Emeth Press- The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

The Genealogy of Jesus Christ
John Sungchul Hong

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Why is the Genealogy of Jesus Important? These fifteen evangelistic sermons are based on the theme of “the genealogy of Jesus Christ” in Matthew 1:11.

Before John Hong became a follower of Christ, he was required to read the gospel of Matthew in one of his classes as a sophomore in college. He considered this gospel to be boring and meaningless. By the time he was a senior in college, he was impressed to accept Christ as his personal Lord and Savior through the witness of other Christian students. The covenant that God had made with humanity through Abraham to Christ particularly caught his attention, and the gospel of Matthew in particular became a source of insight and blessing to him as he realized the connected history that New Testament believers have with Old Testament believers through Christ.

The Gospel of Matthew begins with “an account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham.” The word, ‘genealogy,’ means a pedigree or a clan register. Then why does Matthew, the very first book of the New Testament, begin his Gospel with the introduction of the genealogy of Jesus? This series of inspirational sermons provide encouraging and insightful answers to this question.

About the Author:

John Sungchul Hong (M.A., Asbury Theological Seminary; M.Div., Seoul Theological University; Th.M., Asbury Theological Seminary; and Th.D., School of Theology of Boston University). Hong is Sundo Kim Professor of Evangelism and Practical Theology at E. Stanley Jones School of World Mission and Evangelism, Asbury Theological Seminary. He was Drs. JB & Bette Crouse Professor of Evangelism at Seoul Theological University in Korea. He also serves as director of the World Evangelization Research Center in Seoul, Korea. From this Center he has published more than 103 books in Korean and one in English. He served as director of Total Impact Evangelism of OMS in Korea. He taught at Bangkok Bible College while he was a missionary in Thailand, at Madras Bible Seminary in India, and at World Mission University in Los Angeles. He also served three pastorates, one in Boston and two in Seoul, Korea. Since 1973 he has preached as an evangelist in 50 countries. He has written 16 books, edited 7 books, and translated 27 books from English into Korean. He has also written numerous theological articles.