Text: Matthew 1:1-17 | Speaker: Levi Bakerink | Description: Is there a more boring way to start a book than with a list of names no one knows? That's how Matthew begins his account of the gospel of Jesus. But if we skip over these names, we miss vital truths about who Jesus is and what his ministry accomplished. That's why Matthew begins here, because he wants us to see that Jesus is the fulfillment of the promised offspring of Abraham, as well as the true Son of David who sits on the throne. Therefore, he is able to deliver his people from an even greater enemy than Babylon—sin and death.