IT REALLY WAS AN ACT OF GOD!

In the beginning was the Word

and the Word was with God

and the Word was God

… And the Word became flesh

and dwelt among us. 

John 1:1, 14

As one comes to the Bible he is asked to believe in many astounding acts of God including the virgin birth of Jesus Christ.  To believe it is essential for our eternal salvation and forgiveness of sins.  The virgin birth like all Scripture requires us simply taking God at His word. “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1).

What does the Bible say about the virgin birth that we need to believe?  After Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s command and plunged mankind into sin and death, God delivered His judgment upon the serpent/Satan.  “I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed” (Genesis 3:15).  “Seed” means “descendants, offspring, sperm” and usually refers exclusively to the man.  This “seed” of the woman (Jesus) would destroy Satan’s head and power while dying on the cross.  God revealed to the prophet Isaiah “Behold the virgin will be with Child and bear a Son, and she will call His name Immanuel” (7:14). Years later in Nazareth, young Mary is informed by Gabriel that she would conceive and give birth to the Savior.  Gabriel explained that the Holy Spirit would miraculously implant Jesus within her “for nothing will be impossible with God” (Luke 1:26-38).  Joseph, after another angel assures him that Mary’s testimony is true, shows unrivaled faith and obedience by taking Mary as his wife (Matthew 1:18-25).  The virgin birth miracle was needed so that the eternal Son of God could be like us, die for our sins and bring us into God’s redeemed family. 

Don‘t miss out on the best gift that lasts forever all made possible by Jesus’ virgin birth.  It really was an act of God’s love for you!

Bob Kulp