The Taboo Family – December 3, 2023
Pastor Jeremy Mayol
Matthew 1:1, 3, 5-6 (CSB)
1 An account of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:
3 Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar…
5 Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab…
6 And Jesse fathered King David. David fathered Solomon by Uriah’s wife…
Three Principles for Dealing with Family Skeletons:
1. Family members are more than the sum of one event.
Matthew 1:3 (CSB)
Judah fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar…
Genesis 38:6-8, 10-11 (CSB)
6 Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. 7 Now Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the Lord’s sight, and the Lord put him to death. 8 Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and produce offspring for your brother.”
10 What he did was evil in the Lord’s sight, so he put him to death also. 11 Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Remain a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He might die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
2. You can love your family members without affirming their lifestyle or decisions.
Matthew 1:15 (CSB)
Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab…
Joshua 2:1-6 (CSB)
1 Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men as spies from the Acacia Grove, saying, “Go and scout the land, especially Jericho.” So they left, and they came to the house of a prostitute named Rahab, and stayed there. 2 The king of Jericho was told, “Look, some of the Israelite men have come here tonight to investigate the land.” 3 Then the king of Jericho sent word to Rahab and said, “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, for they came to investigate the entire land.” 4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I didn’t know where they were from. 5 At nightfall, when the city gate was about to close, the men went out, and I don’t know where they were going. Chase after them quickly, and you can catch up with them!” 6 But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had arranged on the roof.
3. Sometimes the greatest mistake in families often makes way for the greatest blessing.
Matthew 1:6 (CSB)
And Jesse fathered King David. David fathered Solomon by Uriah’s wife…
2 Samuel 11:1-5 (CSB)
1 In the spring when kings march out to war, David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem. 2 One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing — a very beautiful woman. 3 So David sent someone to inquire about her, and he said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hethite?” 4 David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. Now she had just been purifying herself from her uncleanness. Afterward, she returned home. 5 The woman conceived and sent word to inform David, “I am pregnant.”
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