{"id":658,"date":"2023-08-01T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=658&2023"},"modified":"2023-07-27T18:00:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T00:00:43","slug":"like-father-like-son-luke-3-23-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/like-father-like-son-luke-3-23-38\/","title":{"rendered":"Like Father, Like Son: Luke 3:23-38"},"content":{"rendered":"
Focus Passage: Luke 3:23-38 (NASB)<\/div>

23<\/sup>\u00a0When He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, the son of Eli, 24<\/sup>\u00a0the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, 25<\/sup>\u00a0the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Hesli, the son of Naggai, 26<\/sup>\u00a0the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, 27<\/sup>\u00a0the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, 28<\/sup>\u00a0the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, 29<\/sup>\u00a0the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, 30<\/sup>\u00a0the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, 31<\/sup>\u00a0the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, 32<\/sup>\u00a0the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, 33<\/sup>\u00a0the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, 34<\/sup>\u00a0the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, 35<\/sup>\u00a0the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Heber, the son of Shelah, 36<\/sup>\u00a0the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, 37<\/sup>\u00a0the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, 38<\/sup>\u00a0the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God. <\/p>

Read Luke 3:23-38<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n

Of all the boring places to be included in the gospels, Luke\u2019s record of Jesus\u2019 genealogy probably tops most people\u2019s list. While Matthew\u2019s genealogy includes women, and a number pattern, Luke simply spends fifteen verses listing name after name, stepping all the way back from Jesus to the very beginning.<\/p>\r\n

But even in Luke\u2019s genealogy, I noticed something amazing. This amazing insight comes with how Luke ends the genealogy: \u201cthe son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.<\/strong>\u201d (v. 38)<\/p>\r\n

While Matthew\u2019s genealogy steps us forward from Abraham to help us see how Jesus is a fulfillment of God\u2019s promise to Abraham, and how the Messiah is Abraham\u2019s descendant, Luke takes the opposite approach. Luke draws our attention to how Jesus is really God\u2019s own Son.<\/p>\r\n

Luke begins Jesus\u2019 genealogy by saying, \u201cWhen He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, the son of Eli, \u2026<\/strong>\u201d (v. 23)<\/p>\r\n

Luke tells us that people believed Jesus to be Joseph\u2019s son, even though Luke believes differently. Luke believed in the virgin birth of Jesus. But Luke has an answer to this problem \u2013 he steps Jesus\u2019 ancestors all the way back to God.<\/p>\r\n

While it would make sense for Luke to stop with Adam at the end of his genealogy, Luke goes one step further and draws our attention to how Adam, the first human, was God\u2019s son as well. In this way, Jesus also becomes like a \u201cSecond Adam\u201d who succeeded where the first Adam had failed, and that regardless of what we think of Jesus\u2019 birth, we can be assured that He really was God\u2019s descendant.<\/p>\r\n

But in Luke\u2019s genealogy, we also have another insight. If Adam was God\u2019s son as Luke describes, that makes each of us God\u2019s children as we have descended from Adam and Eve. This makes us all children of God. And the big challenge I am left with after this realization is that if God is truly my Father, then what sort of reputation is He receiving from the way I act?<\/em><\/p>\r\n

As children of God, we are all representatives of Him and His character. As God\u2019s children, He loves each of us enough to have sent Jesus to pay for our sins. As children of the King of the Universe, we have an amazing opportunity when we choose to focus on the only relationship that matters in this life \u2013 our relationship with God, who we can best know and understand through Jesus and how He showed us God\u2019s love for us.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

This thought was inspired by studying the Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. To discover insights like this in your own study time, click here<\/a> and give Reflective Bible Study a try today!<\/em><\/p>

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