S4:227 Matthew 1-4

Join The Journey

Watermark Community Church, Dallas, TX

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Bible, Devotional

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🗓️ 22 September 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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"Why does Matthew refer to the prophets so much? What is the significance this Old Testament usage by Matthew? In today's episode, Will McIlroy talks with Watemark member, Christine Saso about Matthew 1-4 and talk through the geneology of Matthew 1, the temptation of Jesus, and why the use of the Old Testament was significant to the people who would have read it in Jesus' time. Additional References: Micah 5:2; Isaiah 7:14; If you're a student, join us for Shoreline on October 1st! https://www.watermark.org/ministries/shoreline You can also check out the Join The Journey Jr. Podcast: Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/join-the-journey-junior/id1660089898 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6SG7aaE1ZjjFkgB34G8zp3?si=c960a63736904665 Check out the Join The Journey Website for today's devotional and more resources! https://www.jointhejourney.com/ Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Watermark-Community-Church/author/B0BRYP5MQK?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1755623322&sr=8-1&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=8aeeec3b-6c1c-416d-87ae-5dfbbb6981df"

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0:00.0	Hi, grownups.
0:02.3	Thanks for joining.
0:04.0	Happy Monday.
0:05.5	We're going to learn about the Joy, the Journey Jr.
0:08.3	Podcast.
0:09.1	It's out now.
0:10.1	You can find the link in today's episode, description.
0:14.3	So you can listen with your kids and talk to them about the Bible.
0:20.4	Everybody, what is going on? You know what time it is. You're listening to join the Journey
0:24.9	podcast with your host, Emma, daughter. Thanks for joining. My name is Will McRoy, and I'm the
0:30.7	Shoreline director here at Watermark, which is our high school ministry. And I'm subbing in for
0:35.4	Emma today because she couldn't make it and I'm so excited because
0:38.8	we are kicking off the New Testament with the book of Matthew and I am here in the studio today with
0:46.1	Christine Saso and she's going to be sharing with us what she learned from the first few chapters
0:50.5	today. So Christine, how are you? I'm good. How are you? I'm doing great. So why don't you
0:54.9	tell us a little bit about your story? How did you come to know Jesus? How did you become a member
1:00.0	of Watermark? Where are you serving? What are you doing? What's Christine like? Yeah. So I grew up going to
1:06.0	church. My parents actually were born Catholic, but they both got baptized together later in their life after they got married.
1:11.9	And so we grew up going to a Baptist church. And I would say that I like knew all the right answers to all the questions.
1:20.7	I knew in my head what I was supposed to feel in my heart. But I wouldn't say that I really had a relationship with the Lord until later
1:30.1	in my life, probably high school or college. I really struggled with perfectionism, you know,
1:35.3	putting my worth in my grades or what other people thought of me and things like that. And
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