Matthew 1v1-17: Hope For Those Who Don't Belong | Eric Goetsch

Matthew opens his Gospel with a genealogy that highlights four surprising women: Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba. Their stories include pain, loss, scandal, and outsider status, yet God weaves each of them into the family line of Jesus. This teaching will explore how their inclusion reveals the heart of the gospel: Jesus enters broken stories, welcomes the unlikely, and brings redemption where it’s least expected. Matthew’s list isn’t just names, t’s a reminder that God’s grace reaches all of us.