new disciples, new
4:49brothers, new sisters, new mothers, new
4:52fathers,
4:55that there'll be no place to stand left
4:57in this room by the end of the year from
4:59the harvest that's going to come in in
5:00the name of Jesus.
5:02And I want to encourage some of you in
5:04this room who've been sitting in these
5:06gatherings for years and complaining
5:08that nothing's changing. Nothing's
5:10changing because you're not changing.
5:13And if you want things to change, you
5:15need to change.
5:17You need to stop presuming upon God at
5:19some things that you're responsible for.
5:22So, I'm going to lean on you right here
5:24in the beginning. No cap, that you got
5:26to do some work this year.
5:28For some of you, this is the year for
5:30you to be known. I know what it feels
5:32like to not want to be known. To want to
5:34come in and slip out and remain
5:36anonymous because you're afraid that if
5:39people knew your lifestyle or what you
5:40was about, you'll be judged. Ain't no
5:42judgment here,
5:43man. The person with the microphone got
5:45issues.
5:47I repent of my own sin from the
5:49platform. We all a work in progress. WE
5:52ALL GOT ISSUES. WE ALL GOT MESS. AIN'T
5:54NOBODY PERFECT EXCEPT THE ONE who hung
5:56on the cross. So for some of you, this
5:58is the year for you to be known. come
6:00out the dark. Man, one of the greatest
6:02things you will ever have is friends,
6:05relationships, shoulders to lean on. So
6:08when you cry, you don't cry alone. And
6:10when YOU GOT TO PRAY, you don't got to
6:12pray alone. AND WHEN YOU'RE IN TROUBLE,
6:13YOU DON'T FALL DOWN ALONE. THIS MIGHT be
6:15the year instead of running in and
6:17running out, you jump into a squad. You
6:19join a small group and you be known. You
6:22have friends.
6:24You have shoulders for when you go
6:26through. IT DON'T MATTER ABOUT YOUR
6:28money or your socioeconomic status.
6:30Problems is coming for everybody. And
6:32when problems come, you know what you
6:33need? Not money. You need shoulders.
6:36[Music]
6:37You need ears that can listen.
6:39Yes, sir.
6:40You need people that won't judge you and
6:42won't make you feel ashamed because you
6:43got issues.
6:45For some of you, this might be the year,
6:46man, to jump on a team, do a common
6:49thing with other people. Serve. For some
6:51of you, this is going to be the year,
6:52man, you come off some of that green
6:54gods. You support 28/19. You be a
6:58faithful giver. You see what God does in
7:00your finances as you honor him and keep
7:02him first.
7:05For some of you, this might be the year
7:07of perfect attendance where you don't
7:08miss a gathering.
7:10[Music]
7:16For some of you, this might be the year
7:17where you take notes and instead of
7:19listening to me talk every week, you
7:21actually go home and apply what's being
7:23taught and say, "Wow, God, I heard this
7:25message. I did what I heard. Something
7:27actually changed in my life."
7:32Ain't nothing changing with wishful
7:33thinking. It's hard work and
7:35application.
7:36Tweet that.
7:38Ain't nothing changing with wishful
7:39thinking. It's hard work and
7:41application.
7:43[Music]
7:48After today, at least seven days. For
7:50some of you, this will be the first time
7:51you fast for seven days. You consecrate.
7:54You turn down your plate. You turn your
7:56face towards God. You see what God does
7:58in seven days. He might speak to you and
8:00give you a brand new vision for the
8:01year. He might make your vision greater
8:03for the year. He might take the business
8:05idea you have, the ministry idea you
8:07have, and make it even greater. He might
8:09drop something in your spirit you didn't
8:10even think of.
8:16Amen, family.
8:18So, today is the opening weekend of a
8:20brand new series called The King is
8:22Here.
8:23[Applause]
8:25[Music]
8:25[Applause]
8:28And this is the first leg of teaching
8:31through a series through the book of
8:33Matthew.
8:34Uh, every Sunday this year, um, Jesus
8:38will be our explicit focus. Every Sunday
8:41this year, Jesus will be the message.
8:44Every Sunday this year, Jesus will be
8:47proclaimed. Every Sunday this year, WE
8:50WILL LOOK AT Jesus and marvel at Jesus
8:52and be in awe of Jesus and peep Jesus
8:56AND WONDER ABOUT JESUS AND SCRATCH OUR
8:58HEADS AROUND JESUS AND LEARN TO LIKE
9:01JESUS AND LOVE JESUS and surrender to
9:04Jesus and be tight with Jesus AND BE
9:06EMPOWERED BY JESUS.
9:0952 weeks of Jesus.
9:13[Applause]
9:17All Jesus.
9:19We ain't going nowhere else. I said the
9:22king is here.
9:27Never been done before.
9:29Don't know what God is going to do.
9:32But every Sunday this year, the message
9:34is Jesus.
9:36So you going to camp out in one book for
9:38the whole year? Yes.
9:41Really? One whole year in a book? Yes.
9:47Oh, they going to get bored. We're going
9:49to see.
9:53We're going to find out.
9:56Oh, it ain't never been done before in
9:57Atlanta. We about to find out.
10:00Yes, sir.
10:01You tell everybody. WE'RE GOING TO BE
10:02CAMPED OUT IN ONE BOOK for a year. for
10:05Jesus until December 31st.
10:09Spread the word. It's about to get real
10:11in here. Spread the word.
10:16This first series is focused on Matthew
10:19chapters 1-4. Okay. Who was Matthew?
10:26Why was his book so important?
10:29Why are we camping out in this book?
10:31Before I talk about this Matthew, I want
10:33to shout out to one of my best friends
10:34in 30 years. Another Matthew in the
10:36room. MG the mortgage guy. Shout out to
10:39my brother in the room.
10:42Um the most influential mortgage loan
10:46officer in the nation. Uh if you're
10:48looking for a crib, MG the mortgage guy
10:50on everything. Been rocking with that
10:52dude since we was in the streets of 12
10:55shooting and selling dope. And uh
11:01God has been very good to both of us.
11:05[Music]
11:07But this Matthew
11:10[Music]
11:16yo
11:17yo yo
11:22[Music]
11:24we shouldn't be here today.
11:27But this Matthew, who was he? Why didn't
11:30he write this book? Why is the book he
11:33wrote so important? This Matthew who I'm
11:36going to be talking about uh was a Jew
11:38who lived in the first century AD. Uh he
11:42was a man unfortunately was a very
11:44corrupt man. He worked as a
11:47subcontractor
11:48for the government of Rome at one time
11:51the most powerful nation on earth. that
11:53ruled the world for 1500 years from
11:55Africa to India. Matthew had a job as a
11:58subcontractor working for the IRS for
12:01the government of Rome as a tax
12:04collector. So he was responsible for
12:06collecting taxes from the Jewish people.
12:10And most of the tax collectors of his
12:12days were very corrupt men. So they will
12:14overcharge people on their taxes. They
12:17will pay Rome what was owed them and
12:19they will pocket the rest. This Matthew
12:22who we going to be talking about because
12:24he was corrupt enriched himself as a tax
12:27collector. He was an extremely wealthy
12:29man.
12:31Dope crib, dope clothes, dope shoes,
12:35cologne. He had all the accutrants of
12:38what the average person did not have in
12:40his day. As a Jewish tax collector, not
12:43only was he wealthy, but men in those
12:45days who were tax collectors were
12:47despised by their own people. So he was
12:50unloved.
12:52He was unliked. Listen to me. He was
12:55hated. He probably had no friends, no
12:59social equity. Parents probably was
13:02disconnected from him. Probably had no
13:04girlfriend. To history's knowledge, he
13:06had no wife. He was single. We don't
13:08know if he ever had a female mate. He
13:11was despised by the people around him.
13:13probably lonely, a loner, an outcast, a
13:17person who would come into a room full
13:18of people and still feel isolated. You
13:21know what it feels like to be in a room
13:22and feel lonely?
13:28But Jesus one day was walking by
13:30Matthew's office. He looked Matthew in
13:33the eyes and he said, "Matthew, I want
13:36you to follow me."
13:38And from his own record, he heard the
13:40words of Jesus. He left everything in
13:42that tax booth and he followed the Lord
13:45Jesus Christ. A decision that changed
13:48his life forever, changed his legacy.
13:51Because of that, we're talking about him
13:53some 2,000 years later. I wonder where
13:56Matthew would be had he not made that
13:58decision to follow Jesus. We don't know.
14:01But his life was changed. A former
14:03outcast as a Jew wrote the one gospel
14:07that's dedicated to Jews. that God has a
14:10great sense of humor. He took a outcast
14:12Jew and made an outcast Jew write the
14:15only gospel dedicated to Jews.
14:20Cuz God knows how to take the foolish
14:22things of the world,
14:23the things that people think can't be
14:25done, and use it to make people
14:27confused. How could God take an outcast
14:30Jew
14:31and use them to write the only gospel
14:33dedicated to Jews?
14:37And so although the book is actually
14:39anonymous, Matthew is credited with
14:42writing the book, the authorship around
14:44the year AD55 or AD60.
14:49It is the second of four gospels that
14:52was written, the first gospel that was
14:53ever recorded, the narratives of Jesus
14:55Christ. In this book, we have preserved
14:58for us four narratives of Jesus Christ.
15:01Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Mark was
15:03written first.
15:05Matthew was written second, taking some
15:07of Mark's works and expounding on it.
15:11When we look at Mark's gospel, we see
15:13Jesus as a servant. So, he's pictured as
15:16an ox in biblical literature.
15:20In Matthew's gospel, we see Jesus as a a
15:23coming king. So, he's pictured like a
15:26lion in biblical literature. In John's
15:29gospel, he's pictured as the vine or the
15:32son of God. So we see uh ego in biblical
15:35literature and in Luke's gospel he's
15:37called the son of man. So we see the
15:39picture of a faith showing that he was
15:41human. He understood the things we go
15:43through. He had problems. He had
15:44challenges. He can he has felt
15:46everything that you felt.
15:50But it is Matthew's gospel among the
15:52four. It is the longest gospel, the most
15:55detailed gospel cuz as a tax collector,
15:58Matthew was trained in recordkeeping and
16:00he was a skilled writer. It is the
16:03gospel that the church used for 1,700
16:07years as the primary text for
16:09instruction and disciplehip.
16:11Jesus,
16:12now this makes sense to you.
16:14Let me let me repeat this. Matthew's
16:16gospel was the document that the church
16:19used for 1700 years as the chief
16:24document for disciplehip of followers of
16:27Jesus. So if they wanted to ground
16:30people in the faith for 1,700
16:33years they used the book of Matthew to
16:36to to create for people watch this a
16:38firm foundation.
16:411,700 years they use the book of Matthew
16:44as their primary document.
16:46So for us, we're going to use Matthew
16:48for one year to lay a brand new
16:50foundation in our church.
16:57For one whole year,
17:00you're going to look back on this year
17:02AND I PROMISE YOU, YOUR life is going to
17:03be radically changed.
17:05You'll never be the same after this
17:07year. Pastor Phillip, you're whing out.
17:10Yes, I'm whing all the way out.
17:13We're going to document that the church
17:15used for 1700 years to create a new
17:19foundation for our church.
17:23Not that we had a bad one, but we're
17:25about to have a greater one.
17:26Yes, sir.
17:31We're going to explore the teachings of
17:32Jesus that leads us into human
17:34flourishing, better relationships, how
17:37to do business, how to do marriage, how
17:39to handle money,
17:41how to handle problems,
17:44we're going to get teachings going to
17:45teach you how to flourish in life. It's
17:47going to give you awareness of the
17:48kingdom you belong to,
17:50that you are a citizen of America and a
17:52citizen of a greater kingdom. Yes.
17:57It's going to raise your awareness of
17:58that kingdom, solidify your identity so
18:01you're not confused about who you are.
18:04It's going to embolden you in the area
18:06of mission. You're going to know that
18:07you you exist for a purpose.
18:11You can't read this book or study this
18:12book and not be changed. Your life will
18:15be transformed. So, I want to open up
18:17the book with this first message titled
18:21A Royal and Ratchet Family Tree.
18:24Yes, sir.
18:26[Music]
18:28Oh, yeah.
18:30We're going to start our teaching
18:31through Matthew with this first message
18:33called A Royal and Ratchet
18:36Family Tree.
18:38[Music]
18:40A lot of us can we could just sit right
18:41there like that's me right there.
18:45Ain't
18:46anybody
18:47a royal and ratchet.
18:50Yes, sir.
18:52Family tree.
18:56Spirit of the living God.
18:59We feel your presence in the room
19:02and in the chat.
19:04Walking the aisles and the roads. We
19:06feel you like the hairs on the back of
19:07our neck.
19:08Yes, Lord.
19:09We know that you are alive and that you
19:10are present in the room.
19:12Help me this weak vessel teach the truth
19:16of this eternal word to display the
19:20glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. Help me
19:23Holy Spirit to teach
19:26in Jesus name I pray.
19:28Jesus name.
19:28Amen.
19:29Amen.
19:30First message in the series one year
19:32through Matthew a royal and ratchet
19:37family tree.
19:41Uh if you got kids in this room, it
19:43there's going to be some parts of this
19:44message that's going to go beyond PG.
19:46That's why we got a children's church.
19:48So I don't tell I gave you a disclaimer.
19:51Don't send me no DM or no emails.
19:55It's a part of this message is going to
19:56go beyond PG. Uh family, I I just want
20:00to start, you know, with some honesty
20:01from the very jump that as I was
20:04thinking about this message, I thought
20:05to myself that, you know, I've never met
20:07a forwardthinking person that did not
20:10like the word new.
20:14Now, I know some people that are stuck
20:15in tradition and stuck in all ways and
20:18they don't want to move on for where
20:19they are. But I personally have never
20:21met a forwardthinking person that did
20:24not like the word new.
20:26Consequently, most of us are attracted
20:29naturally drawn with some sense of
20:31excitement and anticipation when we hear
20:34the word new or whenever we see
20:36something that's tagged with the word
20:38new. A new idea creates excitement and
20:41anticipation. A new business creates
20:44excitement and anticipation. A new
20:46ministry creates excitement and
20:49anticipation. A new name, hala,
20:52creates excitement and anticipation. A
20:54new boo, a new spouse, a new boyfriend
20:56or girlfriend creates some measure of
20:58excitement and anticipation. However,
21:01one of the greatest anchors for the
21:04emergence of anything that is new is the
21:07necessity for the case of its
21:09legitimacy.
21:13Let me repeat myself
21:15that although we get excited about
21:17things that are new, one of the most
21:19important anchors to be attached to
21:21anything that is new is the anchor for
21:24the legitimacy of the thing that is new.
21:28Whenever something emerges that IS NEW,
21:30WE ASK OURSELVES QUESTIONS. IS THIS FOR
21:32REAL?
21:33Are they for real? Are they capping? Or
21:37are they keeping it real? Yeah.
21:39WHEN A NEW PRODUCT COMES TO MARKET,
21:41investors want to know, is the product
21:43for real?
21:44Yeah.
21:45When a new business comes to market,
21:47angel investors and venture capitalists
21:49want to know, is this is this new
21:51company for real? Can we invest in this
21:54new company? When a startup company is
21:57seeking its first rounds of investments,
21:59man, investors want to know, man, is
22:02this company real? Is it legitimate? Is
22:05it going to last?
22:09When a man or woman pops up with a new
22:11ministry, people always want to know,
22:12are they legitimate? Is the company
22:14legitimate? Is the new brand legitimate?
22:17Is this new company? Is this new idea?
22:19Is it legitimate? We know that it is
22:21new, but is it legitimate? We know it is
22:24new, but watch this. Can it be trusted?
22:30Right?
22:38When a luminary figure emerges with
22:40claims
22:41that the world has never heard before,
22:44there's naturally going to be
22:45speculation around the legitimacy of
22:47that figure.
22:49So when the so so the greatest thing
22:51that can happen for the argument of
22:54legitimacy is not when a person argues
22:56about their own legitimacy but one of
22:58the greatest things that can anchor
23:00legitimacy is when other people argue
23:02for the legitimacy of another person.
23:07This is why when WE WRITE NEW BOOKS, WE
23:09ALWAYS SEEK OUT PEOPLE TO GIVE US a
23:10review. So we throw 10 people on the
23:12back of our new book AND WHAT ARE WE
23:14ASKING THEM TO DO? WE'RE ASKING THEM TO
23:16LEGITIMIZE THE OFFER THAT WHAT THEY'RE
23:19telling us, watch, can be trusted.
23:22So, ONE OF THE GREATEST ARGUMENTS for
23:24legitimacy is not what comes out of the
23:26mouth of the person who is new.
23:28Wow.
23:29But one of the greatest arguments for
23:31legitimacy is what comes out of the
23:32mouths of OTHER PEOPLE WHO ESTABLISH the
23:35legitimacy of another person. YO, THAT
23:37PERSON RIGHT THERE, THEY'RE FOR REAL. OR
23:39THAT DUDE RIGHT THERE, HE'S FOR REAL. OR
23:41SHORTY right there, SHE'S FOR REAL. OR
23:43THAT BROTHER RIGHT THERE, MAN, HE'S FOR
23:45REAL. IT'S WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY often
23:47times is the best anchor for the
23:49legitimacy of somebody else. YOU CAN
23:51TALK A GOOD GAME ABOUT YOU, BUT WHAT
23:53DOES OTHER people say about you?
23:58Good.
24:01You can tell me THE IPHONE IS DOPE, BUT
24:03WHAT DOES OTHER PEOPLE say about the
24:04iPhone
24:05that it's better than Android? Amen.
24:08And if you're smart and saved, you got
24:09an iPhone
24:11that we rebuke people that turn the
24:12group chat green.
24:17[Applause]
24:22The market has spoken. Apple is the best
24:25phone on the market.
24:27It is legitimate.
24:29WE DON'T CARE WHAT Apple has to say.
24:31What does the people have to say about
24:33the product?
24:36TRIPLEA AIN'T DOPE BECAUSE IT'S DOPE.
24:38IT'S DOPE BECAUSE WE SAY IT IS.
24:42YES, SIR.
24:46SO, one of the BEST THINGS TO ESTABLISH
24:48LEGITIMACY IS NOT WHAT COMES OUT OF THE
24:50MOUTH OF THE PERSON THAT'S ARGUING. IT'S
24:52what's coming out of the mouths of other
24:53people that's arguing for the legitimacy
24:55of the person that emerged.
25:00In the first century AD, a slim Galilean
25:03came walking over a Judean countryside
25:06claiming to be the son of God,
25:12claiming to be the long awaited Jewish
25:15Messiah,
25:17claiming to be the embodiment of all of
25:19the Old Testament prophecies,
25:22claiming to be the one that people WERE
25:24TALKING ABOUT FOR THOUSANDS of years,
25:28claiming to be the fulfillment ment of
25:30everything from the Old Testament. He
25:32came claiming to establish a kingdom
25:35that was going to last forever.
25:37He came claiming to be this person who
25:40died in the first century AD, the son of
25:42God. Now, Matthew in the first century
25:46was an eyewitness of that person. He was
25:50friends with that person for three and a
25:52half years. Traveled with that person
25:55for three and a half years. Ate food
25:57with that person for three and a half
25:58years. broke bread with that person for
26:00three and a half years, moved around the
26:03country with that person for three and a
26:04half years, laughed with that person,
26:06joked with that person, LISTENED TO THAT
26:08PERSON, SAW THAT PERSON FOR THREE AND A
26:10half years. Matthew around the year AD60
26:14is a old man. It's 30 years after the
26:16death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
26:19MATTHEW NOW IS LOOKING BACK OVER HIS
26:21LIFE. HE'S THINKING ABOUT everything he
26:23saw, everything he heard. He's thinking
26:26ABOUT WHEN JESUS RAISED a man from the
26:29dead.
26:29He's thinking ABOUT WHEN JESUS TOUCHED
26:31EYES AND MADE PEOPLE WHO are blind to
26:33see.
26:34He's thinking about when Jesus touched
26:36people's ears and made them. SO, HE'S
26:37LOOKING BACK AT ALL OF THE MIRACLES, all
26:40of the teachings, all of the things that
26:42Jesus did. AND HE'S THINKING TO HIMSELF,
26:44MAN, TRULY THIS DUDE WHO I WAS RUNNING
26:46WITH for three and a half years, HE WAS
26:48NOT JUST A prophet
26:50like Muhammad or Confucious OR JOSEPH
26:53SMITH. HE WAS NOT JUST AN ORDINARY MAN.
26:56SOMETHING WAS DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS DUDE
26:57THAT I WAS RUNNING WITH FOR THREE AND A
26:59HALF YEARS. I GOT TO SIT DOWN AND TELL A
27:01STORY ABOUT HIM. WOW.
27:04So in the year AD60 OR 65, MATTHEW AS A
27:07OLD MAN BEFORE he was beheaded,
27:11martyed for what he believed and saw,
27:14sat down and he took a pen to parchment
27:17and he began to write WHAT BECAME THE
27:19BOOK OF MATTHEW, his narrative about the
27:23life of the person of Jesus Christ.
27:29And in his attempt, oh my God,
27:32to convince Jewish people,
27:36THAT THE PERSON Y'ALL BEEN WRITING ABOUT
27:39FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS ACTUALLY came and
27:42YOU REJECTED HIM LIKE HE WAS A SUCKER.
27:45Oh my god.
27:46Matthew, a Jew, NOW WANTED TO CONVINCE
27:49JEWISH PEOPLE THAT THE MAN y'all been
27:52talking about for generations actually
27:54came and lived and taught and died and
27:58rose
27:59and is still alive
28:03and is directing the course of history.
28:06That man that y'all rejected, I want to
28:08reintroduce you to that man since y'all
28:11rejected him. So, Matthew takes a pen
28:13and parchment in the year AD60 or 65, a
28:17few years before he was beheaded, and he
28:19writes the book of Matthew. And listen,
28:21watch how he starts the book of Matthew
28:25to Jewish people. Matthew chapter 1
28:29verse one,
28:32the book of the genealogy
28:36of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the
28:40son of Abraham.
28:42Pause. Now, nobody in this room got
28:45excited
28:46cuz most of y'all are black.
28:53I'm going somewhere with this.
28:54So, so we in the room. We here. We hear
28:56we hear the beginning of the GENEALOGY
28:59OF JESUS CHRIST, the son of Abraham,
29:02the son of David. And we say, "All
29:04right, cool."
29:05BUT IF A JEW HEARD THAT, THEY WOULD HAVE
29:07BEEN LIKE, "WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA,
29:08WHOA.
29:09THE SON OF ABRAHAM,
29:12the son of David,
29:14KING OF KINGS,
29:15THE BEGINNING OF THE GENEALOGY OF JESUS
29:17CHRIST." WHOA, WHOA, WHOA. MATTHEW, YOU
29:19YOU GOT TO PROVE THAT TO US. MATTHEW,
29:21YOU SAYING SOME REALLY OUTLANDISH STUFF
29:24RIGHT NOW. LORD JESUS,
29:26YOU'RE TRYING TO TELL ME THIS JEW WHO
29:27CAME WAS THE SON OF Abraham
29:30and the son of David
29:32AND THAT WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO WRITE TO
29:33ME IS THE BEGINNING OF HIS family tree.
29:37Genealogy means family tree like
29:39ancestor.com.
29:44THE PURPOSE OF A GENEALOGY IS TO TRACE
29:47LINEAGE BACK TO ANCESTORS.
29:50THE PURPOSE OF A GENEALOGY IS TO
29:52ESTABLISH BIRTHIGHT. Yes sir.
29:57Yes sir.
29:58THE PURPOSE OF A GENEALOGY IS TO SAY YOU
30:01HAVE OWNERSHIP and inheritance.
30:05IN THE DAYS OF JESUS, IF YOU WANTED TO
30:07BE A A A PRIEST OR PASTOR, YOU NEEDED TO
30:10PRODUCE AN ACCURATE GENEALOGY LINKING
30:12YOU ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE tribe of
30:14Levi.
30:15IF YOU WANTED TO OWN LAND CUZ SOMEBODY
30:18DIED, YOU NEEDED TO PRODUCE A GENEALOGY
30:20TO SAY THIS LAND BELONGS TO ME. YOU
30:22CAN'T ROLL UP ON SOMEBODY SAY, "Give me
30:24that land." No. Produce the genealogy.
30:28YES, SIR.
30:29SOMEBODY DIED. YOU WANTED THE
30:30INHERITANCE. YOU COULDN'T CLAIM that
30:32inheritance. You had to produce a
30:33genealogy SAYING YOU ARE THE RIGHTFUL
30:36OWNER OF THAT INHERITANCE.
30:41SO, genealogies were necessary to prove
30:43ownership and inheritance. And the
30:45scriptures are littered with genealogy.
30:48The longest one in 1 Chronicles almost
30:50nine chapters. Yes, sir.
30:53Now, why is this important? Because in
30:56the Old Testament days, hundreds of
30:58years before Christ came into their
31:00world, the last prophet who ever
31:03preached was not Philillip, but a man I
31:05named my son after named Malachi.
31:09Malachi was preaching hundreds of years
31:11before Jesus was born. And his primary
31:13message was honor. He was speaking on
31:16behalf of God. Oh, y'all people, if I'm
31:18a father, where is the honor? Do me. Put
31:21some respect on my name.
31:23That was Matthew. So that was Malachi's
31:25whole message from God through the
31:26people. If I'm a father, put some
31:28respect on my name. Watch. Honor me. So
31:31his whole message was to God's people
31:33and to the priest, show me some respect.
31:36Show me some honor. Now watch this. How
31:38important is honor to God? After Matthew
31:41died, God didn't say another word in the
31:43earth for 400 years.
31:47I'm going somewhere with this. After
31:50Malachi died and his ministry was over,
31:53God didn't say another word in world
31:57history for 400
32:00years.
32:02So in your Bible, WHEN YOU FLIP FROM
32:04MALACHI TO MATTHEW, THAT LITTLE WHITE
32:06PAGE is 400 years of silence
32:10in which in world history, God said
32:12nothing in the earth. HE DIDN'T SEND A
32:14PROPHET. He didn't send a a preach. He
32:16didn't send a minister. He ain't said NO
32:18ONE. FOR 400 YEARS, GOD SHUT HIS MOUTH
32:21on humanity. He said nothing.
32:26Y'all going to think about honor for 400
32:28years.
32:31Jesus.
32:37He goes silent for 400 years. During
32:40those 400 years, three world empires
32:43fight for dominance. By the time the 400
32:45years is done, Rome has emerged as the
32:49world empire. Check your you go outside
32:51the Bible, Google. Rome emerges as the
32:54world, watch this as the world empire
32:57during those 400 years. Rome rules for
33:001500 years from India to Africa.
33:03Rome gives people modern technology.
33:06They create roads and streets, watch
33:09this, and mail systems to make messages
33:12travel easy. God,
33:17THEY DOMINATE THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD.
33:20They create provinces around the whole
33:22world and they create systems for any
33:24message to travel the whole world with
33:26ease.
33:33God who gave A DREAM TO A MAN NAMED
33:36DANIEL SAW IN a vision THE SUCCESSION OF
33:38WORLD EMPIRES. ROME BEING IN THAT DREAM
33:41THAT GOD SHOWED A MAN A DREAM THAT ROME
33:43WOULD DOMINATE THE WHOLE WORLD BECAUSE
33:45THE BIBLE IS NOT JUST A RELIGIOUS BOOK.
33:46IT'S FULL OF PROPHECIES that have come
33:48to pass.
33:49IT IS THE ONLY ACCURATE RELIGIOUS BOOK,
33:51BUT PROPHECIES that have come to pass.
33:54Not the PEARL OF GREAT PRICE, NOT THE
33:55QURAN, not anything you got from Google,
33:58the word and the word of God only
34:01has prophecies THAT HAVE ACCURATELY COME
34:03TO PASS. GOD GAVE A MAN NAMED DANIEL A
34:05VISION OF A OF A OF A STATUE AND PART OF
34:08THE STATUE HAD THE EMPIRE OF ROME. NOW
34:10ROME has come to pass. Rome creates all
34:13of the things that are necessary for the
34:15gospel to spread.
34:22God is a He's the best chess player of
34:24all time.
34:25[Music]
34:27He's the best chess player of all time.
34:30how he moves the pieces of things around
34:32the world to bring about his purposes
34:33and his will. Want to make sure by the
34:35time his son emerged, message of him can
34:38travel around the whole world.
34:46So Matthew's open line, look at
34:48Matthew's open line. It says in Matthew
34:49chapter 1, the beginning of the
34:51genealogy of Jesus Christ. Now pause.
34:54You read this in English and all you see
34:57is the word genealogy. But this word
35:00genealogy in Greek is the same Hebrew
35:03word that we have for the English word
35:04Genesis
35:08which means the beginning.
35:11Another word we get is new thing.
35:16So what is Matthew SAYING? HE'S NOT ONLY
35:18ABOUT TO INTRODUCE Jesus family tree but
35:21he's telling Jews watch after 400 years
35:23of silence a new thing has dawned. A new
35:27thing has come into the world. A new
35:30kingdom has COME INTO THE WORLD.
35:32SOMETHING CATACLYSMIC HAS HAPPENED THAT
35:34IS SO NEW IT'S ABOUT TO CHANGE
35:36EVERYTHING FOREVER. THIS IS THE BEST
35:39brand new thing ever the world has ever
35:42known. He's not saying here is just a
35:44family tree of Jesus. Here is the
35:46beginning of something brand new.
35:48Something y'all been waiting for for
35:50thousands of years. Something that's
35:51going to topple every other kingdom in
35:53the end. Yeah.
35:55So this in Hebrew in GREEK REALLY SAYS
35:57THE GENESIS OF JESUS or his kingdom. Not
36:01that he's a created being but the
36:03beginning of his rule forever.
36:06So Matthew INTRODUCES GOD'S kingdom
36:09through Christ as a new beginning. Here
36:13is the kingdom of heaven coming new to
36:16the kingdom of earth. A spiritual
36:18kingdom that would eventually dominate
36:20the whole world in the end. It is the
36:23beginning of the reign of a brand new
36:25king. He's going to rule forever. Watch.
36:28You all who are saved are citizens of
36:31that kingdom.
36:33Let me let me let me talk to you for a
36:34second since you're so confused about
36:36your identity. Every once who's placed
36:38their faith in JESUS CHRIST, YOU'RE NOT
36:41only a citizen of the country you were
36:42born in, you're a citizen of the
36:44kingdom. Yeah,
36:46Matthew's gospel teaches us about the
36:48laws and the principles and the
36:50government and the economy of that
36:52kingdom. SOME OF YOU ARE NOT FLOURISHING
36:54because you don't understand the kingdom
36:55you live in.
36:57[Applause]
36:59SOME OF YOU ARE STRUGGLING REALLY BAD
37:00BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK THE
37:02PRINCIPLES of the kingdom you live in.
37:05Some of YOU ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT YOUR
37:07LIFESTYLE BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO
37:09OPERATE THE ECONOMY OF THE KINGDOM YOU
37:11LIVE IN.
37:12You can't go to another country and
37:14don't understand their laws, their
37:16customs, their currency. You would get
37:18locked up.
37:23You can't travel to the Netherlands and
37:25act like an American.
37:27If you don't work their laws and
37:28principles, you're not going to
37:29flourish.
37:30In the same way, all of you WHO ARE
37:32SAVED, YOU'VE BEEN NOT ONLY SAVED OUT OF
37:34THE WORLD OR saved from hell and
37:36damnation, you've been saved into a
37:38kingdom. And if you don't understand the
37:40king and the kingdom you belong to, you
37:42won't know how to work the laws and the
37:44principles of the kingdom. Some of you
37:46are complaining, not knowing if you just
37:48tweak one principle, something in your
37:50life will change.
37:53If you don't know the principles, you
37:54don't know how to work them. If you
37:55don't KNOW THE LAWS, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW
37:56TO WORK THEM. If you don't KNOW THE
37:58REGULATIONS, YOU KNOW HOW TO WORK THEM.
37:59If you don't know what was promised to
38:00you, you won't know how to claim it.
38:06THAT'S LIKE YOU COMPLAINING ABOUT BEING
38:07IMPOVERISHED, BUT YOU GOT AN INHERITANCE
38:09IN THE BANK, BUT don't know how to use
38:11the ATM card because you don't read.
38:13Jesus,
38:16you don't read. YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR
38:17CONTRACT, SO YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S
38:19AVAILABLE TO YOU.
38:23MAN, who am I talking to?
38:25YOU DON'T READ THE CONTRACT, SO YOU
38:26DON'T KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU.
38:29My God,
38:31help us, Lord.
38:33Yes, sir.
38:35Wow.
38:36You don't KNOW WHAT TO CLAIM CUZ YOU
38:38AIN'T READ THE CONTRACT.
38:40YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIGHT CUZ YOU
38:41AIN'T READ THE CONTRACT.
38:43YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CAN MAKE A
38:44DEMAND ON CUZ YOU AIN'T READ THE
38:46CONTRACT.
38:47YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO YOUR SAVIOR
38:48REALLY IS CUZ YOU AIN'T READ THE
38:50CONTRACT.
38:51JESUS.
38:55You don't even know THE KIND OF FORCE
38:56YOU GOT BEHIND YOU CUZ YOU AIN'T NEVER
38:58READ THE CONTRACT.
39:00YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU
39:01PRAY CUZ YOU AIN'T READ THE CONTRACT.
39:03YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU
39:05FAST CUZ YOU AIN'T READ THE CONTRACT.
39:07YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK YOUR MONEY
39:09CUZ YOU AIN'T READ THE CONTRACT.
39:14You ain't know how You don't know how to
39:15discern a good business partner from a
39:17bad business partner cuz you ain't read
39:19the contract.
39:25So you keep getting SHAFTED CUZ YOU
39:27DON'T HAVE NO DISCERNMENT when you walk
39:28in a room cuz you ain't NEVER READ THE
39:30CONTRACT. YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU FULL
39:32OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE PERSON THAT
39:33KNOWS EVERYTHING.
39:36[Applause]
39:39YOU INDWELLED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE
39:41PERSON THAT KNOWS EVERYTHING. BUT YOU
39:43DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK YOUR SIX SENSE
39:44CUZ YOU AIN'T READ YOUR CONTRACT.
39:51SO, how'd you know not to sign that
39:53deal? Because I know my contract.
39:57That's why because of my contract.
39:59Watch. I already know what to say no to
40:01before I walk into a room.
40:03My nose already predetermined because I
40:05know the contract.
40:08I got standards because I know the
40:10contract.
40:11I know what TO ACCEPT AND WHAT NOT TO
40:13PUT UP WITH because I know the contract.
40:16[Applause]
40:23No, they want they don't want me to
40:24teach. Let me let me finish.
40:27They don't they don't want me to teach.
40:33Thank you. I'm going to try, sister. Let
40:34me
40:39So when you understand the contract, you
40:41know how to work the principles, you you
40:42acquire what's called human flourishing.
40:45Yeah.
40:46So now watch what Matthew does. I'm
40:47almost done. He tags three titles to
40:49Jesus. First he calls him the Christ. So
40:53not only he said a new thing is coming,
40:54but he gives him three tiles. Three
40:56titles. He calls him number one. He
40:58calls him the Christ.
41:00The word CHRIST IS NOT JESUS LAST NAME.
41:03It's not like PHILIP ANTHONY MITCHELL.
41:05HIS LAST NAME IS NOT CHRIST.
41:08HE WAS JESUS FROM NAZARETH. HE HAD NO
41:10LAST NAME. The word Christ is the Greek
41:12word for THE HEBREW WORD MESSIAH, WHICH
41:15MEANS THE ANOINTED ONE,
41:18THE PROMISED ONE, THE one who WAS SPOKEN
41:20OF FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS THROUGH THE
41:22OLD TESTAMENT.
41:25SEE, the world is FILLED WITH MULTIPLE
41:27RELIGIONS. BUT MATTHEW IS SAYING, WATCH,
41:30THERE'S ONLY ONE GOD. HE HAS ONLY ONE
41:32SON AND THERE IS ONLY ONE ETERNAL
41:34KINGDOM. AND HE IS THE MAN.
41:37He is not a Christ. HE IS DEFINITIVE
41:40ARTICLE THE CHRIST.
41:46Let me go over here. MATTHEW SAYING I
41:49KNOW THERE'S MULTIPLE RELIGIONS IN THE
41:51WORLD. IT DON'T MATTER HOW MANY
41:52RELIGIONS THERE ARE. MATTHEW'S TRYING TO
41:54SAY THERE'S ONLY ONE GOD. He has only
41:57one son. THERE'S ONLY ONE ROAD TO
42:00HEAVEN. AND HE IS JESUS THE CHRIST. NOT
42:03A CHRIST. The Christ.
42:06[Applause]
42:08THE DEFINITIVE ARTICLE.
42:10YES, SIR.
42:12JESUS.
42:14HALLELUJAH.
42:16So he calls him Jesus Christ. Jesus the
42:20Messiah. JESUS THE ANOINTED ONE. THE
42:23SECOND TAG HE GIVES TO HIM. HE CALLS HIM
42:25THE SON of Abraham.
42:27NOW WE NOT JEWISH, BUT WHY IS THIS SO
42:29IMPORTANT? Abraham was the father of the
42:31Jewish nation. YES, SIR.
42:32THE PROGENITOR OF THE JEWS. WATCH. God
42:36gave Abraham a promise in his lifetime.
42:38He said,"Abraham, I'm going to give you
42:41a son. Not the biological boys you have.
42:44Another son is coming in your lineage."
42:46Watch. And through him and him only,
42:49every person on the planet can and will
42:51be blessed.
42:53Now, bad preachers take that line and
42:55they make it prosperity gospel to say if
42:57you sow a seed, God is going to make you
42:59rich. Lies.
43:02When when God said to Abraham, "Through
43:03him, all of the nations of the world
43:05will be blessed." THAT IS THROUGH THE
43:07SON I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU, ABRAHAM,
43:09every human being will have a chance to
43:12enter into my kingdom,
43:14be blessed by my principles and then
43:16live with me in heaven and in glory
43:18forever through him and him only.
43:21Everyone has the opportunity
43:24to BE BLESSED.
43:26SO GOD PROMISED Abraham a son through
43:31which that son would be the Messiah to
43:35bless the whole world. MATTHEW SAYS TO
43:37ALL YOU JEWS, Jesus is the son of
43:39Abraham.
43:40He is the one that's been promised.
43:42Yes, sir.
43:44Then Matthew GIVES HIM ANOTHER TITLE. HE
43:46SAYS HE IS THE SON of David. Yeah.
43:49To a Jew, THEY WILL UNDERSTAND DAVID WAS
43:52the greatest
43:54history of Israel.
43:56David was the greatest king in the
43:59history of Israel. Now watch.
44:02God gave David a promise in his
44:04lifetime.
44:05He said, "David,
44:06you rule right now."
44:08Watch. But when you die, a person is
44:11coming through your lineage.
44:14Watch this. He's going to sit on your
44:15throne.
44:17Watch. And of his kingdom there will be
44:20no end.
44:21Yes.
44:23Now watch. David had a son named
44:25Solomon. He died.
44:28And Solomon had a son.
44:30He died.
44:32And that son had a son. He died. AND
44:34THEN THEY DIED. AND THEN THEY ALL DIED.
44:37BUT ONE SON CAME THROUGH THAT LINEAGE
44:44WHO IS NOT DEAD BUT alive
44:48who called HIMSELF THE KING OF KINGS AND
44:51THE LORD OF LORDS. AND ISAIAH SAID OF
44:56HIS kingdom there will be no end.
45:01SO, MATTHEW WRITES TO THIS JEWISH
45:03AUDIENCE, THAT MAN THAT ISAIAH TOLD US
45:05ABOUT 700 YEARS AGO, it was Jesus
45:09is the son of David, the king who will
45:12rule
45:14forever.
45:17How about that for starting a family
45:18tree?
45:21That's a GANGSTER WAY TO START A family
45:23tree.
45:26Now, let's finish up. Okay, then he goes
45:28on to verse two. Pause. Let me just say
45:31this. If you missed the principle of the
45:33text,
45:35the gem is God keeps his promises.
45:40If he said it,
45:41he's going to do it.
45:44He don't lie.
45:46So if there's anybody who's legitimate,
45:49it's God Almighty.
45:51Now, let's finish up.
45:53Verse 2 through 17. That's how you start
45:56a family tree. Now, he goes on with the
45:58rest of the family tree. Watch. royal
45:59and ratchet. Then he says, "Abraham was
46:02the father of Isaac." Y'all know
46:03Abraham?
46:04He had a son named Isaac who he waited
46:0625 years for.
46:08And Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob
46:10who was a corrupt dude. So corrupt God
46:12had to change his name to Israel.
46:14And Jacob was the father of Judah, who
46:16was a womanizer. You're going to see why
46:18I'm doing this.
46:20Talk about your family. What about
46:21Jesus' family?
46:26[Applause]
46:30Talk about your family. SEE, YOUR PAST
46:32AIN'T GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR
46:33FUTURE.
46:38Your
46:43your past DON'T GOT TO HINDER YOUR
46:45FUTURE.
46:46I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU CAME FROM. I
46:48DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE THE PRODUCT OF A
46:50BOTTLE OF HENNESSY AND A BROKEN CONDOM.
46:52YOUR PAST DON'T HAVE TO HINDER YOUR
46:54FUTURE.
46:57MY FATHER WAS A BALL OF Hennessy and my
46:58mother WAS A BROKEN CONDOM. IT DON'T
47:00MATTER.
47:01IT DON'T GOT TO HINDER YOUR FUTURE.
47:03JESUS.
47:06All right. Abraham who WAS A LIAR AND
47:09THE FATHER OF ISAAC. Isaac the father of
47:11Jacob WHO WAS SO CORRUPT GOD had to
47:13change HIS NAME. JACOB THE FATHER OF
47:15JUDAH WHO WAS A WOMANIZER.
47:19JUDAH WAS THE FATHER OF PEREZ AND ZERA
47:21by Tamar. Wait till I come back to that.
47:23And Perez, the father of Hisron, and
47:25Hisron, the father of Ram. And Ram, the
47:28father of Aminadab, AND AMINADAB, THE
47:30father of Nan. And Nan, the father of
47:32Salmon. Not salmon. Salmon.
47:43No. Salmon and white wine. Salmon
47:47was the father of Simon was the father
47:50of Boaz by Rahab, a prostitute.
47:54[Music]
47:56[Applause]
47:58Talk about your family. SOLOMON WAS THE
48:01FATHER OF BOAZ by Rahab, who was a [ __ ]
48:04and a prostitute.
48:06BOAZ WAS THE FATHER OF OED by Ruth. And
48:08Oed was the father of Jesse, who did not
48:10believe in his own son, David,
48:13who did not properly affirm his own son.
48:16Talk about your family. AND JESSE WAS
48:18THE FATHER OF DAVID THE KING, WHO WAS A
48:20MURDERER and an adulterer. Yeah.
48:23And David was the FATHER OF SOLOMON WHO
48:25HAD A THOUSAND WOMEN AND WENT CRAZY AT
48:27THE END OF HIS LIFE.
48:30Your family tree, right?
48:32SOLOMON BY THE WIFE OF URIAH WHO WAS
48:34MURDERED BY DAVID for his wife.
48:37Solomon was the father of Rayoboam who
48:39did HAVE WHO HAD BAD uh counselors and
48:41he listened to the wrong people.
48:43Rayoboam was the one that split the
48:44kingdom in half. He was the father of
48:46Abijah. Abijah the father of Asaf. Asaf
48:48the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat
48:50was the father of Jorham. Jerham, the
48:52father of Uzziah, who died and because
48:54of his death, Isaiah saw the Lord. That
48:57sometimes things have to die for you to
48:58see.
49:03SOMETIMES THINGS GOT TO DIE FOR YOU TO
49:05SEE.
49:06Like I don't HAVE NO CLARITY. KILL
49:08SOMETHING AND THEN YOU MIGHT SEE BETTER.
49:11[Applause]
49:13WATCHES.
49:15And Joseph was the father of Ahaz who
49:17was evil. And he was the father of
49:19Hezekiah who was who was who was a
49:21coward king. And Hezekiah was the father
49:23of Manasseh who was wicked.
49:26Manasseh was the father of Amos. So Amos
49:28the father of Josiah who was a good man.
49:30Josiah the father of Jeconiah. Underline
49:33him. And his brothers. And at the time
49:35of the deportation of Babylon. And after
49:37the deportation of Babylon, Jeaniah was
49:39the father of Shialiel. And Shialiel was
49:41the father of Zerubabel who was a priest
49:43who helped rebuild the temple.
49:45Zerubbabel was the father of Abbehood
49:47and Abbehood was the father of Eliakim.
49:49And Eliakim was the father of Azor. Azor
49:51was the father of Zodak. Not Kodak.
49:53Zodak, not Kodak, black, Zodak. Not
49:56Bodak yellow, Zodak. And Zodc was the
49:59father of Akim. And Achim was the father
50:00of Alohood. And Alihood was the father
50:02of Eleazar.
50:04And Eleazar was the father of Matan. And
50:06Matan was the father of Jacob. And Jacob
50:08was the father of Joseph, the husband of
50:10Mary,
50:11whom was born,
50:14Jesus was born, who is called the
50:16Christ. Let me let me let me let me
50:18finish up.
50:20Thank you, daughter. So all the
50:22generations from Abraham to David were
50:2414 generations. From David to the
50:26deportation was 14 generations. And from
50:29the deportation of Babylon to the
50:30Christ, the Christ, not a Christ, the
50:34Christ was 14 generations. Now, I want
50:37to draw your attention to a few powerful
50:39elements of this genealogy, and then I'm
50:40going to be done. First, I just want you
50:43to notice the literary structure.
50:44Matthew is a genius. He creates three
50:47groups of 14 generations. Three groups
50:50of 14 people. Now, if you trace history,
50:53he excludes some people. He omits some
50:55people. So, he does not put everybody.
50:57They're not writing to create an
50:58accurate history line. They're writing,
51:00he's writing to show the important
51:02people in each three stages of Jewish
51:05history. the first stage from Abraham to
51:07David, one error. From David to the
51:10deportation, one error. From the
51:12deportation to the Christ, one error.
51:14And he fills in all of the important
51:16people in between in those errors.
51:19Okay? So, I want you to see that Matthew
51:22creates a detailed list of key people in
51:25three errors and he uses watch 14,4 and
51:2914. Consequently, David's name in Hebrew
51:32has a numeric acrostic 64 and four that
51:35if you put it together, it means 14. And
51:37David is the 14th person mentioned in
51:40the family tree.
51:41Matthew's a genius.
51:45Matthew's a genius. Also, the
51:47significance of this genealogy, he's
51:49trying to anchor Jesus all the way back
51:51to Abraham. Now, I want you to notice
51:53something of the members of the family
51:55tree. Some of them were great people
51:56like Abraham. Some of them were evil
51:59people like Manasseh. Some of them were
52:01ordinary people like Jesse. All of them
52:03had issues. Jesus did not come from a
52:06stellar family.
52:08He came from a mixed family with good
52:10people, evil people, ordinary people,
52:13unknown people, famous people. Because
52:15your family tree does not have to
52:16determine
52:18what's going to happen in your life. So
52:19if you came from a great family, listen
52:21to me. If you came from a great family,
52:23take it to the next level with your last
52:25name. And if you came from a
52:27dysfunctional family, change your
52:29generation. Change your legacy. Say,
52:32"This crap right here is going to stop
52:33with me."
52:37Now, almost finished. This is I I got to
52:40bring this to attention before I close.
52:42I want you to notice that Matthew watch
52:45writing in a patriarchal society, this
52:48is huge, mentions four women.
52:51This is abnormal because no other
52:53genealogy in the Bible mentions women.
52:55They all mention men. The father of
52:57another father, the father of another.
52:59THERE'S NO GENEALOGY THAT MENTIONS
53:00WOMEN. NOW, PAUSE. This is dope. All my
53:03ladies, lean in. Why does Matthew
53:05mention four women in the genealogy? He
53:08break. Oh my. This is Matthew.
53:13And so, if you got a baby, you probably
53:15want to take them out. I'm about to go
53:16past PG. Okay. Matthew breaks writing
53:20protocol and he throws four women in the
53:23genealogy. Now, pause.
53:26You can't just READ THOSE NAMES AND YOU
53:28GOT TO SCRATCH YOUR HEAD
53:30because he ain't throw four righteous
53:31women in there.
53:33[Applause]
53:36[Music]
53:40Matthew, he tossed four WOMEN IN THERE
53:42WHO GOT CONTROVERSIAL BACKGROUNDS,
53:45CONTROVERSIAL STORIES. THEY GOT THEY GOT
53:48STORIES SURROUNDING their name.
53:51Some ratchet STUFF WITH ALL OF THESE
53:52women and immorality and stuff
53:54surrounding their name. LIKE SOME OF
53:56Y'ALL DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY. SO, let me
53:57break it down for you. The first woman
53:59he mentions is Tamar.
54:01Oh, that's a dope name. Hold on, though.
54:03Do you know what Tamar did?
54:06There was a man named Judah.
54:08He was a womanizer. He had three sons.
54:10Tamar was married to the first son.
54:13Watch. The first son was so evil, God
54:16killed him.
54:18But he had no children with Tamar. So
54:20there was no lineage to continue.
54:22So what's supposed to happen is that
54:24she's supposed to marry the next son, a
54:25man named Onan.
54:27And Onin is supposed to have a baby with
54:29Tamar according to the custom so that a
54:32son could come through the lineage. But
54:34Onin knows because of lever marriage, if
54:36I have a son with Tamar, the son is
54:38going to get the throne and I won't. So
54:40the scripture says, not Philillip. Okay,
54:42you ready? that every time he go in, he
54:45pull out and he spills his semen on the
54:47floor.
54:48The Bible ain't sanitized.
54:50So the scripture says Odin keeps
54:51sleeping with Tamar,
54:53but right before he pull he he pull out
54:55and he spills all his semen on the
54:57floor. HE WON'T BUST INSIDE OF TAMAR. HE
54:59WON'T GIVE HER a baby. WHY? BECAUSE HE
55:02DON'T WANT HER child to get the throne
55:03because he want the throne. GOD SAYS,
55:05"YOU SO WICKED." GOD KILLS HIM FOR
55:07spilling his seed on the floor.
55:10Now watch. Tamar has no son. And now
55:13Judah won't give Tamar the third son.
55:17Like, "Oh, you lying." So Tamar dress as
55:19a prostitute.
55:20She go, she hang out at the bar in the
55:22corner. Judah comes strolling through
55:23downtown. He see Tamar hanging out by
55:26the bar. He say, "Yo, let's go to this
55:27hotel." He takes Tamar to the hotel,
55:30sleeps with Tamar, gets her pregnant in
55:33the hotel, and she says, "Listen, before
55:35you leave, give me your ring and give me
55:37your staff." That's like, "Give me your
55:38identification.
55:41Promise me you going to give me some
55:42goat. So, I'm going to give YOU A GOAT.
55:44OKAY, but I need some collateral. Give
55:46me your Give me your ID.
55:47Leave your ID with me so I can get my
55:49goat.
55:50She takes his stuff.
55:52Now, she comes back and she says,
55:53"Judah, you owe me something." He says,
55:54"Man, let the woman who did this be
55:56killed." And then she pulls out his
55:58ring.
56:01And then when she sees the ring, Judah
56:02says, "Wow, this woman has been more
56:04righteous than me." that is she
56:09posed as a prostitute to get pregnant
56:13and by that one act she continues the
56:15line of Jesus.
56:27[Music]
56:29Dang. I'm over my time.
56:33I need like I need like I need like 15
56:35minutes. I need like 15 minutes.
56:38THIS IS MAD GANGA. YO, I NEED 15
56:41MINUTES. IF SHE IF SHE IF SHE DON'T PULL
56:44A PROSTITUTE CARD, THE LINE OF JESUS IS
56:47CUT OFF.
56:55I'm I'm It's going to mean something to
56:56you in a second.
56:59He mentions Rahab, ANOTHER PROSTITUTE.
57:02WHEN THE SPIES OF JERUSALEM COMES INTO
57:04HER HOMETOWN, she hides them in her
57:06house.
57:07A prostitute says, "Listen, WHEN Y'ALL
57:09COME BACK TO TAKE THE LAND, KILL
57:10EVERYBODY BUT NOT ME AND MY FAMILY AND
57:12PRESERVES HER FAMILY." A PROSTITUTE, A
57:15HOE, IS ENTERED INTO THE LINE OF JESUS
57:18BECAUSE SHE HIDES TWO DUDES IN HER CRIB.
57:26He mentions Ruth,
57:28a woman from THE HOOD,
57:29FROM A PLACE CALLED MOABITETE, WHERE
57:31NOTHING GOOD COMES FROM. SHE'S FROM A
57:33RATCHET NEIGHBORHOOD FROM THE PROJECTS.
57:36RUTH MARRIES A DUDE WHO DIES. SHE STAYS
57:39WITH THE MOTHER-IN-LAW. She goes to the
57:41mother-in-law's town called Bethlehem.
57:42She slips underneath the sheets of a man
57:44named Boaz. I'm like, "Yo, marry me."
57:47Mad scandalous. Like, yo, SHE JUST SLIPS
57:50IN UNDER THE SHEETS.
57:52Do have y'all not read? SHE SHE JUST
57:55SLIPS IN UNDER HIS SHEETS. She And he's
57:57like, "Yo, who's that?" He She's like,
57:58"Yo, marry me."
58:01Hey, like what the what you doing here?
58:04Like she's under his sheets like, "Yo,
58:06marry me."
58:09Like, "Yo,
58:12you mad b
58:19I need 10 minutes." And then he mentions
58:21a woman not by name called Bath Sheba. A
58:23woman who was bathing naked. When David
58:25saw her, he was like, "Dang,
58:28kills her husband, takes the wife for
58:31himself." Now watch. Why in God's name
58:36would Matthew mention such ratchet women
58:40in a genealogy who got drama surrounding
58:43their name? Why would he do that? I'm
58:45almost done. Why would Matthew break all
58:48protocol to put four ratchet women in a
58:51royal genealogy?
58:54Why would he do that? Because you got to
58:56keep reading. Cuz he mentioned a fifth
58:58woman
58:59who also got scandal around her name.
59:01Her name was Mary,
59:03the mother of Jesus, who was engaged to
59:06a man named Joseph and comes up pregnant
59:08as a virgin. Joseph is like, "Yo, who
59:10you been boning?"
59:11Mary's like, "Yo, it's the Holy Spirit."
59:13Joseph is like, "I don't believe that.
59:15Hey,
59:17we going downtown.
59:19So the scripture says HE TRIED TO
59:20DIVORCE HER QUIETLY.
59:22WHY? Because now there's story
59:24surrounding HER NAME THAT MARY WAS
59:26UNFAITHFUL TO JOSEPH.
59:30But God sends an ANGEL TO JOSEPH SAYS,
59:31"NO, NO, SHE NOT PREGNANT BY SOME OTHER
59:33DUDE. She pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
59:35The person that's in there will be the
59:36son of God." Is it possible
59:40that to legitimize the son of Mary,
59:43a woman who was considered ratchet, that
59:46Matthew and his genius would throw four
59:48other women in there with ratchet
59:49stories to show all the Jews that if God
59:52could walk through all these other
59:54women,
59:59[Applause]
1:00:03IF GOD CAN WORK through two prostitutes,
1:00:09Yes, sir.
1:00:10An adulterer
1:00:12and a woman who SLIPS UNDER SHEETS. IF
1:00:15GOD COULD WORK THROUGH THOSE KIND OF
1:00:17PEOPLE,
1:00:19JESUS,
1:00:20YOU BETTER BELIEVE HE CAN WORK THROUGH
1:00:22MARY TO BRING ABOUT THE SON of Jesus.
1:00:25[Applause]
1:00:28THAT YOU CANNOT DISCREDIT who God can
1:00:33work through.
1:00:36Yes, sir.
1:00:38HE SAVED THE LINE OF JESUS THROUGH TWO
1:00:43PROSTITUTES.
1:00:45A WOMAN SLIPPING ON SHEETS AND AN
1:00:47ADULTERESS.
1:00:51BUT YOU THINK EVERYBODY GOT TO BE
1:00:52PERFECT TO BE USED BY GOD?
1:00:56You got TO HAVE THE PERFECT BACKGROUND,
1:00:58THE PERFECT STORY, THE PERFECT FAMILY
1:01:00TREE. Everybody in your FAMILY GOT TO BE
1:01:03RIGHTEOUS and right.
1:01:04Yeah.
1:01:10THIS GIVES ME HOPE FOR MY OWN
1:01:12DYSFUNCTION in my own past.
1:01:16THAT IT DOES NOT MATTER WHERE YOU CAME
1:01:18FROM.
1:01:21IT ONLY MATTERS WHAT YOU DO WITH RIGHT
1:01:23NOW AND WHERE YOU GOING.
1:01:27JESUS.
1:01:29[Music]
1:01:32[Applause]
1:01:34YO, I'm done. I'm done.
1:01:38[Music]
1:01:40I'm done. Let me let me just close with
1:01:44some some gems from the family tree of
1:01:46Jesus.
1:01:48Seven of them. They ain't coming up on
1:01:49the screen. I just want to tell you them
1:01:50real quick.
1:01:52You know what? You know what we You know
1:01:53what we learn from the family tree of
1:01:54Jesus? I'm done. We see how God works
1:01:57through generations to accomplish his
1:01:59will.
1:02:01He works through generations to
1:02:03accomplish his will.
1:02:04You know what else we've learned from
1:02:06the family tree of Jesus? We see that
1:02:07when God looks down on humanity, he
1:02:09doesn't see a faceless mass of people.
1:02:12He sees names of people he knows
1:02:14personally. He knows Matthew. He knows
1:02:17Philillip. He knows Don. He knows you
1:02:19personally. He knows Inz. He knows
1:02:21Jatana. He knows you personally.
1:02:24Taylor,
1:02:27he knows you. He knows where you are and
1:02:30what you've been through, what you're
1:02:31going through. He knows you personally.
1:02:33You know, as we learn from the family
1:02:35tree of Jesus, we see how God uses
1:02:37righteous people and evil people and
1:02:39famous people and unknown people for his
1:02:42glory and for his purposes.
1:02:44You know what else we learned through
1:02:45the family tree of Jesus? We see that a
1:02:47dysfunctional family tree does not
1:02:49hinder your future.
1:02:52You know what else we see in the family
1:02:53tree of Jesus? We see how God uses
1:02:55ordinary people through history to bring
1:02:58about great missions in the earth.
1:03:02You know what else we see through the
1:03:04family tree of Jesus?
1:03:06We see how God can use people deemed
1:03:08unworthy by others
1:03:11to be associated with Jesus.
1:03:13Have you ever felt unworthy?
1:03:16Have you ever felt like, man, there's no
1:03:18way God can use a person like me? You
1:03:19know what I've done? You know what I've
1:03:20been through? You know what I've said?
1:03:21You know what I've done? You you have no
1:03:22idea what I There's no way God can use a
1:03:25person like me.
1:03:30But the last one I want to give you and
1:03:31I'm done. Probably the most important
1:03:32thing we see in the family line of
1:03:34Jesus. This one means everything to me.
1:03:36We see how important your faithfulness
1:03:38in your generation is.
1:03:41Cuz you have no idea how your decisions
1:03:43in this life and how your faithfulness
1:03:46is going to impact the children coming
1:03:48behind you, their children and their
1:03:50children. My children, you look, their
1:03:52lives have been completely Look, their
1:03:54lives have been have been set on a
1:03:57course because of the decisions I've
1:03:58made,
1:03:59the actions I've taken. You have, listen
1:04:01to me, this is serious. You have no idea
1:04:04the impact you can have on the people
1:04:06coming out of your loins behind you by
1:04:08the decisions you make today. Your
1:04:10faithfulness is important today. That's
1:04:12why you need to run your race.
1:04:18It's important for you to run your race,
1:04:20to be faithful in your generation, to
1:04:22take your baton of faith and hand it off
1:04:24to the next person.
1:04:26Listen, you have Listen, some of y'all
1:04:28are building businesses and building
1:04:29things that's going to change your
1:04:31generations forever. You have no That's
1:04:33why you got to do you while you here now
1:04:36according to God's purposes for your
1:04:37life.
1:04:39You have no idea how your faithfulness
1:04:41is going to impact people coming behind
1:04:43you. So, I want to say to somebody as I
1:04:46close, your life counts. That's what we
1:04:48see in the genealogy. I'm closing your
1:04:51I'm talking to you, my brother. I'm
1:04:52talking to you, my sister. I'm done.
1:04:54Listen to me. Don't move. Listen.
1:04:57Listen to me. Look right at me.
1:05:00Christian, look right at me, unbeliever.
1:05:03Look right at me. Look at me.
1:05:06Look at me. Your life matters.
1:05:12And what you do with it, it matters. It
1:05:14counts for something.
1:05:17[Music]
1:05:19We are unwise to live every day
1:05:21aimlessly without any kind of goals or
1:05:24vision. Your life matters. Your
1:05:27decisions matter. Your actions matter.
1:05:30What I do with this one life I get, it
1:05:33matters.
1:05:36Can I Can I go deeper? YOU HAVE NO IDEA
1:05:39HOW your decisions is going to shift
1:05:41your whole family forever.
1:05:45Watch this. I'm I'mma talk to me. You
1:05:47take this for you. There's going to be
1:05:49some kids four generations from now.
1:05:50They're going to remember Philip Anthony
1:05:53Mitchell.
1:05:54They're going to say, "It was that dude,
1:05:56my great great great grandfather, who
1:05:59changed everything for our family, left
1:06:01us an inheritance, built wealth, gave us
1:06:03a legacy of faith. Fill in your blank.
1:06:06Your life matters.
1:06:11Your life matters. All y'all women that
1:06:13be talking, I want my Boaz. I want my
1:06:15Boaz. I want his His mother was Rahab
1:06:17the prostitute.
1:06:20Even your child is going to matter.
1:06:30That's why you got to play your part.
1:06:31I'm done.
1:06:33Some of you have come from great
1:06:35families
1:06:37and some of you have come from
1:06:38dysfunctional families. But the greatest
1:06:41family you will ever be a part of is the
1:06:44family of God.
1:06:46It is the greatest family.
1:06:51Now, every head bowed and every eye
1:06:53closed. I'm done. Nobody moving.
1:06:59Some of you have come from dysfunctional
1:07:01paths.
1:07:03But the greatest family you'll ever be a
1:07:06part of is the family of God. Some of
1:07:08you have come from great families.
1:07:10Praise God for your name and your
1:07:12wealth. But the greatest family you will
1:07:15ever be a part of is the family of God.
1:07:17Why? Cuz every family is going into
1:07:20eternity. And the only families that's
1:07:23going to survive the judgment. The only
1:07:25family that's not going to end up in
1:07:27eternal damnation. The only family
1:07:29that's not going to hell is those who
1:07:31are in the family of God. Does not
1:07:34matter YOUR PAST, YOUR BACKGROUND, OR
1:07:36WHERE you came from. You need to at some
1:07:38point in time insert your life into the
1:07:41family of God. That's your only
1:07:43insurance when you die. Your money can't
1:07:46help you when you die. Your connections
1:07:48can't help you when YOU DIE. YOUR STATUS
1:07:50CAN'T HELP YOU WHEN YOU DIE, AND YOU'RE
1:07:52going to die. And the only family that's
1:07:54going to end up in heaven and live in
1:07:56glory forever is those who are connected
1:07:59to the family of God. Today, right now,
1:08:01in this moment, I'm going to give you an
1:08:03opportunity to place your name in the
1:08:06family of God. You say, "How? I got to
1:08:09go to church every week?" Nope. I got to
1:08:11be religious. Nope. I got to be perfect.
1:08:14Nope. All you got to do is keep it real.
1:08:18Just keep it real with no cap. Here it
1:08:20is. Here is the gospel. You and I are
1:08:23sinners. We have broken God's laws and
1:08:27we were born in sin. The scripture says
1:08:29if anyone dies in sin, they're going to
1:08:32be separated from God for all eternity.
1:08:35But God in his love, not wanting you to
1:08:38die and be damned, sent his son, the
1:08:42Lord Jesus Christ, who died a
1:08:45sacrificial death in your place. He took
1:08:48upon himself all your sin, all your
1:08:51mistakes, all your failures. Then God
1:08:54says, "If anyone would turn, trust,
1:08:57believe in, and put their faith in
1:08:59Jesus, I from heaven will forgive them
1:09:02of their sins, and I will put them in my
1:09:06family tree. I will make you my son, my
1:09:09daughter." That can happen for you right
1:09:11now. It's happening to you right now in
1:09:13your seat. I want to pray for everyone
1:09:15who says, "That's it. I want to live my
1:09:17life with purpose. I want my name in
1:09:19God's family. I want to be able to pray
1:09:20and God hears my prayers. I want to walk
1:09:23out of here knowing I could pill on my
1:09:24head tonight that my name is part of
1:09:26God's family. If I'm talking to you, I
1:09:29want to pray for you. I'm not going to
1:09:30embarrass you. I'm not going to bring
1:09:31you down here. Nobody can't see you.
1:09:34This is between you and God. It's
1:09:36private. If you say, "Preacher, that's
1:09:38me. I want to be a part of God's family.
1:09:40I want to repent of my sins. I want to
1:09:41live a life of purpose. I'm leaving here
1:09:43a brand new man, a brand new woman." If
1:09:44that's you, I'm going to count to three.
1:09:46And when I say three, I just want you to
1:09:47throw your hand up and throw it back
1:09:49down. Nobody's going to see you. Okay?
1:09:51Three, God. One, God is calling you.
1:09:55Two, you can leave here a brand new man,
1:09:57a brand new woman. Three, throw your
1:09:59hand up in the air. Leave it there. I
1:10:00see that hand. Leave it there. I'm
1:10:01trying to count. I see that hand. One,
1:10:03see that hand, daughter. Two, I see that
1:10:05hand. Three, I see that hand. Four. See
1:10:06that hand? Five 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
1:10:1215 I see that hand. 16 17 18 19 I see
1:10:16that hand. 20 21 22 23 I see that hand.
1:10:2024 25 26 I see that hand. 27 28 29 30 I
1:10:26see that hand. 31 32 33 34 35 36 I see
1:10:34that 37 I SEE THAT 38 I see that hand.
1:10:3739 I see that hand.
1:10:4039 I see. 40 I see that hand.
1:10:4540 I see that hand.
1:10:49Put your hands down right there in your
1:10:51chair. Everybody just pray this prayer
1:10:53so they don't got to pray alone. Just
1:10:55say, "Lord,
1:10:56forgive me
1:10:57of all my
1:10:59all my wrongdoing.
1:11:00I'm sorry.
1:11:01I'm sorry.
1:11:02I repent
1:11:03of my sin.
1:11:05I put my faith
1:11:06in you.
1:11:08Now
1:11:10in Christ's name.
1:11:12Amen. Now, Father, in the name of Jesus,
1:11:14I pray for every person that just put
1:11:16their faith in you. A prayer don't save
1:11:18them. Only the Holy Spirit does that
1:11:20sovereignly from what you pre-ordained
1:11:22before the beginning of time. I pray you
1:11:24fill them with your spirit. Seal them as
1:11:26a son and daughter. I pray you change
1:11:28their family tree forever. Father, you
1:11:30said when one sinner repents, all of
1:11:32heaven rejoices. So right now, we
1:11:34rejoice with all 40 people that just put
1:11:36their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:11:41Come on, we rejoice right now. We
1:11:42rejoice. Somebody help me praise.
1:11:45Somebody give God praise to all boys.