If a king is to be heralded as a king, if he is to be believed to be a king,

if he is to have any credibility at all, if anybody is to accept the fact that he, in fact, is a king,

then it must start with the proof that he comes from the royal line.

Welcome to Grace To You with John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

Kings and Queens may not command the world's attention, as they once did,

but interest in all things royal is still strong, particularly with England's monarchy.

Whilst would there be so many books on the British royal family alone,

not to mention how the media seems to follow every move the royals make.

And yet as notable as the House of Windsor may be, it can't compare to the royal family

that John MacArthur examines today on Grace To You.

Stay here for a fascinating look at a kingly line you may never have considered,

as John continues his study from Matthew 1, called the Birth of the King.

And now John, what we're about to look at, the step-by-step account of what took place that first

Christmas. Familiar territory for most listeners, but would you say maybe too familiar?

People think they know the whole story when really they're missing some important details.

Well, let me just give you kind of a general principle.

I have spent all my ministry life teaching the Word of God.

One of the most common things that I hear is after a message, wow, I've read that passage so many

times and I never saw any of that there. And I think that's pretty true about Christmas as well.

We know what we know. We're familiar with the basic things and

sometimes we think that's all there is. That's not only true about the Christmas story,

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