Today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

A sign of spiritual maturity in your life is when you begin to recognize that everything that God does in world politics or the details of your life are in pursuit of the Great Commission with Jesus at the center.

What if you begin to evaluate when God reshapes your allotted times and the boundaries of your dwelling place that he's doing it so that

other people can seek God.

Welcome back to Summit Life with pastor, author, and apologist J.D. Greer. I'm your host, Molly Vitovich.

Something I've noticed in recent years is that there's been a growing interest in family histories.

In fact, multiple companies have popped up that'll trace your family line through a DNA sample.

And for some people, the results may be exciting, learning about historical figures or even

royalty in their line. And for others, the findings may be a, learning about historical figures or even royalty in their line.

And for others, the findings may be a little less glamorous.

Well, today we're looking at Jesus' family history and what it reveals about God's overarching plan.

Pastor Jady preached this sermon in 2016 shortly before the presidential election.

So if you note any references to that, you'll understand why.

We're headed into the New Testament in our teaching series with a message titled,

When the Expected Happens in an Unexpected way.

So let's join Pastor J.D. now.

Matthew 1 is where we are going to begin into the New Testament and we're going to begin

in what you will probably think of as an unusual place but we're going to begin there because

Jesus came just like he had promised he would come yet still the disciples missed him because his

coming was so unusual so unexpected that they didn't recognize him even when he fulfilled

all the symbols and performed all the miracles, which is why, I believe, the manner in which

Matthew opens up the New Testament is so important, because Matthew, in a sense, is going to

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