matthew chapter 1

Hello, my name is Anita Mooka, 9yrs old. I've gone through many brain surgeries & I've cerebral palsy but I love God and the bible. I am a Seventh Day Adventist. Watch me recite Matthew chapter 1!

"Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee".
Psalms 119:11

Matthew 1 NIV

The Genealogy of Jesus

1A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham: 2Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, 4Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse, 6and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife, 7Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa, 8Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram, Jehoram the father of Uzziah, 9Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah, 11and Josiah the father of Jeconiah[a] and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon. 12After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, 14Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, Akim the father of Eliud, 15Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, 16and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
17Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.[b]
The Birth of Jesus Christ 18This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. 19Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
20But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,[c] because he will save his people from their sins."
22All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23"The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"[d]—which means, "God with us."
24When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. 25But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.

Children and Faith

Children's brains are like a sponge just waiting to soak up whatever they are exposed to. God entrusts parents with the most solemn work of surrounding them with lessons that will equip them to resist the devil and stand for God even as adults. To this extend, God commanded the Israelites to teach the children scriptures every chance they got:

Deuteronomy 11:19: And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

If this was so imperative then when there was no media to counteract, how much more should we teach our children now who exposed to so much garbage through media and peer pressure from a morally sick society? As seriously as we want God's words to be in our hearts and soul, we must desire more for our innocent children. Jesus resisted the devil when tempted through the knowledge of the written word. We should internalize the word too so that we can resist sin throught the knowledge of the truth.

Our Children need to develop their own faith. Teaching them scripture is giving them a tool they will need when faced with moral issues. Just like Jesus, they too will resist temptation by quoting what God says about things through the written word. Jesus said,

"Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God". Matthew 4:4

We only really have a few years with those precious little ones before they grow up to be their own men and women. God has put them in our hands to influence them for the right ...only for a little while. Giving them bread will make them healthy physically, but teaching them every word that comes from the mouth of God will help the grow spiritually.