The Marvelous Birth of the King

Grace to You: Radio Podcast

John MacArthur

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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0:00.0	Jesus fulfilled every element of the royal decree of God.
0:04.7	He is king in every sense.
0:08.5	He is king by birth.
0:10.6	He is king by decree.
0:12.7	He is king by lineage.
0:14.5	He is king by character.
0:16.7	He is king by homage and worship.
0:30.4	Welcome to Grace to You, the Bible teaching ministry of John MacArthur.
0:32.2	I'm your host, Phil Johnson.
0:36.5	You probably know the basic details of your family tree.
0:39.0	Perhaps you can trace your descendants back several generations, even hundreds of years. Family trees can be fascinating, but for the most part,
0:45.5	they have little impact on your social status. That was not so when Jesus was born. His genealogy
0:52.3	determined where he lived, where he paid taxes, and the
0:56.8	synagogue he belonged to. And what's more, Jesus' ancestry shows that when he was born in
1:02.2	Bethlehem, it was a royal birth. John MacArthur looks at that fascinating history today on
1:09.0	Grace to You. Our current series is helping you think through
1:12.3	the truths of Christmas before the busyness of the holiday season kicks in. We call this
1:18.0	study the best of Christmas, and now here's John.
1:21.5	I want you to open your Bible to the first two chapters of the Gospel of Matthew, the first
1:26.7	two chapters in the New Testament.
1:30.4	They introduce us to the birth of the king.
1:34.0	It never ceases to be a story of wonder, a story of blessedness, a story of supernatural intervention.
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