Matt. 1 & Luke 1: Intro to the Four Gospels & ”Nothing Shall Be Impossible”

Unshaken Saints

Jared Halverson

Religion & Spirituality, Education

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🗓️ 2 January 2023

⏱️ 224 minutes

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Summary

A verse-by-verse study of Matthew 1 and Luke 1, along with an explanation of the audiences and approaches of the four Gospel writers. This lesson focuses on the four Gospels, the genealogy of Jesus, women in the Savior's family tree, the Davidic dynasty, Joseph of Nazareth, the fulfillment of prophecy, Zacharias & Elisabeth, the mission of John the Baptist, doubt and becoming dumb, the Annunciation, the Magnificat, John's baby blessing, and more. 0:00 Introduction 2:29 What Is a Gospel? 10:32 Development of the Gospel Tradition 24:22 The Synoptic Gospels 31:05 The Four Gospels: Aim, Audience, Approach 45:56 Harmonize or Separate? 54:33 The Gospel of Matthew 1:08:22 The Genealogy of Jesus 1:15:02 The Tribe of Judah 1:18:16 Women in the Family Tree 1:28:27 The Davidic Dynasty 1:32:25 Joseph of Nazareth 1:36:18 3 x 14 1:40:42 Joseph the Just 1:48:16 The Angel Comes to Joseph 1:55:21 Fulfilling Prophecy 1:58:31 Joseph Acts in Faith, Not Fear 2:04:17 The Book of Luke 2:08:25 Zacharias & Elisabeth 2:18:33 Zacharias in the Temple 2:25:56 The Mission of John the Baptist 2:38:14 Doubting and Becoming Dumb 2:48:49 Zacharias Returns to Elisabeth 2:54:37 The Annunciation to Mary 2:59:50 Mary's Faith & Submissiveness 3:09:56 Mary & Elisabeth 3:16:40 Mary's Magnificat 3:24:19 The Birth & Naming of John 3:30:16 John's Baby Blessing 3:40:24 Conclusion

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0:00.0	When the Son of Man comeeth, shall he find faith on the earth?
0:06.0	Lord, I believe, help thou mine unbelief.
0:13.0	May our testimonies be as deep and as strong as that of Jacob.
0:19.0	When confronted by one who sought to destroy his faith declared,
0:23.0	I could not be shaken.
0:30.0	Hello, I'm Shaken Saints, Jared Halverson here.
0:40.0	I always glad that you're back for more, especially the second round of any book of scripture.
0:45.0	I was joked with my students that if they came back for a second day of class,
0:48.0	that was a good sign. It means they wanted more.
0:51.0	It was like getting a second date, which I didn't always get in high school or college.
0:54.0	So if you are back for more Old Testament, I guess I didn't completely scare you off last time.
0:59.0	And to be honest, I probably owe you an apology for even doubting you, for underestimating you once again.
1:05.0	Based on the comments that I've been reading from last week's lesson, which I worried about,
1:09.0	I'm either going to scare them off or put them to sleep or bore them to tears, I don't know,
1:13.0	because it's not New Testament yet. It's still a matter of anticipation.
1:17.0	We did a lot of Old Testament review last week.
1:20.0	I spent a lot of time in the apocrypha.
1:23.0	And yet, based on your comments, I'm thrilled that you found that of value.
1:28.0	I geek out historically myself, but that's because I'm a historical nerd.
1:33.0	All of you normal people out there, the fact that you would want to at least review enough of the Old Testament
1:39.0	to build momentum to go into the new.
1:42.0	And that many of you expressed such a pleasant surprise.
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