Outline of Genesis 38
The profligate conduct of Judah and his
family.
- This chapter gives an account of Judah and his
family, and such an account it is, that it seems a wonder that of all
Jacob's sons, our Lord should spring out of Judah, Hebrews
7:14. But God will show that his choice is of grace and not of
merit, and that Christ came into the world to save sinners, even the
chief. Also, that the worthiness of Christ is of himself, and not from
his ancestors. How little reason had the Jews, who were so called from
this Judah, to boast as they did, John 8:41.
What awful examples the Lord proclaims in his punishments, of his utter
displeasure at sin! Let us seek grace from God to avoid every appearance
of sin. And let that state of humbleness to which Jesus submitted, when
he came to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself, in appointing such
characters as those here recorded, to be his ancestors, endear the
Redeemer to our hearts.
